Unique, Crazy Car Nicknames Made By Filipinos
Filipinos really like to give funny, crazy, or weird nickname on certain things including cars, here are some unique car nicknames you might never hear.
Usually, people give nicknames to their children, pets, and even some personal properties including the vehicle. Filipino people are the people who give the unique nicknames for their cars. Here are some weird car nicknames.
Pendong Kuba
This nickname was given to a Volkswagen Beetle. Kuba means hunchback, which popular for the children who played the pendong game during the 70’s and 80’s. The game authorized the one who first saw the beetle to slap the head of his playmate.
Chedeng
Chedeng was named for the Mercedez-Benz cars which usually talks about wealth and style. Obsolete chedeng’s such as pagong (Turtle) 180D was named due to its turtle-like shape and palikpik (Fin) 190Dwas named because of its fin tail appearance.
Corona Macho
This 70’s car Toyota Corona earned its nickname due to its sexy appearance and the name was fully struck as Corona Macho Machine” as the basketball star Robert Jaworski endorsed it.
Box Type
This 1981 vehicle ‘Mitsubishi Lancer’ gained its name for its box-like shape. Previous had several nicknames such as L-Type, Bar-Type, or I-Type based on taillight shape.
Lancer Singkit
In 1989, the nickname was given to the box type’s successor due to its singkit for its Slanty-eyed moniker.
Ray-Ban/Shark
This nickname was named to the GTi-era Galant, Mitsubishi strode because of its gigantic tail lights which look likes Ray-Ban sunglasses and followed by a sleek style model with a sexier moniker.
Karo
The vehicle was given a nickname ‘Karo’ due to its boxy shape resembling a Karo (hearse). This vehicle refers to the Isuzu’s Alterra which can accommodate seven passengers because of its incredible interior space.
