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Axel - father of peace.

Still looking.

Torkel - Thor's kettle

Valdemar - powerful

Verner - friend protector

Heh--"Torkel." Sounds something like a bodily function. "Pardon me while I go torkel!" Valdemar might be a bit of a stretch. Although it has more than 62 horsepower, it doesn't have a LOT more.

I could go back to Carl again, except this time with a C, for Carl Gustaf. I have a couple of Swede Mausers made by the Gustaf factory, and I think they would look good in a rear window mounted gun rack.

Why, "Chef", of course.

Bork Bork Bork!

Verner might be nice - you and the car protecting each other?

The last named car I had was that offensive little orange Mercury Bobcat (Pinto) with the white vinyl roof and plaid interior -- my buddy Sam Kumar named it "Wanda".

Verner is nice, although I do wonder if instead of "friend protector," "pocket protector" might be more appropriate to the type of owner it had. He was very meticulous.

Wanda does sound rather brash, but I believe it might have fit her.

Skinnydan, I like Chef, too, as long as everyone knows I'm yelling Bork and not Bjork.

U-459 was such a cool name.

*sigh*

Mjollnir - the hammer of Thor
Freya - goddess of love and beauty
Frigg - Odin's wife (and if it won't start, you can say "oh Frigg!" without getting into trouble)

I know, Skillzy--I'm sorry to do that to you. But you remember in Das Boot how stuff was flying around and bolts were splodin' and water was rushing in everywhere and everyone was very nervous? Well, that was sorta like the Mercedes was.

As for all of these objects of Thor's that everyone is finding--does Thor have anything like a wagon or cart he hauls himself around in? Or maybe a toaster?

You could always paint it red and name it "Erik the Red."

Well, I think it will get some paint in the future, but I think given the trouble of changing it to Erik the Red, it might just have to stay the same silvery color as Thor's sword. Or his toaster.

Can't help you. I grew to dislike Volvos back in my professional mechanicing days. They had such things as French voltage regulators controlling Italian alternators.

A regular United Nations of a car--well, I'm sure it will be just as effective as the U.N.

I seem to recall Thor had a chariot that was drawn by either two or four goats, but I don't remember if it had a name.

Is "Thor's Toaster" the name of a rock band? If it isn't, it SHOULD be.

Two goats, their names were Tanngniost (Gap Tooth) and Tanngrisnir (Tooth Grinder). No name for the chariot itself that I can find.

I googled swedish mythology and got this.

I'm rather partial to "A cow with the name 'Audhumbla' and a giant named 'Ymer'"

Saga is the best of the lot (scroll down to the very end).

Well, in the comic book, Thor just swung his hammer around and let it drag him across the sky.

Thor rides in a chariot drawn by two goats, Tanngniost (Toothgnasher) and Tanngrisnir (Toothgrinder). The rolling of the wheels of this chariot is said to create the thunder that rolls across the heavens.

Mønti Pythøn ik den Hølie Grälen

Did you realize that google doesn’t translate from english to swedish? Thus we really don’t know what the word is for dull,
Does anyone else remember the Gary Larson cartoon that had Thor holding his hammer and behind him on a pegboard was labeled Thor’s power drill etc.?

Nonsense, Jim--there are plenty of Swedish works that mean dull: dov, matt, trög, andefattig, slö. And, of course, Volvo.

OH! And Pössumblög.

It works—just last week I taught a bit about letting you audience draw their own conclusions.

This only works if they are smart.

Larry, shall I assume that every time the regulators snorted with disgust at the bourgeiose nature of electricity, the alternators threw their hands up and surrendered?

Dave, it's a little known fact (for good reason) that Thor's chariot is the one item in Norse mythology to pick something out of the Roman Pantheon. The two goats, Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder, pulled along the chariot named for the Roman Goddess of crooked items that are made straight.

[wait for it...]

Orthodontia.

We'll have to start calling him Sheckydan...

Is this a girl car or a boy car?

It seems relatively masculine, although it does have a girly automatic transmission.

Oooo, here is another good one.

You should go for Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin, he could travel throughout the nine worlds and across land and sea. He is the son of Loki and a stallion.

Don't I remember Car & Driver mag taking one of those critters racing on the Salt Flats? And turbos, don't I remember some of those models having a little turbo power for sleeper duty?

Yep, Nate--there was a turbo model but this isn't one of them. But for the perverse amongst you, there is always this.

Name suggestions since it's a girly automatic.

Ingrid or Elke?

Hmmm--for some reason, I'm thinking of the Swedish Bikini Team...

Whaddayamean "start"? I suggested Otar yesterday! It sounds especially good when you say it like "Lyle, the Kindly Viking": Otarrr

Swedish?

Monosyllabic?

Sven and Lars come to mind. But seem a bit commonplace.

Lief ain't bad.

Now, if you're willing to go up to multisyllabic (as most commenters have), how about "Hrothgar?"

He is the son of Loki and a stallion.

Ewwwww.

Sorry, Lenise--no slight was intended! Although I kinda like Lyle, which reminds me of Lyle Waggoner, who reminds me of Porter Wagoner, who reminds me of Dolly Parton.

Eric(k)--I think it's going to have to be monosyllabic and as free of glottal stops as possible. I am, after all, only a possum.

And yes, Skillzy, you are right. It's almost Michael Jacksonian in its animal creepiness.