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so far 26. actually this would be a whole lot harder if it were cars that aren't plural nouns

escort or escorts (raunchy yes)

mustang or mustangs (horse)

Avalanche-avalanches (snow)

pinto-pintos (horse)

sonata-sonatas (poetic song)

spyder-spyders (if you adjust the spelling)

elipse-eclipses (the sun)

ram-rams (animal)

rabbit-rabbits (animal)

bug-bugs (insects)

beetle-beetles (insects)

Mazda Bongo-bongos (instrument)

viper-vipers (snake)

explorer-explorers

demon-demons

probe-probes (haha)

Cobra-cobras (snake)

colt-colts (horse)

barracuda-barracudas (fish)

phantom-phantoms (ghost)

hunter-hunters

mirage-mirages (an illusion)

capri-capris (pants)

corona-coronas (beer)

prowler-prowlers

Grimlin-grimlins (don't put gas in it after midnight, and don't wash it)

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Sorry if I wasn't clear enough, Linzd21, but I'm not looking for car model names that can be pluralized, but car model names that already are. My example of Plymouth Road Runner was to show that if it were called a "Road Runners" it would count, but since it isn't- it doesn't.

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From Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

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lem·an (lìm'?n, l?'m?n) Pronunciation Key

n. Archaic

1. A sweetheart; a lover.

2. A mistress.

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con·cours /Fr. k???kur; Eng. k???k??r/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[Fr. kawn-koor; Eng. kong-koor] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun, plural -cours /Fr. -?kur; Eng. -?k??rz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[Fr. -koor; Eng. -koorz] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation.

1. a public contest or competition.

2. concours d'élégance.

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I was looking for words that are definitely meant to be plural. I'm not sure even Marquis works in that instance.

I doubt GM meant for the Lemans to be to be the word that is defined as "a sweetheart; a lovera mistress" or that Concours was meant to be a plural, but okay, since they fit the requirements as described in the OP, so far we got:

1. Mercury Marquis

2. Pontiac Lemans

3. Cadillac Deville Concours

4. Kia Spectra

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Marquis is singular. If you say it aloud it's /mahr-kee/ not /mahr-keez/. It's spelled the same, but it's not plural as applied to the automobile.

The LeMans is also singular. It's named after the french city (LeMans), not the archaic word for "lover" (which would be lemans). Hence the capital "M".

The Cadillac Deville Concours is actually a shortened form of "concours d'elegance" so to be plural it would have to be "concourses" or "concours d'elegances"

Great job on Spectra though.

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Going for plural endings, whether meaningful or not,

5. Maxima - pl of maximum

6. Integra - pl of ? [iffy] might be f. of integer, with n. being integrum, rather than pl.

7. Accura - for that matter, but it's even farther off the track.

Kudos to my unnamed friend, [who also suggested Spectra].

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Sorry - there are no car names with plural nouns. Take The Kia Spectra - there is one Kia Spectra or two or more Kia Spectras (note the s at the end of the word). We say Spectras, therefore the singular, in this case, is Spectra.

It's kind of like asking how many human names are plural - unless you are a queen or insane, you don't identify yourself as we - merely I.

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Sorry - there are no car names with plural nouns.
Maxima is [a] a car model name and the plural form of the noun maximum.

Spectra is [a] a car model name and the plural from of the noun spectrum.

Maximas is the plural of "car named maxima" and pluralizes the notion of "car".

Referring to a single Maxima car does not make the car's name singular, as you suggest.

It's kind of like asking how many human names are plural
Mark 5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
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