Here's just a fun little discussion to consider, if you like:

I recently described the Pilot Metropolitan as the "Honda Civic of fountain pens" to someone, and that -- of course -- set-off a whole series of thoughts in my head about comparing makers and pens to their counterpart car makes & models. Here's just a really short list of some stuff I came-up with right off the top of my head:

Pilot = Honda
Lamy = BMW
Pelikan = Audi
Kaweco = Volkswagen
Platinum = Toyota
Aurora = Ferrari
Visconti = Lamborghini
etc.
...

What else you got? :-)