Top Ten Racing Car Nicknames from Carmudi.com

The famous Formula 1 just started successfully and the news machinery around the new season is covering every part of expert knowledge and updates one can think of. Surprisingly, a rather uncommon story on Sebastian Vettel’s car nicknames made a circuit: The multiple world champion revealed that he calls his new car in season 2014 “Suzie”. Hence, global car classifieds player Carmudi investigated into the more personal side of the racing sport and picked out the ten most outstanding car nicknames in motorsports history. 

Car Model	Nickname	Year
Red Bull RB10 (Formula 1)	Suzie	2014
Vauxhall Ventora	Big Bertha	1974
Cadillac “Spider”	Le Monstre	1950
Porsche 935/2.0	Baby	1977
Cadillac Coupe de Ville	Clumsy Pup	1950
Alfa Romeo 6C34	Disco Volante	1952
Ak Miller’s El Caballo de Hierro	Ensalada	1953
Chaparral 2J	Vacuum Cleaner	1970
Porsche 935/78	Moby Dick	1978
Samuri Engineering Datsun 2407	Big Sam	1971

Reuters motor racing Correspondent Alan Baldwin says, “Drivers tend to develop a relationship with their cars. A car is an extension of themselves. An out of body experience, I'd say. It's quite normal for car drivers to give their cars names. They may not publicize it though“.

Even though Sebastian Vettel’s affinity for nicknames has made it to a running gag in the scene, the tradition of nicknames in motorsports dates back to the beginnings of the sport itself. However, some of them were worth recording for obvious reasons, whereas the origin of the name is often as irritating as it could be. The Spanish word for “salad”, for instance, served as a nick name for the famous Ford hot rod “El Caballo de Hierro” which competed in the “Carrera Panamerica Mexican” in 1953.

Stefan Haubold, Global Managing Director at Carmudi comments, “Cars can have quite an emotional value for their owners. And I can say that for I am in that business. These nicknames are quite a testimonial to how cars are treated. Not just as sheer objects, but rather companions.”

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