Introduction
Amaze the neighbors a little more on the spookiest day of the year. Do you have the scariest costumes? Is your house and garden traditionally covered in skeletons, nasty pumpkins, Styrofoam tombstones and huge stuffed spiders? Then it’s time for the next step – a car whose name spreads fear and terror. We have a few suggestions.
01: Rolls Royce Ghost
Yes, Rolls-Royce plays an important role here. Interestingly, the tradition of naming models after ghostly apparitions arose almost by accident over a hundred years ago.
In 1907, Rolls-Royce marketing chief Claude Johnson had one of the new six-cylinder models painted silver. The car was officially designated 40/50, a reference to the estimated horsepower.
This vehicle was christened “Silver Ghost” in the style of a yacht. The press immediately picked up on the more poetic name and began referring to all similar Rolls-Royce models as “Silver Ghosts”. In 1925, Rolls-Royce officially launched its first Phantom – and the rest is history. Here you can find all the information about the current Ghost.
02: Dodge Charger Hellcat
Hellcat sounds pretty scary, right? Especially when you look at the ultra-nasty logo on the fenders of the huge, all-American hell machine. It becomes especially cruel when trying to get the Charger’s 717 hp to get halfway straight onto the road. And of course every time you visit a gas station. Another indication of maximum creepiness: the howling of the compressor is gut-wrenching.
The American Motors Corporation (AMC) Gremlin arrived in 1970 as an entry-level compact designed to compete against the VW Beetle and Chevy Vega. For its design, AMC simply took its Hornet and shortened it. By 1978, more than 640,000 examples had been built. It was even available with a 5.0-liter V8, which produced the almost unbelievable (in a negative sense) power of 122 hp.
What happens when the gremlin gets wet is not exactly known. As a 1970s American car, the build quality probably wasn’t the best. Hopefully the results were less deadly than in the horror film “Gremlins” from 1984, in which small monsters were also up to mischief…
04: Dodge SRT Demon
What was once the Dodge Challenger fell through the seven circles of hell – including Hellcat and Redeye editions – and finally mutated into this modern muscle car legend: the Demon.
The first variant produced 852 hp and 1,044 Nm in 2017. The Demon 170 followed in 2023 with a devastating 1,033 hp from the legendary 6.2-liter V8 supercharged engine. This means it can sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in 1.66 seconds on the drag strip and cover the quarter mile in 8.91 seconds at 241 km/h.
And yes, exactly – the Demon is also the car with the wheelies.
Scary car. Some say because of the name. Others, because of the fear it spreads behind the wheel. Lamborghini’s 1990s V12 wedge was named after a 19th-century Spanish fighting bull, which in turn was called Diablo – meaning “devil”.
For this reason, priests and clergy are strictly forbidden from owning this very supercar. But that would also be very strange, wouldn’t it? Ever seen a priest in a Lamborghini Diablo? No? Well, there we have it.
06: Dodge Charger Banshee EV
Why not name a car after an Irish banshee? Lucky for all the scaredy-cats: The Charger Banshee has now finally been canceled and will not come onto the market in this form. A high-performance version of the electric charger with 800 volt technology and 900 hp was planned, which should be available at dealers in 2026. However, everyone hates the electric charger and no one buys it, which is why this vehicle will not happen.
07: Alfa Romeo Spider
Cars are named after large cats, jagged reptiles and birds of prey. People are fascinated by nature’s killer creatures.
What frightens many of us even more, just because it scurries across living room floors or windshields with its huge number of legs, is a more or less small crawly creature, the most frightening species in the world… of course: the spider.
Luckily there are also some very beautiful spiders. Especially in the automotive sector. The forefather of this genre is of course the Alfa Romeo Spider, which exists in six generations. Here you see a fourth generation car from 1993.
Well, we told you Rolls-Royce would play a slightly larger role here. It’s just nice when half the model range causes a certain amount of discomfort in terms of the name. A “wraith” is defined as a faint, ghostly image of a person that usually appears shortly before their death.
What exactly this has to do with a 600 hp V12 coupe with suicide doors remains a mystery. But the now-discontinued Wraith definitely maintained Rolls-Royce’s reputation for naming excellence.
Well, it could be a bit difficult to use in everyday life, but few mobile vehicles embody pop culture’s horror better than our cult monster truck “Grave Digger”.
Its paintwork and red headlights are characteristic. Under the hood is an 8.8 liter engine with 1,450 hp. Next to “Big Foot” it is considered the most famous and popular monster truck of all time.
Conclusion
In spite of the fact that I have been the one who has driven the majority of the Rolls, this is the circumstance that has come about. In spite of the fact that I have been the one who has been responsible for driving the majority of the Rolls, this is the scenario that has come about as a consequence of the situational circumstances.
