Many cars are named after winds. Scirroco, Golf, etc. Is there a Mistral (French wind)? I know their premier train is the Mistral. Are there other cars which use this marketing ploy? Just wandering.
Knowing your desperate need to find-out the origins of car names, I did some research (I don’t see Golf there – I thought it was a wind.
FYI
sirocco - the blistering winds of the Sahara, which can blow dust, grit, and sand all the way from northern Africa across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
Aeolus
regent of the winds in Greek mythology; see Boreas, Eurus, Notus, and Zephyr
Aquilo
the Latin version of Boreas
Auster
the Latin version of Notus
bora
a cold wind that blows from the north or northeast across the lands around the Adriatic Sea (named after Boreas)
Boreas
the "North Wind" in Greek mythology
chinook
a foehn, originating with moist wind from the Pacific Ocean, that releases its moisture as precipitation over the Rocky Mountains, the air is then compressed and heated as it descends over the frozen plains of the northwestern United States and Canada, often removing several inches of snow by sublimation in a matter of hours, thus leading some people to refer to them as "snow eaters"
[Sometimes, the wet southwest winds that blow along the coasts of Oregon and Washington are also referred to as chinooks because of their warmth.]
elephanta
the violent windstorms that occur at the beginning and the end of the monsoon season in India
Eurus
the "East Wind" in Greek mythology (the same term is used in Latin)
Favonius
the Latin version of Zephyr
foehn
any warm, dry wind that blows down the leeward side of a mountain range; particularly the hot, dry winds that move down from snow-clad mountains to roar through Alpine valleys, typically in autumn and late winter
friagem
like a North American norther, but blowing northward from the South Pole in South America
haboob
a squall of billowing dust that blows across the Syrian desert when a monsoon collides with dry air currents above it
harmattan
a very hot wind, with dangerous cross-currents, that blows southwest from central Africa and across the Sudan, typically December through February, preceded by the smokes (i.e., clouds of stinging, red dust)
khamsin
a hot, dry wind that blows from the Sahara Desert to Egypt for about fifty days each spring; called "rih al khamsin" (the wind of fifty days) by Egyptians
levanter
blows through the Straits of Gibraltar, funneled through the gap between the high plateau of Spain and the Atlas Mountains of North Africa
Mariah
it's what they call the wind (a way out here where they have names for the wind, and the rain, and fire)
mistral
a penetrating, stormy, dry and cold wind that blows through the Rhone Valley of France toward the Mediterranean coast
monsoon
any seasonal wind that blows toward a continent in summer and away from it in winter; perhaps the most famous of which occur in India
Notus
the "South Wind" in Greek mythology
puelche
an easterly foehn blowing off the Andes of South America
Santa Ana
a hot wind that emerges from the sun-baked Great Basin between the Sierras and the Rocky Mountains and pours into the Los Angeles basin of California; gusting to over 100 kilometers per hour, it can desiccate so much vegetation that it sets the stage for frequent brush fires
simoom
the searing "poison wind" of Arabia, which roars across the parched desert
sirocco
the blistering winds of the Sahara, which can blow dust, grit, and sand all the way from northern Africa across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe
tebbad
the "fever wind" of Turkestan
williwaw
violent gusts of cold air that blow off the mountainous coasts into the oceans, as occurs in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and the Straits of Magellan near the south end of South America
willy-willy
the name for a hurricane that occurs in the seas north of Australia
Zephyr
the "West Wind" in Greek mythology
zonda
a westerly foehn blowing off the Andes of South America and across the pampas of Argentina.
I hope this helps. No need to thank me.
