When I started making car models a few year ago DAZ and I were naming them based on their actual factory names. Then much discussion, even within this very forum, began circulating about copywritten material and names. At that time we decided to name the cars on very generic terms. the actual year of the vehicle, place of origin (AM - America, EU - Europe, JP - Japan) and style (ie. Sportscar, Roadster, etc.).

Everyone has become sue happy, I doubt disney is the only corporation to do so, but has certainly become one of the best known for attacking "The little People". Well, outside the music industry and teenagers downloading MP3's. At one time they would only go after companies or people that were making large amounts of money off of their copyrights. Now our courts are clogged with Huge mega-corporation's going after little kids, like Microsoft vs. Mike Rowe for instance.