Car*nage

Names that didn't make the cut for this year's line-up

They’re rolling out the 2004 models in Detroit and elsewhere. Print and broadcast ads are focused on shiny new vehicles that you simply must have. The auto industry puts a lot of research into each vehicle rollout or redesign, all to get the most drool and cash out the car-buying public.

There’s the Toureg, the Cayenne, and the Armada. Some names are tough, forceful. Others sound like spices. Some have an ethereal ring to them. But why does Detroit leave some other names on the cutting room floor?

Face it, would you want to drive a Chevrolet Impact? Here are just some of the names passed over by the auto industry:

Kia Wart
Chrysler Wraparound
Hyundai Devastation
Honda Abrasion
Chrysler Mishap
Buick Laceration
Cadillac Extrusion
Subaru Deforester
Volvo S9-1-1
Mitsubishi Canker
DaeWoo Suspect
Nissan Debacle
Saturn Ipecac
Ford Affliction
Dodge Tribulation
Lexus Hemlock
BMW Heimlich
Mercedes Bent
Peugeot Phlegm
Saab Incontinence
Porsche Scratcher
Jaguar Declaw
Kia Wart
Chrysler Wraparound
Hyundai Devastation
Honda Abrasion
Chrysler Mishap
Buick Laceration
Cadillac Extrusion
Subaru Deforester
Volvo S9-1-1
Mitsubishi Canker
DaeWoo Suspect
Nissan Debacle
Saturn Ipecac
Ford Affliction
Dodge Tribulation
Lexus Hemlock
BMW Heimlich
Mercedes Bent
Peugeot Phlegm
Saab Incontinence
Porsche Scratcher
Jaguar Declaw