Does anyone actually like the Vehicle Brands?

[don ovdi' island]

Well, the admiral in the HD era is a Grand Marquis, and since Dundreary is supposed to be Mercury, it makes sense, Dundreary Admiral = Mercury Grand Marquis. 3d to HD era brands and names can't really be compared, since there are so many differences in the makes and models.

 

As far as the inconsistencies between the makes and models? Well, that's just that good ole top notch attention to detail R* has.

 

As far as the puns and jokes for the brand names? Well, that's just that good ole, corny and played out sense of humor R* has.. much like their 50 million sex and genital jokes they have on every corner of the GTA series that is just redundant now.

[Pomlei]

I'd like to meet the person who had the brilliant idea to name a brand Willard. So now you have a car called Willard Willard..

 

EDIT: Fixing typos

Edited December 12, 2014 by Pomlei

[79'Blazer4x4]

I'd like to meet the person who had the brillaint idea to name a brand Willard. So now you have a car called Willard Willard..

I agree, that's pretty dumb. If there was any kind of vehicle in real life with a model name that was the same as the make it would at least make it less nonsensical to have it in GTA, though it would still be stupid as hell.

[PowerKracker]

I'd like to meet the person who had the brilliant idea to name a brand Willard. So now you have a car called Willard Willard..

 

EDIT: Fixing typos

I thought that's an awesome name. Then again my favorite animal is the western lowland gorilla (gorilla gorilla gorilla).

[Facepalm38]

Yo dawg, I herd you liek Willards, so we named your car Willard so you can drive your Willard while driving your Willard.

[Pedinhuh]

If anything I don't like their names, almost all of them sound cool or original, they are all some short of immature pun(like almost everything in the game is)
Obey doesn't sound cool like Audi does;
Same applies for Benefactor, Ubermacht, Dodge, Dundreary(real dumb name right here), Vapid, Deubawchee, Annis, Gallivanter, Willard, and the list goes on...
The only one I still like are the:
Classique, even though it doesn't exist anymore;
Declasse, sound cool and classy;
Vulcar, because it's a cool name, in my point of view even better than Volvo;
Imponte, sounds powerful as Pontiac.

[MrDeSanta]

Coquette is supposed to be a parody on cock i guess? Cock(q)uette. Like a baby dick or something.

Edited December 12, 2014 by MrDeSanta

[Micaam]

 

I'd like to meet the person who had the brillaint idea to name a brand Willard. So now you have a car called Willard Willard..

I agree, that's pretty dumb. If there was any kind of vehicle in real life with a model name that was the same as the make it would at least make it less nonsensical to have it in GTA, though it would still be stupid as hell.

 

 

It would make more sense if you consider it as a model within a different brand which gets promoted into a brand of it's own, such as Chrysler's Imperial from '55 to '75 and '81 to '83. The 80's Imperial is as close, I think, to the Willard Willard as it was simply named the Imperial, with no use of the Chrysler name om the vehicle, albeit with the pentastar logo. It was during concept stage planned to be named Chysler LaScala. On the basis of that I propose that the Willard Willard may actually just go by the name Willard, similar to the '81–'83 Imperial. With other Willard both before and after it chronologically, I can only suggest that the Willard model and brand and it's mother company has had drastic shifts in popularity over time, causing the model/brand to be promoted/denoted many times over.

 

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_(automobile)

 

I know Wikipedia is not a good source for reference, so check out Wikipedia's sources for credible ones.

 

 

If anything I don't like their names, almost all of them sound cool or original, they are all some short of immature pun(like almost everything in the game is)

Obey doesn't sound cool like Audi does;

Same applies for Benefactor, Ubermacht, Dodge, Dundreary(real dumb name right here), Vapid, Deubawchee, Annis, Gallivanter, Willard, and the list goes on...

The only one I still like are the:

Classique, even though it doesn't exist anymore;

Declasse, sound cool and classy;

Vulcar, because it's a cool name, in my point of view even better than Volvo;

Imponte, sounds powerful as Pontiac.

>Declasse:

 

Definition of DÉCLASSÉ

1

: fallen or lowered in class, rank, or social position

2

: of inferior status

>Vulcar: Vulgar

>Imponte: Impotent

Personally I think most brands sound and feel like companies, but some take more getting used to than others. Like: Why does Albany not have a french ring to it, like Cadillac or Detroit. Apparently the City's name derives from the Gaelic name from Scotland. (Name origin: Named for the Scottish Duke of Albany, whose title comes from the Gaelic name for Scotland: Alba) Scrs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York

EDIT:

Coquette is supposed to be a parody on cock i guess? Cock(q)uette. Like a baby dick or something.

 

Full Definition of COQUETTE

: a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men

— co·quett·ish adjective

— co·quett·ish·ly adverb

— co·quett·ish·ness noun

From Merriam-Webster

Edited December 12, 2014 by Micaam

[Ezza.]

Yo dawg, I herd you liek Willards, so we named your car Willard so you can drive your Willard while driving your Willard.

Yo dawg, I herd you liek Ferraris, so we named your car TheFerrari so you can drive your Ferrari while driving your Ferrari.

 

Happens IRL too

Edited December 12, 2014 by EZza2647

[TheGoodSgtScooter]

I like them, it's funner than just having "Infernus" or a "Tornado". Also, pretty sure "Vulcar" is a play on "vulgar".

[universetwisters]

I like them, it's funner than just having "Infernus" or a "Tornado". Also, pretty sure "Vulcar" is a play on "vulgar".

 

I've heard it both ways, Vulcar is supposed to be Vulgar/Vulva

[Billy Benedict]

Also here R* wants to save money. They would have to pay the licence for using real brands. So first they have to negotiate with the manufacturers of the cars and then if they agree, they can use the brand, logo, name etc. for a fee, of course. But instead of giving them money, they decided to just chinese the cars by copying them and just change small details.

Id rather prefer real names. The same goes for real city names, street names and so on.

 

and so you think ford is gonna let one of thier cars be used to run over old ladies? Hmmm? I'm sure Cadillac would love thier cars being used by gang bangers who commit heinous crimes, and what business doesn't want to be featured in a mission where a character blows up their corporate headquarters, loan sharks to them and all of the other myriad of things that a protagonist does in issiin? Then u gotta worry about the fact that when the media feels like blamming rockstar for societies problems again, were gonna lose all of the cars and buildings from the game because of the "compassion for values" that these businesses have Edited December 12, 2014 by LILSPILLYUM

[bahraini_carguy]

Am i the only one who cares about knowing GTA vehicle Brands?

Am i the only one who cares about cars which should have been set on this "Brand" instead of that "Brand"?

[universetwisters]

 

Also here R* wants to save money. They would have to pay the licence for using real brands. So first they have to negotiate with the manufacturers of the cars and then if they agree, they can use the brand, logo, name etc. for a fee, of course. But instead of giving them money, they decided to just chinese the cars by copying them and just change small details.

Id rather prefer real names. The same goes for real city names, street names and so on.

and so you think ford is gonna let one of thier cars be used to run over old ladies? Hmmm? I'm sure Cadillac would love thier cars being used by gang bangers who commit heinous crimes, and what business doesn't want to be featured in a mission where a character blows up their corporate headquarters, loan sharks to them and all of the other myriad of things that a protagonist does in issiin? Then u gotta worry about the fact that when the media feels like blamming rockstar for societies problems again, were gonna lose all of the cars and buildings from the game because of the "compassion for values" that these businesses have

 

As much as I'm against using real life brands in GTA, I don't know why car companies use that double standard with video games while allow it with movies.

[don ovdi' island]

the movie industry steps to its own vibe. Look at fictional TV shows, they use real cars but take the badges off to avoid licensing disputes. Its different in 3d movies/cartoons/and video games because they actually have to model the cars.. whereas movies they're using actual vehicles.

 

 

Plus, car manufacturers probably review and approve of a script in which their cars will be used, as opposed to video games where its all up to the player what to do and totally out of anyone else's control. Also i'd say hollywood has/and is willing to dish out the big bucks to get the licenses in movies that are violent and the such. it's cheaper (and probably easier) for game designers to just create their own knockoffs.

[The Dedito Gae]

I've heard it both ways, Vulcar is supposed to be Vulgar/Vulva

you're seeing things man, i just visited gta wikia and says that the car Feltzer name it's a pun on felching (a very graphic sexual act)..

sometimes a name it's just a name.

Edited December 13, 2014 by Midnight Hitman

[TheGoodSgtScooter]

 

 

I like them, it's funner than just having "Infernus" or a "Tornado". Also, pretty sure "Vulcar" is a play on "vulgar".

I've heard it both ways, Vulcar is supposed to be Vulgar/Vulva

How would anyone get "vulva" put of Vulcar? You literally take the "g" in vulgar and replace it with a "c".

[PowerKracker]

 

 

I like them, it's funner than just having "Infernus" or a "Tornado". Also, pretty sure "Vulcar" is a play on "vulgar".

I've heard it both ways, Vulcar is supposed to be Vulgar/Vulva

How would anyone get "vulva" put of Vulcar? You literally take the "g" in vulgar and replace it with a "c".

 

Yep, that's exactly what I thought at first too. Fun thing though, back when Vulcar was thought to be Volkswagen I would read far too much into that name and I assumed it's a very clever pun - "vulgar" classicaly means "common", and Volkswagen is literally "peoples' car". So I thought the name would convey a similar meaning - a "vulgar car" being a commoner's car.

[RedDagger]

Am i the only one who cares about knowing GTA vehicle Brands?

Am i the only one who cares about cars which should have been set on this "Brand" instead of that "Brand"?

People mention this fairly often - Rockstar aren't too picky with their choice of brand of a car, and have been known to switch the manufacturer between games (can't remember which car though), and there's a lot of people who are vocal about this.

 

Saying that, there only representations of a brand, and often are a mixture of brands, so they haven't done anything properly wrong by assigning a car to the 'wrong' brand.