Looking for a name for your red ride?
How about more than two hundred of them?
We’ve got dark red car names, light red car names, and nicknames for red cars of all shades in between.
And since we know not every name is right for every car, we’ve broken our red car names down by car type too to help you choose just the right moniker for your current four-wheeled love.
Dark Red Car Nicknames
Here are some names for dark red cars.
These names are pulled from dark red color names and other objects that are well-known shades of red and work well for any type of vehicle:
- Auburn
- Carnelian
- Clay
- Garnet
- Merlot
- Paprika
- Rose
- Ruby
- Rusty
- Scarlet
Nicknames For Dark Red Cars (Smaller Vehicles)
These are some dark red car names we like best for smaller vehicles, like sedans, coupes, and sports cars.
- Currant
- Daredevil
- Darth Maul
Nicknames For Dark Red Trucks & SUVs
These are some dark red car names we like best for larger vehicles, like trucks and SUVs.
- Brick
- El Diablo
- Hellboy
- Red Skull
Medium Red Car Nicknames
Here are some names for medium red cars.
These names are pulled from vivid or true-red color names and objects that are well-known shades of red, and they work well for any type of vehicle:
- Apple
- Cardinal
- Carmine
- Lava
- Lightning McQueen
- Mr. Krabs (if you like you some SpongeBob)
- Po (if you like you some Teletubbies)
- Poinsettia
- Radish
- Red Delicious
- Roja
- Rossa
- Shazam
- Spidey
- Sumac
Nicknames For Medium/Vivid Red Cars (Smaller Vehicles)
These are some medium red car names we like best for smaller vehicles, like sedans, coupes, and sports cars.
- Berry
- Cherry
- Elmo
- Fire
- Flash
- Ladybug
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Mario
- Owlette (if you like you some PJ Masks)
- Red Koopa
Medium Red SUV & Truck Nicknames
These are some medium red car names we like best for larger vehicles, like trucks and SUVs.
- Big Red
- Gossamer (from Looney Tunes)
- Mr. Strong
- Mushu
- Optimus Prime
- Red Hulk
- Red Ranger (come on, you’ve gotta use this for a Range Rover)
Light Red Car Nicknames
Here are some names for light red cars.
These names are pulled from softer red color names and objects that are well-known light shades of red, and they work well for any type of vehicle:
- Candy
- Ginger
Nicknames For Light Red Cars (Smaller Vehicles)
These are some light red car names we like best for smaller vehicles, like sedans, coupes, and sports cars.
- Ant
- Chili
- Goji
Light Red SUV & Truck Nicknames
These are some light red car names we like best for larger vehicles, like trucks and SUVs.
- Mater
- Red Snapper
- Clifford (he’s a BIG red dog)
Red-ish Names For Cars
And here are some car names that aren’t explicitly based on red things, but have some connection with red:
- Amaryllis
- Annie (for the little orphan)
- Antares (based on the star)
- Autumn
- Azalea
- Betelgeuse (based on the star)
- Blaze
- Carnage
- Claus
- Crab
- Dracula
- Flame
- Fury
- Inferno
- Lily
- Lips
- Lotus
- Madder
- Maple
- Mars
- Pepper
- Petunia
- Poppy
- R Leporis (based on the star)
- Rage
- Rory (literally translates as “red king”)
- Santa
These ones are all based on sports teams and universities:
- 9er
- Ajax
- Arsenal
- Buckeye (if you love you some Ohio State)
- Bulldog
- Chief
- Crimson Tide (if you happen to be a ‘Bama fan)
- Harvard (if you’ve got an intelligent ride of a certain color or live in a European market where smart cars are still sold)
- Husker (if you love you some ‘Braska)
- Manny (for Manchester United)
- Razorback
- Sox
- Sun Devil
- Trojan
Even More Names For Red Cars
If none of the above names are quite good enough for your sweet red ride, you can always mix and match these names or add them to a new word to try to create a unique car moniker entirely your own.
Maybe even throw in a little alliteration to sweeten the sound?
Here are a few more possibilities:
- Apple Accelerator
- Auburn Avenger
- Beetroot Buggy
- Bell Pepper Blaze
- Bittersweet Blast
- Blaze Buggy
- Bleeding Heart
- Bloodstone Bolt
- Blush Blast
- Brick Bomber
- Burgundy Blazer
- Candy Cane Car
- Cardinal Carriage
- Carmine Cavalier
- Carmine Comet
- Carnelian Car
- Cerise Cavalier
- Cerise Chaser
- Cherry Chariot
- Chili Charger
- Chili Cheetah
- Cinnabar Circuit
- Cinnabar Cruiser
- Claret Cruiser
- Cochineal Cruiser
- Coral Caravan
- Crimson Cascade
- Crimson Cruiser
- Currant Car
- Currant Cutter
- Dragon Dasher
- Ember Expedition
- Ferrari Fire
- Fire Engine Fury
- Flame Fleet
- Flame Flicker
- Flame Flyer
- Flaming Ferrari
- Garnet Gallant
- Garnet Gallop
- Hibiscus Hotrod
- Hibiscus Hustler
- Inferno Igniter
- Lava Leaper
- Lobster Luxury
- Lusty Lobster
- Magenta Maverick
- Mahogany Mover
- Maroon Machine
- Mars Marauder
- Merlot Marvel
- Paprika Pacer
- Pepperoni Power
- Pepper Prowler
- Persimmon Pilgrim
- Phoenix Phaeton
- Poinsettia Pacer
- Pomegranate Prowler
- Pomegranate Pursuit
- Poppy Power
- Poppy Pursuer
- Radish Racer
- Rad Red
- Raspberry Racer
- Raspberry Rider
- Razzle Dazzle Red
- Razzmatazz Rider
- Red Dragon
- Red Robin
- Red Sun
- Red Rampage
- Red Relic
- Red River
- Red Robin Racer
- Redrum (if you’re a little bit twisted)
- Red Velvet Voyage
- Redwood Rider
- Rhubarb Rover
- Rhubarb Rush
- Rocket Red
- Rosehip Rocket
- Rose Rapidity
- Rose Runner
- Rouge Ravager
- Ruby Rider
- Rusty Racer
- Safflower Speeder
- Salsa Swooper
- Sangria Sprinter
- Sanguine Speed
- Sanguine Surfer
- Scarlet Shuttle
- Scarlet Speedster
- Sienna Sprinter
- Strawberry Streak
- Tandoori Trailblazer
- Tango Twister
- Thulian Throttle
- Tomato Torpedo
- Tomato Torque
- Valentine Vroom
- Vermilion Voyager
- Vixen Velocity
- Wine Wheeler
- Zinfandel Zoomer
And there you have it, our red car name list. Hope you find something in here to call your sweet set of wheels.