roadandtrack.com

kJ5K4 TIL the Lotus Elise sports car was named after Elisa Artioli, granddaughter of then-company chairman Romano Airtioli. In 2018, Elisa was given the last example ever produced before the model was discontinued.
9wWMM TIL: Playboy Magazine’s name was inspired by a car company
X0JME TIL that Clyde Barrow (of Bonne & Clyde) personally wrote a letter to Henry Ford telling him what a great getaway car the V8 was.