#Automobile Names
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Why?
Well i think it could be something of "car name from the country simmilar to the one in game + the historic thingy + change it to fit the nation".
For example, Contana. Russia has a bad car brand called Lada, And contana is based on eastern europe (mostly USSR n russia). Now lets modify it to what in game time it would be. For example, "Cata". Then lets make it more contany. "Cyta"
"Valgs-wagen". 😛
But seriously: name-tweaking real world brands is perfectly valid. We know for a fact the presidential limo is a "Kadilla", which is an obvious homage to Cadillac (itself a French surname). A lot of automakers are named after their founders, so nation-relevant surnames are a good place to start.
You could also look back on brands that aren't well known, or aren't around anymore, for inspiration. E.g., "Pontiac" carried the name of an important Native American chief, so a similar brand would be right at home in Contana.
And then of course, there's the ever reliable three-letter-abbreviation name, like "GMC". You don't even need to necessarily know what the letters stand for; they can achieve brand recognition all on their own (though words like "auto" and "motor" are common contributors).
This might be useful for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_car_brands
This is an incomplete list of every brand (also known as make or marque) of car ever produced which has an article on Wikipedia. Names should not be added unless they already have an article. Some are from manufacturing companies that also use their company name as a brand name; others are from subsidiary companies or divisions, or are products...
I actually like the Valgswagen lol
Hegel would totally name a Valgslandian "people's car" that