Help me name my 6000 mpg vehicle!

Interesting,

Fun, Simple and Reliable..........How 'bout "Trifecta"

"you also said it was also comforable" ......quafecta? looks like it has 3 wheels... Trifecta

excert from wikipedia

"Trifecta" as a slang term to describe any successful or favorable phenomenon or characteristic that comes in threes,

phoenix911

Trifecta?

I don't know...sounds like a gamble to me.

Abraham lincoln said that.

I really like Trifecta. However, I checked on other trikes with the name.

http://www.cycletrader.com/find/listing/2007-LIFAN-Trifecta-150cc-89308648

http://reversetrike.com/trifecta.html

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Trifecta%20Single-Speed%20Adult%20Folding%20Tricycle:2001162146;_ylt=AhlCivESSfBMPMXH8PRz1VvcqMUu;_ylu=X3oDMTA4ZXVyOWdvBHNlYwNyZWNv

The one made in Texas (the middle link) looks like fun.

But in any case thanks -- it's a great name, and too many people think so.

I thought I came up with that too easy from your info, I thought I was clever.

now I have to think.....

What a superb retro instrument panel. Not convinced by the "needs piles of steel tube" argument, very ham.

Sorry, but Neanderthal has a negative connotation and Pod 1 sounds like something out of a Woody Allen movie.

Choosing a name is not a trivial name and there are a lot of things to consider when you do because the name will determine how people feel about the car.

I do like Trifecta. Good choice 911!

I would pick something that is "light" and friendly. Perhaps Sprite, Dash, Sprint, or something like that.

Who are your customers? Think about the generation, age, sex (hmm, doesn't look like much of that will be happening inside... Oh, I meant gender), and lifestyle. I'd name it something that appeals to the target audience.

Thanks. Many good points.

Jellybean

Kangaroo is very friendly animal invoked kind associations. And at the same time it's barely believed to wait so comfortable riding on it .

Therefore, how about KenGaroo or even KenGuroo?

I like "The Roo"!

I'm not surprised the way you use the clutch!! Kangaroo petrol indeed!!!

Thank you, but I see it was only my good luck to be at first line for posting at this forum thread. I am sure someone here could be find this association as obvious without me easy.

Plus Australia is dubbed as Green Continent it's good association too. But it's up to Ken.

Kangaroo Pet Rolls indeed!

ok,....... looking what you blog said

how bout'

"Traverse Basic" (I google it and nothing much came up)

People can say I want to get TB..............dam........ back to the drawing board

Well, I guess that's better than:

Very Desirable...

LOL....

this is serious brainstorming

... or Simple To Drive

. I think that just might catch or contagious. better not touch that

How about Sterling Sedan?

Sterling came up as a synonym to "reliable" and as it appears you have two rows of seats, it's technically a sedan. Decent alliteration and a touch of class.

Edit: Whoops - looks like a Stirling Sedan already exists. Sorry.

The Sterling and the Acura Legend were effectively the same car, with one built in Japan, and one built in the UK. The two were about as far apart on the quality scale as can be, the Acura being excellent and the Sterling being atrocious. Not the proudest moment in UK automotive history.

How about the: Kengineering Marvel

Definitely appeals to my egotistical side!

Zoom Cocoon? (ZC for short)

Pod has too many wrong connotations. Pods are usually stationary strucutures where something grows (peas). The only pods that move are escape pods on starships, AFIK.

Cocoons are also stationary, but the word evokes a feeling of coziness. I'm sure a lightweight vehicle such as this is capable of good speeds.

I'm sure a lightweight vehicle such as this is capable of good speeds.

At least fairly good speeds: 90 in bursts, 70 all day long.

It's a looonnnnggg name suggestion, but how 'bout, "Tune Me Up (I'm not getting 6000 mpg)." Maybe you could wrap it all the way around the car . . .

Why would it, as a name, need to be something already in popular usage? How about Trianthum?

Considering we have an energy crisis on hand, and urgently need to prioritize the solution requiring immediate attention…

The TRIAGE

10% of your sales will be sufficient for my payment.

A 6000 mile per gallon vehicle is yesterday's news. Fuel prices are approaching four dollars a gallon in a Los Angeles area. No currently produced alternative fuel vehicles are devoid of big oils tentacles. They will simply raise their prices and the cost per mile will remain unchanged.

A innovative and adaptive solution is required. Bovine excrement, big oil cannot control the flatulence of cows. Therefore the cow pod one
what is required is to cut through the B. and produce a vehicle that runs on B..

Energy independence now not 10 years from now. It is time for the United States to become an energy exporting country again. Produce the cow pod one now. This being an election year there is sure to be a massive surplus of B......

Ken abandon miles per gallon. And think miles per cow pie.

ROFL!

I don't think you want to name it THAT.

How about: Whisper. Understated but intense. Speak in a "Whisper" and people will listen closely.

Dear Ken, I think you said it best, "Stone axe reliable". Why not just call it the "Axe"?

Simple, to the point, and it always works.

If this name is chosen I simply want credit, no money.

Dragon

Here's a name that will at least stick in the mind of the public, "Cockroach".

LOL Dragon

Three Wheels and it looks like a Ford

How about "Trifford"

How about the "Fry mobile". It looks like a frog to me so call it "The Frog", or "Jump 3". Watch out for Dell, he might want to eat it!

Fryble?

This name only fits if he uses a Diesel motor and runs it on old cooking oil!!! It will smell like a Northern England Chippie!!!

Change the Y to I and use Vermin as the mascot?

"Northern England Chippie"

Could be y'all have a different definition of "chippie" in Northern England. Here, that would maybe be...

True.....

How about "radioactive!"

How bout podal jumper of course I still think it needs to be an alternative fuel vehicle. If the previous stated fuel were to be utilized exaggerate claims would actually produce usable fuel.

Fly3WD

The Chinese market is all yours.

Where can I read more about your vehicle? It's late I can't think of a name.

Indydog

Hi Indydog:

www.gaiatransport.com

Trymaxion

in honor of bucky!

Frymaxion

in you honor

Anything but late for supper

How about "HOWDY 6000"

Sounds a bit like Audi 2000

And it actually means "How do you do 6000?" (mpg)

Some one already used "beetle":-

What about "bug".

Or "Mosquito". It's been used for a plane but not a car yet as far as I know.

Geez, I like that little bugger. Looks like a real blast to drive. Of course, the first thing I'd do is drop a 454 in it, with a 8 in lift kit, and some Micky Thompson mudder tires....

C'mon honey, grab the backpacks, load up the cooler, we're off to Vermont...

It really looks uncomfortable for a family of 4 and a trip to the store.

How about the 'Testicular Tickler'?

If its a Muscle car, how about "Tricep" or "Tricept" or "Triceps", it could be seen as a mixture of "Tri" for 3 and "concept" for example.

Wiki stated the following:-

The triceps brachii muscle is often simply called the triceps (both singular and plural). However, the term triceps (Latin for "three-headed") can mean any skeletal muscle having three origins, such as the triceps surae.

Click on the following link:-

Triceps muscle

To All:

Thanks for the great and funny ideas. I am swamped today, but will try to make more specific replies tonight. As always, I impressed by the creativity and spirit of CR4 members!

BTW, my company name is Gaia Transport Corporation. How about just the Gaia?

If you're supporter of Gaia theory --- it is good name for your car.

Sounds pretty Gaia

how about Fridge Magnet, LEV (low emissions vehicle), LEV1, formula 1, LEVITY, simplicity, Green Life, Bump, Arc (the shape), Tripod, I'll stop now.

Ahem....."LEV1" has been used before. "Leyland Experimental Vehicle 1"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Railbuses

Hi Ken,

You put a lot of thought in this achievement and Neanderthal is known to have a small brain. So, I think too it wouldn't be appropriate.

What about calling it: NOCAR

The reason is simple: what makes us to hardly accept something different is that our collective memory is stuck in an image: a "real car" has to trail fume, make vroom-vroom, look big, aggressive and impressive.

So NOCAR is not a car. Is just a transportation mean that will be finally accepted because cars will disappear... There is no other way to go. Use reversed psychology. Children accept something only if it is the opposite of what they want.

Regards

How about having a look at this:

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Video/Search-Results/Video/Motor-Shows/The-stars-of-the-2008-Geneva-show/

(check the video at t=6.10)

http://lumeneo.fr/welcome.html

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/03/05/geneva-2008-lumeneo-smera-tilting-electric-car/

Thanks, Randolph.

The first prototype of my vehicle started off leaning, on two wheels, with retractable outriggers (much along the lines of the vehicle that finishes up the video in your link.) A concern with three and four-wheel leaners, (for me at least) is that the cornering dynamics depend strongly on lean angle, so that if one wheel drops into a large pothole, or runs up over a curb, etc., then the angular change can be quite large, (because of the narrow wheel spacing) putting things out of equilibrium.

Where this becomes really bizarre (again from my perspective) is with the Piaggio scooter. They are so much heavier than the two-wheel counterpart, to what end? Even in road racing motorcycles I've never wished for additional wheels in front. If they were fully weather-tight (like the Smera), then there is a good reason for being able to hold the thing up at a stop without putting feet down. But if the vehicle is open, then putting feet down is an elegant solution compared to the complexity of the Piaggio scooter.

Nevertheless, I been attracted to all the various enclosed leaning vehicle concepts. Here in the US, narrowness is important in a very tiny segment of the market. Here, the appeal would be mainly the feel of carving through turns like a motorcycle.

How about PR/6000, as in Pregnant RollersKate? Just kidding!k AWESOME INVENTION, where can I buy one?

Hi Ken,

How about naming your vehicle " L.C.F. "

Low Carbon Footprint

Laserlover

To play up the reliability and the fact it's intended as a commuter car, how about the GYT 6000? When someone asks what GYT stands for, tell them it describes what it does - it Gets Ya Thar!

IIRC, Mazda had a car on the market years ago called the GLC - Great Little Car.

"IIRC, Mazda had a car on the market years ago called the GLC - Great Little Car."

They also had the MPV mini-van - Multi-Passenger Vehicle. It seems that both were marketing successes. When in doubt keep it simple.

how about "Little Bastard" ?

Miser with a Z...MIZER 6K

DaisyWorld, WhiteDaisy, DaisyCar.

Thanks!

I had to think for a moment: Daisy? And then I remembered the connection with the Gaia theory. I'm not at all convinced that the details of the Gaia theory are correct, but I like the idea of earth as an organism.

My vote is no to "Gaia", sorry....

Sorry, I forgot to say why, it sounds a bit like the German namer for "Vulture", which is "Geier"! especially if you read the name from a German spelling point of view. Bad connotations my friend.

The "a" is pronounced more like "are" in English/American.....its not a big step away....

Ja, ja ich verstehe.

There is an urban legend re the Chevy Nova, (with no va meaning "no go" in Spanish) which claims that sales were poor in Spanish-speaking countries. Actually, nova is a perfectly good Spanish word and many products are successful sold under than name. If anything, you'd expect latin-based language speakers to be more aware of it's latin meaning "new".

But, having the name sound like the German word for vulture is a bit different. Nevertheless, our entry into the German market is a while into the future, and at that time we'd consider a different name.

Ken could you expand on the financial structure of your company?

I remember you speaking about it somewhere but can't quite remember where.

You could always Go with the classic name structure.

Gaia Model A

GTC 100

GTC Runabout

GTC Go

Gaia Commuter

Gaia GLC [great little car], ok mazda might not like that

Gaia 1+1

or all the various permutations.................

Will you be covering the front wheels [fenders]

Months ago you said there would be cruise & climate [ac] control?

Power points for cell phones, tunes............?

Ken could you expand on the financial structure of your company?

Black hole. Money goes in, nothing comes out.

Actually, the plan is to finance it with a DPO (Direct Public Offering). I've investigated the VC route, and found it difficult, unless one's business happens to coincide with the precise interest and plans of a particular VC firm. To enable a DPO, you file an SEC disclosure (which is pretty long -- 40-50 pages or so) and then send copies to states which allow DPOs (or for New York, you use a different, shorter form). Unlike stock in a private corporation, DPO stock is tradable -- but there is no guarantee that there will be buyers. My expectation is that the company will be effectively customer-owned, and we'd be simultaneously advertising for launch customers and investors. (With the DPO structure and limitations, you can do this. Without filing the SEC documents, you would run the risk of violating various "blue sky" laws.)

I've also considered making a co-op, of which True Value Hardware, Ace Hardware, and Land-o-Lakes (butter) are examples. I don't think this structure really fits as well, though -- although the idea of an essentially customer-owned company appeals to me, I'd like to retain rights to a couple pieces of intellectual property. To some extent, I think that is not quite in keeping with the concept of a co-op (although I think it is technically legal). I'm not doing this so much to make millions as I am simply to offer a more ecologically-sound vehicle and to help change thinking re what is really required in a vehicle. But at the same time, it would be fun to make a financial success of the business. (In a previous business startup, I worked with attorneys who had been involved in large tech IPO's, and they were enthusiastic not just because of the money, but also -- mainly? -- because it is pretty cool to see these things take shape.) There is a lot to be said for working in the wildly-enthusiastic environment of new startups.

Months ago you said there would be cruise & climate [ac] control?

Although the essential idea of the vehicle is to keep things as simple as possible, (very much along the lines of the original VW Beetle -- which was entirely out of the mainstream when introduced here), AC seems essential these days for something you drive to work (who wants to arrive drenched in sweat?). Also, AC (or it's equivalent) is required for the batteries, (which like to be warmed up in the winter and cooled in the summer... just like people) so it makes sense to run the cabin exhaust out past the batteries. Cruise is so easy to implement with an electric drive vehicle, that doing so makes sense, I think.

I think we'll have several outlets for things like cell phones, GPS, etc. I think (maybe) even the radio (which could be an FM-equipped mp3 player these days) will be supplied as a plug-in module available from someone else, rather than a factory- installed option. Henry Ford's idea of any color you want as long as it's black, still has some value, I think. I'd like to avoid gee-gaw creep: "Let's see, we have an LCD interface screen... we could have cameras instead of mirrors... built-in GPS, all sorts of fancy monitoring and energy displays, touch screen control over the sound system..." The less of this stuff we supply, the less of our stuff there is to break, and the less to support in warranty, fewer parts to stock, etc.

The accessories scheme is sensible, various cubbyholes & surfaces conducive to aftermarket installations would be nice. Possibly some channels or wire ways to ease this process.

Price range?

ps. I'll keep pitching these slow one's over the plate, you seem to be gettin' some good wood on 'em!

"...supplied as a plug-in module available from someone else, rather than a factory- installed..."

Which hearkens back to the early years of finer automobile production, such as the Deusenberg, where the manufacturer supplied the chassis and drive train, and the buyer had the body made by a coachmaker, and the other goodies (back then, crystal bud vases, now iPods) from the people who specialized in them. That way, those who want Bose speakers can pay for them, those who couldn't care less don't have to. Truly custom cars! I like it...

Also, having read nearly all of these posts, it's time for the ULTIMATE name suggestion:

Trius (pronounced treye-us)

As in "buy us, try us, you'll like us", which is also a catchy advert slogan, innit? Not to mention descriptive... ...and has the added bonus of not showing up in a Google search as having any connection to automobiles beyond a Nova Scotia charter bus company and a few auto parts/repairs operations. So whatcha think?

Maybe more suitable would be GG, i.e. Gaia Guard? Either BGG --- Brave Gaia Guard?

Simplextra - has a certain ring to it. LOL

If only 'Wedgie' didn't have other meanings. It's a very cool vehicle, and needs a catchy name. Neanderthal is a bit long to be catchy, maybe you could go Australopithican with 'Lucy'.

I think "Lucy" is a good name (I'm surprised you didn't suggest "KrisDel™"). Think of the possibilities Kris???

-John