Lease issuers argue they own the car in name only, and exercise no more control over how it's driven than a bank that finances a car purchase. (Banks take liens, not titles, for cars.) Most states agree, but a handful of eastern ones--including Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, New York and Rhode Island--don't.
Motoring correspondent Derek Black said it was important to remember that the car and its name were never actually destined for the production line, never mind the UK car market.
Marussia F1 is majority-owned by the Moscow-based car company whose name it bears.
But they might buy the same car with another name, like Mercury.
Along the top is a sort of status bar, showing the outdoor temperature, a simple representation of the battery life for the car, the name of the currently loaded driver profile, a signal strength indicator for the integrated 3G modem and a tiny clock.
In 1947, the company dropped the name of its founders in favor of a punchier moniker borrowed from its early car stereo -- a name that meant "sound in motion, " according to the company line.
The car names we like best, where the name not only best suits the car's nature but where it also sounds, for lack of a better word, "cool, " include such automotive legends as the AC Shelby Cobra , Chevrolet Corvette , DeSoto Firedome , Dodge Viper , Lamborghini Diablo, Plymouth Barracuda and Rolls-Royce Phantom .
Before it was a international telecommunications giant, Motorola was the name of a car radio.
Well-versed Detroit car enthusiasts will recognize the name of the Vinsetta Garage.
Pirrone said he was advised by his lawyer not to name the used car lot.
Fields, Office Max and various rental car companies, just to name a few.
Pressed for his own favourite name for a car, Mr Kitson didn't hesitate.
According to the new regulations, a Beijing driver is permitted to own only one car in his or her name.
Top of the list is Saab, an aerospace firm that has been spun off from the car maker of the same name.
The power car has been given the name after the Stroud-based trust suggested the idea to First Great Western to mark the trust's 25th anniversary.
Drivers will be able to play any Spotify track they want just by just saying its name, allowing car owners the ability to remain connected when driving.
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"We would urge you to call the Road Policing Unit direct on 0116 248 2017, leave a message and include as much information as you can, such as the person's name, what car they drive, where they live and where and when they could be caught drink driving, " she said.
Now it contracts out much of this, even though its name remains on the car.
To make the car more national (it cannot be an official national car), Bambang changed the name from Hyundai Elantra to Bimantara Cakra.
Mr Warner sponsored a stock-car team, thus linking his name with a sport that a quarter of Americans adore but which the coastal elite mostly ignore.
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"It's so much cleaner, " says the owner of a car repair shop, who gives her name as Mrs.
Prestone uses that brand name on all manner of car care products such as car wax, battery starters, driveway ice-melting salt.
That changed as Western buyers became less interested in who built their car and more concerned about the brand name and the manufacturer's guarantee.
There are plenty of other great-but-discontinued models car guys miss: Just whisper the name Shelby Mustang, Jaguar E-Type or Lamborghini Muira and check the reaction.
But Ford's chief, Henry Ford II, was incensed at the initial failure of the car that bore his father's name, and the Edsel division was destroyed.
As soon as you sign your name on the ownership or car loan papers and drive away from the dealership, your new set of wheels begins to lose value.
For example: If, like Mr. Morar the car-shopper, you give your name to a website, it can sometimes be seen by other companies with ads or special coding on the site.
Hearing Microsoft's name and "in-car stereo" in the same sentence should elicit any forms of surprise, as we've long since known that Redmond was looking to up the ante of automotive entertainment in a bevy of Ford vehicles later this year.
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For others, the convenience of being able to name a destination and have your car take you there will outweigh that.
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