I always refer to cars as female. I guess it’s an old sailors tradition. I’ve never given a car a name – I think that goes a little too far. But this has become the nickname of our rally car. It involves talk-ing like ze Germans. 
Sadly it’s not mein Porsche. But ve were going way too fast in ze’Neon.
I just started calling her that.
And then I needed to register the car and wanted a creative plate like ‘SiDeWAYZ’ or ‘WRC555.’
Andrew, my roomate at the time, gave me the idea by simply saying “How about ze’Neon?”
“Yes! Perfect! Daimler Chrysler! It’s German you know…” 
Meine neuen Kalifornien Lizenzplatten!
Das ist eine tolle idee. Ein bischen komisch, aber es ist schon gut. I guess what I am trying to say is…”haha”.
Sehr gut, mein herr. Ze’Neon ist schon und mach schnell uber alles. Der wo0t!
‘License Plate’ translates into ‘Nummernschild’ or number plate. Don’t the English say number plate? Anyway, ‘Ze Neon’ is a cool idea.
Thanks Guido!
You would know better then I what the correct translation would be.