Scottish Built Cars Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hillman

The Hillman Imp was first produced at a purpose-built factory at Linwood in Renfrewshire in 1963. It was produced until 1976. After production of the Imp ceased, the Hillman Avenger and the Sunbeam were made there.

Answer: Galloway

Described as "a car made by ladies for others of their sex", the design of the Galloway was heavily influenced by the Fiat 501. The company was run by Dorothee Pullinger (daughter of Thomas Pullinger, manager of the carmaker Arrol-Johnston) and provided training courses and apprenticeships for local women. The factory had its own hockey team, swimming pool and tennis courts.

Answer: Victory

The first post war Arrol-Johnston was named the Victory model. Introduced in 1919, it had an ohc 2651cc 4-cylinder engine. The first production car was sold to the Prince of Wales. The car proved unreliable and eventually broke down on a Royal tour of the West of England, and the resulting publicity led to the model being withdrawn and replaced by a modernised version of the prewar 15·9 hp Arrol-Johnston.

Answer: Argyll

Alex Govan founded The Hozier Engineering Company in 1899, and that year the first Argyll Voiturette was produced. The company began to decline after Govan's death in 1907 and went into liquidation in 1908. Production restarted in 1910 and ceased in 1932. The name was reused in 1976 by a new company who made a mid-engined sports car, called the Argyll GT.

Answer: Scottish Aviation

The Scamp was a small electric city car produced in 1965 by Scottish Aviation. The name was a contraction of SCottish (from Scottish Aviation) and AMP (for electric current). Only 12 cars were produced, but they proved unreliable and the project was terminated in 1968.

Answer: Dalhousie

The Dalhousie motor car was built by the Anderson-Grice Company Ltd of Carnoustie. It was built between 1907 and 1910 in very small numbers.

Answer: it was the name of a style of horse drawn carriage

The Albion Dog-cart took its name from a popular horse-drawn vehicle used by shooting parties in Victorian times. The design of the carriages provided back-to-back seating with an enclosed compartment below the rear seat to transport one or more gun dogs. In the Albion Dog-cart, however, this compartment contained a two-cylinder engine.

Answer: it was rear-engined

The Hillman Imp was a small car that was made from 1963 until 1976. It was the first British mass-produced car with the engine block and cylinder head cast in aluminium and used a space-saving rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout to allow as much luggage and passenger capacity as possible.

Answer: they were shaped like a stylised thistle

There were two series of cars built under the name "Scotsman", although it is unlikely that there was any connection between the two companies. The first one, the Scotsman Motor Car Co Ltd fitted their cars with radiator surrounds shaped with a large thistle motif.

Answer: Arrol-Johnston

Ernest Shackleton led the British Imperial Antarctic Expedition that left for Antarctica in 1907 aboard the ship Nimrod. William Beardmore, who had recently taken over the firm of Arrol-Johnston, was a major sponsor of the expedition and donated a 4 cylinder, alcohol-fuelled, air-cooled car with the hope of generating favourable publicity for his company.