Contains animal source parts (car connoisseur quiz)
02/15/2026
Of course, it is far more common for entire cars to bear the name of an entire animal, both officially and unofficially. But the vernacular in particular also likes to name parts of cars after parts of animals.
In 1971, however, Porsche designer Anatole Lapine proved that there is always someone who has to overdo it, dividing the 917/20 for the 24 Hours of Le Mans into meat sections like a pig on the slaughterhouse floor. Of course, this was only a purely visual move and did not really serve to mark individual components. One wonders what the spare parts dealer would say if someone ordered a ham for their 911?
Among old-car enthusiasts, on the other hand, the animal part names are actually used as identification features. Some are more familiar, such as the "sharknose" of the Ferrari 156 or the "gullwings" of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL; others are more rarely heard, such as the "horse collar" motif on the 1958 Edsel. And of course, every language also has its own special nicknames.
We have put together ten funny, creative or strange cases of animal anatomy and packed them into this quiz. Can you guess them all? Click here for the car connoisseur quiz 184
