Just been pondering car models named only after their cc engine capacity, so Austin 1800 for example, not “Ford Escort 1300”. I was thinking the last British example was the 1982 Rover 2000 (SD1), but I think there was a later Maruti 800 and 1000 in India, not sold in the UK though. Anyone got any later examples?
Honda S2000
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Just thought of Maserati 3200GT…1998
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Of course. Good shout
Ferrari have an infuriating inconsistency about nomenclature . The 488 is a hark back to the days when nearly every Ferrari was named after its cylinder capacity - so 275 GTB (3285cc V12 ), 330 P4 ; 365 Daytona/GTC etc but then we had the Dino 246 (in both F1 and sports car form) - 2.4 litre V6 ; 512 BB - 5 litre flat 12 etc and then stuff like F8, F12 and so on.
It always has amused me that the Jacob Rees Mogg types are so keen on imperial measurements but even 60 years ago if you’d asked even the most arch high Tory Empire type the capacity of his Jaguar E Type he’d have said "4.2 litres old man " , and not "256 cubic inches " .
Talking of which , some cubic inch capacities have wonderful resonance in the car world - 289 (Cobra, Mustang ) , 327 (Corvette small block , aka mouse motor ) 454 (Corvette big block, aka rat motor ) , 427 , 396 etc etc
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Nissan Z cars
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Triumph Dolomite 1850.
My first car.
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austin healey 3000
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Nice car, but a cc based derivative of the model rather than a model name based on the CC?
Based on cc but not really cc. Like Mercedes 350 etc
Well, not really, it depends on how prescriptive you want to be. When the Rover SD1 was out, if I recall correctly, it was the only model that was Rover badged, so 2000, 2200 and 3500 were the only obvious monicers, although there was the Vitese, but they were all SD1’s. Austin 1100 and 1300 were car styles in their own right as was the 1800. A 350 Merc was an engine size that could have been in a variety of cars. The Datsun and then Nissan Z cars were defined by engine size and Z, pretty much in the same way of a Rover SD1 2000. The Aunty Rovers before them had the same designation athouh might have been TC as well.
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Most of them were not 2.0 L but were nearer 2.2 (F22C)
And if a prefix letter is allowed, why not various Lexi, eg Lexus LS 430, Mercedes of various types, with a single letter moniquer in front of a 3 digit sequence denoting engine size?
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TVR 350i, 390i, 400i, 420i SEAC, 450i SEAC, 450i SE
Note, TVR dropped the Tasmin name when the V8 was first popped in
Mercedes calling its cars C-, E, S-Class is comparatively recent.
Back in the day, proper S-Classes were not called S-Classes, any more than wandering into a Rover dealership and asking the see the SD1’s.
Riley had some pretty tortuous names, 1½-litre, Two Point Six, One Point Five. Riley Kestral became Riley 1300.
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Riley 1.5.
0-60 in 24.8 seconds.
Those were the days. 
My first car was a maroon Riley Kestrel . A sort of Hyacinth Bucket Cooper S with 1275cc, 70 bhp and wood dash . Pimped by an Astrali wheel and a Hesketh Racing sticker , mine was a lovely little car. At least it was until the floor rotted through - at six years old…