I remain eternally grateful that Marvel and Budiansky were involved right at the beginning. Granted, IP and C-suite culture wasn't yet what it would become, but it would've been very easy to just have someone go "they have names in Japan, right? Oh, just the car names? Take those and mix in whatever sounds robot-ish. We gotta get these on shelves."
Diaclones vs. Micro Men: Collect them all!
Battle Truck Man
Robovan
4-W-D
Walter The Walther
Laser Gun
RU A-car
Jeepdroid
Robotcop
Fire N. Gin
Robo Jet 1, 2, 3
CT-R
H.E.R.B.I.E the B.U.G.
Stratos (check if Lancia will allow it)
Stingray or Vette (check if GM will allow it)
Marvin
Vroom-vroom
Cyber...truck?
Meep Morp
...Damn, the more I try to come up with the more it sounds like even worse Go-Bots.