My wife is more into naming cars than I am, or was at least. I've sort of been pushed into it just to humor her.

My wife started it with the dark emerald green Camaro she bought new back in '92 - Esmerelda or Essie for short.

My old BMW 3 Series was Steffi because, like Steffi Graf, she was german and had great legs ("great legs" in the car sense meaning it was great for fast, long distance cruising

My former silver Dodge Stratus was Silvia because, well, she was silver (I was still new at this car naming thing at the time)

My wife named my PT Cruiser Penelope, as in Penelope Cruz(er) since Ms Cruz is Spanish and the PT was built in Mexico where, well, they speak Spanish (this is part of the reason I think naming cars is a bit silly)

My former Miata was called Miko because it was a cute Japanese sounding name.

My Crossfire is called Gretchen simply because she's German and gorgeous and I once knew a gorgeous German girl named Gretchen. Did I say gorgeous? Actually, stop-you-dead-in-your-tracks-drop-your-jaw-to-the-floor-stunningly-beautiful was maybe a more apt description of Gretchen.

Even with all those names, I never refer to my cars that way. My wife, however, always does.