As in mine. Three of my five cars have been GTIs, all black with black interior. Not only that, but all three have had the same name: Pepe. Named loosely after the truck in "Romancing the Stone," each Pepe has been fast enough to get me out of any jam and functional enough to cram a huge load of junk in it. Each one, the '82, the '02 and the current '10 have all been well loved, and the name may well have helped. So, I thinking that I might just have to come up with a little creativity for a new name when the fourth one comes around.

I disagree with your comment that it is foolish to name mechanical things. Isn't it true that ALL things, whether organic or inorganic, consist of electrons, protons and neutrons? According to quantum mechanics we are an energy world living in a universe of energy worlds - a type of emptiness, or hologram. We can call it light in its various frequency manifestations or perhaps consciousness, which is all there is. After 33 years of marriage my husband suggested I should at least once having the experience of choosing and buying a new car. I named my new Subaru Imprezza, GIMEL. GIMEL is the 3rd Hebrew letter, which means "camel." As it gets great gas mileage it seemed appropriate. Camels can survive in the desert on very little water, and GIMEL can endure Florida heat and humidity on very little gas. Gimel is also the number of the Tarot card called "High Priestess," and the water from her (the Subconscious Mind) flows through all. But that's another story!

I haven't had real names for any of my vehicles, but most have had nicknames. The Leprechaun was my first car (a green on green 94 Taurus), and my 2011 Fiesta (which was lime green) was 'the jellybean.'

Loved it! My '73 Volkswagen pop up camper was named Schnecke which is snail in German because she carried our house on her back and was kinda slow. Our 1995 white Ford Aerostar was named Van O'White. Both were girls.