Let’s get this out of the way: if you’ve named your car, you aren't weird (or alone). In fact, you’re part of a long, deeply human tradition of bonding with the machines that carry us through our lives. Cars aren’t just transportation—they’re companions, milestones, escape pods, and sometimes the only quiet place we get all day. So yeah. They deserve a name. A Brief History of Naming Our Machines Long before cars existed, people named things that helped them move th
