Nine cars with the tastiest names you've probably never heard of

This cutesy kei sports car was never meant to be sold outside of Japan, but Suzuki GB convinced head office to homologate it for the UK. When it arrived at the NEC for the 1992 British International Motor Show, the little caffeine hit managed to scoop two design awards.

Possibly the greatest name to ever grace the letterhead of a car manufacturer. Alldays & Onions was a Brit business that built a number of different automobiles in Birmingham from 1898 right up until WW1. After the war, the cars were sold under the name Enfield Alldays. Boo.

Originally badged as a Datsun and first launched in 1970, the Cherry was Nissan’s first front-engined, front-wheel drive supermini and officially lived for four generations. Named for Japan’s famous blossoming trees.

A puntastic name that Top Gear's headline writers would be proud of. The little S-Cargo van may have been based on the K10 Micra, but it was inspired by the Gallic 2CV Fourgonnette and looked every inch the escargot.

Mitsubishi sold just 50 examples of its 700kg Pistachio, but it was only ever intended to be a fuel efficient special for local authorities. Based on the Minica kei car and launched in December 1999, it featured a 1.1-litre four pot and start-stop tech to record well over 80mpg in official tests. Nuts!

The Corona took its name from the Latin word for ‘crown’ and when launched in the late 1950s it sat just below Toyota’s flagship; the erm... Crown. We’re surprised the Mexican brewery had nothing to say about the name though, given the beer was first drunk in 1925.

We’re not sure the Swedes were aware of the British summertime favourite when naming their new family car in the 1960s, but rumour has it the Cadbury’s Flake in ice cream phenomenon started way back in the 1920s, when Stefano Arcari started sticking crumbly chocolate bars in the chilly stuff.

Sold at auction earlier this year for just £4,500, this 1989 three seat Fiesta XR2i-based roadster was built by Coventry-based MGA Developments. It was a pitch to Ford to create something aimed at young buyers, but sadly never got off the ground.

Jointly developed with Japan’s Seiyu supermarkets, the Lettuce was a teeny kei car designed for the big shop. It had asymmetrical doors with one on the driver’s side and two on the passenger side so that kids could exit safely.