Spaw, where you say:

A) All cars are women.
Kind of like all ships are she? I really have to agree, at least in my experience. None of my cars have been male.

B) All cars should have names.
Agree again, totally. In fact, all objects of importance to humans should have names. My bicycle was named Clovis, after Clovis Sangrail of Saki fame. Various anatomical parts fall under this category...

C) Names should relate to the car and not the owner.
YES, again. That is how the name Martina came up - ever heard of Martina Navratilova, if that is how her last name is spelled in English? She is one of my role models, and this car reminds me of her in many ways. Which also answers the question of how I came up with Martina...

And there is no fear of my ever singing anything tainted by Barbra Streisand to anyone, if I tried I think I would sulk and stall too!

So, other than the interesting creep about what people name their important objects or cars, any other Martina songs? Or is that one of those names not famed in song and story?