Triumph Spitfire Versus Supermarine Spitfire: Cars fight their flying namesakes
Cars and planes often share names. Sometimes it’s because car manufacturers want to evoke the glamour of the plane and sometimes it’s coincidence. We pit these namesakes against each other, to find out see which is more worthy of their name. Contestants ready? Fight!!
Round 1. Buick Wildcat II versus Grumman F4F Wildcat
Winner: Grumman F4F Wildcat
Round 2: Triumph Spitfire Versus Supermarine Spitfire
Winner: Supermarine Spitfire
Round 3: Volkswagen Caravelle Versus Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle
Winner: Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle
Round 4: Mitsubishi Mirage Versus Dassault Mirage III
Winner: Dassault Mirage III
Round 5: Lincoln Zephyr Versus QinetiQ Zephyr
Winner: Lincoln Zephyr
Final score: Planes 4 Cars 1
Other examples include:
| Airspeed Ambassador / Austin Ambassador | |||||
| Atlas Impala / Chevrolet Impala | |||||
| Beagle Terrier / Leyland Terrier | |||||
| Beech Baron / Chrysler Le Baron | |||||
| Beech Sierra / GMC & Ford Sierra | |||||
| Cessna 208 & 406 Caravan / Dodge Caravan | |||||
| Cessna 404 Titan / Leyland Titan | |||||
| Dassault Falcon / Ford Falcon | |||||
| Fairchild Metro / Austin (Rover) & GEO Metro | |||||
| HP Herald / Triumph Herald | |||||
| HP Victor / Vauxhall Victor | |||||
| IAI Astra / Vauxhall (Opel/Saturn) Astra | |||||
| Lockheed C-5 Galaxy / Ford Galaxy | |||||
| Northrop Talon / Eagle Talon | |||||
| Piper (Ted Smith) PA60 Aerostar / Ford Aerostar | |||||
| Piper PA22 Colt / Mitsubishi Colt | |||||
| Piper PA23 Aztec / Pontiac Aztec | |||||
| Piper PA28 & Bombardier Challenger / Dodge Challenger | |||||
| Piper PA28 Cherokee / Jeep Cherokee | |||||
| Piper PA28 Cruiser / Chrysler PT Cruiser | |||||
| Piper PA46 Malibu / Chevrolet Malibu | |||||
| Sikorsky S76 Spirit / Dodge Spirit | |||||
| Sud Caravelle / VW Caravelle | |||||
| Supermarine Spitfire / Triumph Spitfire | |||||
| Vickers Vanguard / Vauxhall Vanguard | |||||
| Vought & Cessna 425 Corsair / Ford Corsair | |||||
| Vought F7U Cutlass / Oldsmobile Cutlass | |||||
If you enjoyed this, have a look at the top ten British, French, Swedish, Australian, Japanese and German aeroplanes.
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Saab made a Viggen model of the 9-3, of course, but that may not count!
We have Kawasaki Hayabusa (falcon) motorcycle and Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa fighter.
Oops, Hayabusa is Suzuki. Kawasaki motorcycle is Ninja… and yes, we have flying Ninja too! Kawasaki OH-1 helicopter is nicknamed “Ninja”.
It was the Standard Vanguard not the Vauxhall. Standard later rebranded with its Triumph nameplate- they were the Audis of their day.
Many thanks Duker for your many interesting comments, perhaps you should write an article for Hush-Kit?
What about the Lockheed C-5 v the Sinclair C-5? or the Messerschmitt 262 v Messerschmitt KR200?