Before it was a car, what did the word 'Camaro' mean?

[vristang]

Where did Chevy come up with the name "Camaro"

A Mustang is a wild horse.
A Thunderbird makes sense even if it isn't a real bird.

Even 'Road Runner' makes sense.

I have always wondered where the name 'Camaro' came from, but no one seems to know


jason

 

[poneypower89]

"Though the car's name was contrived with no meaning, GM researchers reportedly found the word in a French dictionary as a slang term for "friend" or "companion." "

http://www.reference.com/search?r=2&q=Camaro

 

[BOWTIEKILLR]

just like they found the bowtie... i believe it was a design on some wall paper in a cheap french hotel. just gives me another reason to dislike chevrolet

 

[vristang]

Poneypower-
I figured I would get pure BS answers, and was ok with that.
Good response.



I may be way off, but I think I remember this correctly.
Weren't the original founders of Chevrolet a couple of French brothers who raced for Ford? Ford did something that pissed them off, so they started their own car company to continue racing
???

I heard this as a story from a Professor in college, if I was paying attention...
If this is correct, then finding a random French word for a new vehicle would make a little more sense...

jason

 

[90]

i thought i remembered hearing somthing about that... but i dont know for sure... now i want to look that up..

 

[jrichker]

Poneypower-
I figured I would get pure BS answers, and was ok with that.
Good response.



I may be way off, but I think I remember this correctly.
Weren't the original founders of Chevrolet a couple of French brothers who raced for Ford? Ford did something that pissed them off, so they started their own car company to continue racing
???

I heard this as a story from a Professor in college, if I was paying attention...
If this is correct, then finding a random French word for a new vehicle would make a little more sense...

jason

For a very interesting biography of Louis Chevrolet, see http://www.bookrags.com/biography/louis-chevrolet/.

It seems that he was the inventor of the roll bar, or one of the first racers to use one.

 

[Ozz]

I was under the same impression about the bowtie logo. Even if not true, the response still wasn't complete BS as opposed to just myth

 

[carbed87]

man, i always wondered that lol...

 

[90blacknight]

I'll play the devil's advocate here. We question the name camaro and whether or not chevrolet was started by a couple of french ex Ford men. Now consider the following statement: Ford Mustang Cobra. Both a horse and a snake? Was the once proud and mighty mustang, perhaps the most significant animal in american history, suffering from a little penis envy? that we deemed it necessary to inject a little venom into it, so he could regain a feeling of self-worth, and challenge it's competition once again with it's newly found self confidence and might? Consider it closely guys. Then later still: Ford Mustang GT Cobra. Seesh! Make sure we squeeze the GT in there just in case there is any doubt! Yes it is a 5.0, you better recognize! I mean we go around making fun of ricers with their million and one logos, but come on. Hey, I've grown to love it, but consider it from the chevy man's perspective.

 

[Ozz]

What perspective would that be, this one?

 

[Strype]

I actually made the "Step Out" of asking a mexican guy that one time when I worked at Sears... He said it wasn't Spanish

 

[90blacknight]

What perspective would that be, this one?

Possibly yes.

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

This is officially the 3rd time i've seen this question in my time on this forum

I think it was slang for "mullet"

 

[FrankenStang]

just like they found the bowtie... i believe it was a design on some wall paper in a cheap french hotel. just gives me another reason to dislike chevrolet

LOL, Chevrolet sounds like a French word also.

 

[FrankenStang]

LOL, Chevrolet sounds like a French word also.

LOL, ^ DUH!!

<------- NEEDS TO READ THE WHOLE THREAD BEFORE POSTING TO AVOID SOUNDING LIKE A RETARD.

At least Henry Ford was American.

 

[GTOreturns]

LOL, ^ DUH!!

<------- NEEDS TO READ THE WHOLE THREAD BEFORE POSTING TO AVOID SOUNDING LIKE A RETARD.

At least Henry Ford was American.

And his parents?

 

[FrankenStang]

Irish. but I don't care about his parents. LOL He was born byDeeetroit.


edit: I lied again.

Where's Tim with my spanking?

 

[FrankenStang]

Dammit, I lied. They were English.

 

[Strype]

liar

 

[FrankenStang]

"They were of distant English descent but had lived in County Cork, Ireland."