In the arctic of Canada we have a similar thing with ATV/Quads. They are known locally as a "Honda" because the most common brand is Honda.

"Hey, do you mind taking the Honda to go to the store?"

Interestingly, this does not extend to Snowmobiles, which they call snowmobiles. Although the Inuit word for Snowmobile is a bastardization of the Ski-Doo brand, "Skiituu"