Names for cats found in car engines.

Sometimes the Cat Delivery System sends the kitties at high speeds under the hood of a car. Kittens hide inside the engine space for warmth, and the unsuspecting driver takes them for a ride. It’s a wildly risky and miraculous way to recieve a new family member.


66 (for Route 66)

Abby (for “Abbey Road”)

Axel / Axle

Beamer

Bennie (for Benz)

Carfield

CAT (stands for catalytic converter)

Chance

Chevie / Chevy

Clutch

Coupe

Cruiser

Dodge / Dodger

Easy Rider

Elle (for “electric”)

Evie (for “electric vehicle”)

Danger / Danger Cat

Danica

Dash

Destiny

Dicey

Diesel

Dodge / Dodger

Fate

Freeway

Ford

Ginny / Gin (short for “engine”)

Greased Lightning

Hazard

Hemi

Henrietta / Henry (for Henry Ford)

Hitch / Hitchhiker

Highway

Hondo / Jane Honda

Hubcap / Hubcat

Iggy (short for ignition)

Jeep / Jeepers

Jeopardy

Journey

Karma

Kia

Kitt (from Knight Rider)

Latoya (for Toyota)

Lucky

Mercedes

Miley / Miles

Miracle / Miracle Mile

Miss Daisy

Miss Frizzle

Motorhead

Mustang Sally / Mustang

Nine (she’s on her last life after that ride)

Nitro

Nox (for Equinox)

Piper (if found in the tail pipe)

Precarious

Rascal (for “Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts)

Racer

Ranger

Revvie

Rickie Bobby

Rider

Risky

Rhoda (she “rode a” car to you)

Roadie

Roe (short for song “Running on empty” by Jackson Browne)

Quasimotor

Scooter

Shelby

Sparky

Speedy

Sprocket

Steppenwolf

Subie / Subaru

Swift

Tagalong

Tesla / Tessie

Thunderbird

Tripp

Turbo

V8

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