Someone please explain this to me please

Random thought I had but cars should follow traditional naming customs. “John Smith” is the way to do it (in the west, at least) and it’s odd that “Renault Clio” is how you call a car. It should be “Clio Renault”, or “Civic Honda” or “5-Series BMW” or whatever else.

I would understand if the Chinese manufacturers (or any other culture who does surname/name) called it “Renault Clio” but it makes no sense to do this for Westerners

Principles of human naming do not apply to inanimate objects

Spoken like a true Mustang Ford driver

But why not? It makes much more sense IMO

You promote your brand first than model.

Do you introduce yourself as Smith John or John Smith to people?