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    Suggest a Name

    For a recent design project, I've been attempting to design a new Maserati Coupe, to sit beneath the GranTurismo and compete with the likes of an Aston V8 Vantage/Porsche 911.
    Anyhow, I'm stuck on what the car itself should be called!
    I'm hoping that maybe someone here can give me a hand and suggest a decent name for the car.
    Thanks!

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    the car looks a bit squished...

    but how about the Maserati 3600 GT.
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    Following on with Maserati's current theme of literal names in Italian - their four door saloon is called "four door", their GT is called "GT"; yours should be the

    Nuovo Maserati Coupe, Sedersi Sotto Il GranTurismo E Competere Ai Simili Di Aston V8 Vantage/Porsche 911.

    (Yeah, it probably isn't right, but Italian is still on my "to do" list, you get the gist anyway)

    Oh, and it needs boomerangs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coventrysucks View Post
    Following on with Maserati's current theme of literal names in Italian - their four door saloon is called "four door", their GT is called "GT"; yours should be the

    Nuovo Maserati Coupe, Sedersi Sotto Il GranTurismo E Competere Ai Simili Di Aston V8 Vantage/Porsche 911.

    (Yeah, it probably isn't right, but Italian is still on my "to do" list, you get the gist anyway)

    Oh, and it needs boomerangs.
    concur with the boomerangs
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    To me it looks like the back half of a 99-04 Mustang and the front of the most recent Camaro.

    Perhaps Cumstang?
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    Exploder superman 5000

    no?

    ok then, the Tenacious
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    Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

    According to Wikipedia that means "atoning for educatability through delicate beauty" which is kinda how I feel about the car.
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    nuova berlinetta maserati?
    bella machina?
    3600 mexico?
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    Maserati Buon Anno!
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    what about:
    " maserati tifossi " ??

    i hope you like it

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    Maserati:

    Pancetta
    Mozzarella
    Taglierini
    Parmigiana Reggiano
    Dolche
    Giorgio
    Acqua Di Gio
    He came dancing across the water
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    Well I was gonna start this off as a question of what Maserati names it's cars for but I have essentially found out after doing a bit of poking around on wikipedia: winds, engine size, literally what the car is, and race courses. I personally think that it'd be best if you stick to Maserati's naming conventions - makes it more authentic.

    Here are some classic Maserati names and an explanation of a few (a good place to draw inspiration of): Indy, Shamal, Karif (a south westerly wind across Somaila), Bora (a wind), Merak (a place in Indonesia), Ghibli (an Italian name form a hot wind form the Sahara), Khamsin (a wind in Egypt and Sudan), Kyalami (named after the South African GP), Sebring (named after the track I suppose), Mexico and Mistral (wind).

    Maybe name it after an ex-F1 course like Kyalmi or Sebring: Jarama, Jacarepaguá, Jerez, Monsanto, Pedralbes, Pescara, Zolder are all ideas.

    Or a wind (taken form wikipedia : a few I think are fitting to the Maserati themeand sound OK): Khazri, Libeccio. That's all that are fitting to me.

    Or engine size as in the 3500, 5000 GT and 3200 GT - you could probably just naem the car after the size of the engine (probably a bad idea if your engine is the F430's... to similar a name)

    Hope these are helpful! Tell us what you chose!

    EDIT: or just call it the Coupe as well... or Coupe II

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kitdy View Post
    Maybe name it after an ex-F1 course like Kyalmi or Sebring: Jarama, Jacarepaguá, Jerez, Monsanto, Pedralbes, Pescara, Zolder are all ideas.
    Jarama has been already taken by Lamborghini
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    Maserati Bird feeder.
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    I call it the "Complete - Wasteotime"
    I am easily satisfied with the very best.

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