Car / Band personalities

[freddy]

Mildly amusing story in wheels mag referencing a UK car magazine's comparison of current car brands to well known rock bands:

http://www.wheelsmag.com.au/Blogs/Car+Anthems.html?open&template=domWheels

Anyone want to make any additions? For example:

BMW (and not ferrari as suggested) = U2: Pretentious, wealthy, condescending

[phaeton]

Volkswagen = Dido (loved by the middle classes).

I think its spot on to; CAR mag is a great publication

[Mr Messy]

Evo's better!

[Mind's Eye]

haha good find. my favourite woudl have to be chrysler

[mikepologti]

haha i think pretty much most of those are right on the money .lol

[dubbed]

I like Lexus and Saab!

[freddy]

Found the complete list:

Alfa Romeo = Sugababes (A beautiful facsimile of better days)
Aston Martin = Bros (All three look identical)
Audi = Coldplay (Slick, unstoppable, slightly annoying)
Bentley = Barry White (The walrus we love)
BMW = Kanye West (Brash, borderline genius)
Bristol = Sir Edward Elgar (Of historical interest only)
Bugatti = The Beatles (Peerless)
Cadillac = Garth Brooks (Loved in America, ignored elsewhere)
Caterham = AC/DC (Been going for decades with just the one riff)
Chevrolet = Michael Jackson (Talented American that’s become a freak)
Chrysler = Bon Jovi (Living on a prayer)
Citroen = Oasis (Once massive, always threatening a comeback)
Corvette = Bruce Springsteen (The boss)
Daihatsu = Ryuichi Sakamoto (Under the radar)
Dodge = New Kids On The Block (Unwelcome reunion tour underway)
Farbio = Fleet Foxes (Up and coming Brits)
Ferrari = U2 (Often brilliant, often pompous)
FIAT = Paul Weller (Veers between Jam highs and Style Council lows)
Ford = Kylie Minogue (Honorary Brit, hugely popular, great chassis)
Honda = David Bowie (Keeps pushing new stuff but we want the old stuff back)
Hummer = Rage Against The Machine (That’s what everyone does)
Hyundai = Busted (Bubblegum stuff but not without some credibility)
Jaguar = Tony Christie (Surprising us after years in the wilderness)
Jeep = Metallica (Ponderous and bombastic)
Kia = Leona Lewis (Characterless machinery gaining popularity fast)
Koenigsegg = Spinal Tap (Turned up to 11)
Lamborghini = Meatloaf (Bat out of hell)
Land-Rover = The Clash (Utterly brilliant but people spit at them)
Lexus = Kraftwerk (Highly technical, largely forgotten)
Lotus = Queen (Much loved Brits who lost a charismatic leader)
Maserati = Dean Martin (Cool, benefits from association with a maestro)
Maybach = The KLF (Pointlessly burned millions)
Mazda = The Prodigy (On the edge of the mainstream)
Mercedes-Benz = Dire Straits (Men of advancing years still love them)
MG = Take That (Back from the dead but unlikely to be around for long)
Mini = The Bootleg Beatles (a tribute act)
Mitsubishi = Utah Saints (Marries tech with raw appeal and a sporadic back catalogue)
Morgan = Status Quo (The 12 bar blues of car production)
Nissan = Amy Winehouse (Good range but all over the place)
Noble = Diesel Park West (Leicester based, had a few hits, not planning more)
Perodua = The Wurzels (You. Just. Wouldn’t)
Porsche = Rolling Stones (Thoroughbred, cool, bankable, peerless)
Renault = Roxy Music (Once at the cutting edge, now plain and cosy)
Rolls-Royce = The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Classic, vast, British and you can’t even afford to hire it)
SAAB = Robbie Williams (Haven’t had a proper hit since the 1990’s)
Seat = Santana (Latin rhythms)
Skoda = The Sex Pistols (a serious threat to the established order)
Smart = The Small Faces (small)
Ssangyong = A drunken karaoke singer (someone make them stop)
Subaru = Red Hot Chili Peppers (used to rock hard but have lost their edge of late)
Suzuki = Madness (A lot of fun but not meant to be taken seriously)
Toyota = Band Aid (You can’t really go wrong)
Vauxhall = Elton John (Decades of uncoolness but still here)
Volkswagen = Dido (Bland, loved by the middle classes)
Volvo = ABBA (middle of the road, Swedish (obviously))

Someone on the wheels mag site suggested The Beatles for Holden and Yoko Ono for Daihatsu. Classic.