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The list including the Schwinn Tornado and the Olds "Tornado" is close but not quite right, the Olds is a Toronado.
I think the most common today is probably the Huffy Cranbrook, sharing its name with the '51-'53 Plymouth Cranbrook.
Maybe it's a little stretch, but the Mongoose was named after Tom McEwen's funny car that used to match-race the Snake.
And to stretch it a bit more, the Dyno Roadster has a car name, if not a specific one.
 
2006 Schwinn Manta-Ray
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2015 Corvette Manta Ray
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2015 Rodded Huffy Cranbrook
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1951 Rodded Plymouth Cranbrook
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Giant Stiletto
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Studebaker Stiletto
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BFK Sting-Ray
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Corvette Stingray
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Of all these I only owned the Toyota but most of the Schwinns.

American Bantam vs Schwinn Bantam
Cadillac Cimarron vs Schwinn Cimarron
Lincoln Continental vs Schwinn Continental
AMC Hornet vs Schwinn Hornet
Dodge Mirada vs Schwinn Mirada
Panther by numerous car companies vs Schwinn Panther
Rolls Royce Phantom vs Schwinn Phantom
Rambler Scrambler vs Schwinn Scrambler
Kia Sidewinder, Dodge Sidewinder, Black Rhino Sidewinder vs Schwinn Sidewinder.
Morris Traveler vs Schwinn Traveler.
Toyota Starlett vs Schwinn Starlett (gezz, I owned both@!)
Oldsmobile Tornado vs Schwinn Tornado.
Oldsmobile Royale vs Fuji Royale
Ford Galaxy vs Dawes Galaxy
Sunbeam Tiger vs Schwinn Tiger

And of course!
Plymouth Volare (oh ooh) vs Schwinn Volare.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volare_(song)
Yikes, Motor Trends' car of the year for 1978!???
Are we sure naming bikes after cars is a good idea?



It's an Oldsmobile Toronado, not Tornado. :)
 
1959 Huffy Thunderbird......
1959 Huffy Thunderbird by hawk_eye_photography, on Flickr

1959 Ford Thunderbird.....
C.1959_Ford_Thunderbird_-_Flickr_-_exfordy_(1) by hawk_eye_photography, on Flickr

1969 Huffy Camaro.....
1969 Huffy Camaro by hawk_eye_photography, on Flickr

1969 Chevy Camaro......
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1966 Huffy Galaxie......
1966 Huffy Galaxie by hawk_eye_photography, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie.....
0124 by hawk_eye_photography, on Flickr

1968 Huffy mens and womens Eldorados.......
1968 Huffy Eldorado by hawk_eye_photography, on Flickr

1968 Cadillac Eldorado.....
1968_Cadillac_Eldorado_Gold_000 by hawk_eye_photography, on Flickr

The bikes are all mine, the cars are not.
 
Schwinn Hornet:
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Hudson Hornet:

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AMC Hornet:

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I'm going on record as guessing the Wasp and Hornet are for nature's wasps and hornets and not after vehicles. But who knows.

I actually doubt that any of these bikes are named after any of the cars--they just happen to share the moniker. I mean, is Corvette named after the vehicle or the vessel?
 
That is 100% incorrect. I can't speak for the other bicycle manufacturers but Huffy definitely produced a car name series. My uncle was the vice president of the plant here in my hometown and they even had licensing from the car companies to do so. The names are even misspelled correspondingly - Galaxie instead of galaxy, Eldorado instead of el dorado, etc. They even had a Huffy Monza, a bike I'd love to find someday.
 
And when I say "misspelled correspdondingly", I mean they spelled them as the car companies did, not the regular spellings.
 

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