I have been researching this a little. Most sources I've seen believe it to be from the term Motor Car which is short for Motor Carriage. There is also some latin and Gaelic translations that some sources claim is where we get car, but I think it all comes back to carriage.
car+o+lina
from the car manufacturers 'SATURN'
volkswagon means 'people's car'.
After the Roman mythological god Mercury
It is a name not just any word. Enzo Ferrari is a name, he created the ferrari car and gave it his name.
You have very few rights. You agreed to pay for a car that is not yours. Your name can only come off the contract IF the finance company agrees, and they have no reason to agree.
I heard that the founders daughter name was Mercedes Benz he named the car after his daughter.
If they do not register the car in their name then if the car is wrecked or used in a crime then it will come back to haunt you
Despite that Volvo is a Swedish company the founders didn't name the car Viking or Nordic or anything like that. They decided on the Latin word volvere, meaning to roll.
I don't think you can the car is still in your name ,and anything that happens to it will always come back to you.
On the face of it, you're out of luck because the car is in their name. You may be able to get recompensated, you'd have to talk to an attorney.
If there is a co-signer on a loan for a car, the person who is making the regular payments is usually the owner of the car. Unless, the car is registered to the co-signer, the person making the payments owns the vehicle.