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31. Studebaker made two sporty models before they went out of business. One was the well-known Avanti, which lived on beyond them. What was the other one?

From Quiz Car Flake

Answer: The Gran Turismo Hawk

The Hawk had a number of incarnations. There was the tastefully styled Hawk of the mid-50s, the finned monstrosity visited on the same body in the late 50s, and then there was the tastefully styled, pipe-and-slippers model that was obviously aping the very successful '58-'60 model Ford Thunderbird. Raymond Loewy, a very famous industrial designer who handled more than just automobiles, designed this model as well as the Avanti!

From Quiz Discontinued Cars

Answer: Mercury LN7

The Mercury LN7 was dicontinued in 1983 but the Ford version (EXP) was manufactured until 1988 until being replaced by the Probe. Although the Probe replaced it in the company's lineup, the Escort ZX2 can be seen as a more direct replacement to the EXP.

From Quiz Auto Acronyms

Answer: airbag

SRS stands for Supplemental Restraint System airbag. SRS airbags first came out in 1993 by Safety Restraint Systems Inc. By 1999 the Federal Government required all cars, light trucks and vans to have driver and passenger airbags. A maximized amount of protection is achieved when seat belts are used in conjunction with the airbags.

From Quiz Meaning of Car Names #2

Answer: Stratus

The Dodge Stratus comes in Coupe and Sedan models, neither of which can get up to 2000 feet in normal circumstances.

From Quiz Meaning of Car Names

Answer: Magnum

Dodge's first Magnum since the 1970's was the 2005 Magnum, which we hope holds more than 1.5 liters of fuel. Thanks to burnone for correcting this.

From Quiz Parts Counter

Answer: Motorcraft

Ford uses Motorcraft spark plugs, General Motors uses AC Delco, Chrysler uses Mopar and Honda uses NGK.

From Quiz Lights, Camera, Accelerator! Cars in the Movies

Answer: 1974 Dodge Monaco 440

The Bluesmobile in detail: 1974 Dodge Monaco Sedan. Ex Mount Prospect police car (Mount Prospect is a north western suburb of Chicago). Licence plate BDR 529. "It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant" "It's got cop tyres, cop suspension, cop shocks.. it's the model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas." Other vehicles featured include a Pontiac Grand Prix owned by Jake's ex-girlfriend who is bent on revenge, the 'Good Old Boys' camper that goes for a swim, the Ford Pinto Wagon owned by the leader of the Illinois Nazis and Murph's pink Cadillac.

From Quiz Who Made It?

Answer: USA

Okay, that was easy. Chevrolet is now General Motors of America's Bread and butter division.

From Quiz Unusual Car Facts

Answer: Lincoln Futura

Though not ever made for the public, the design of the Batmobile was based on a concept model made by Lincoln in 1955 called the Futura. Here are the 2 cars seen together, along with a full history. http://www.1966batmobile.com/background.htm

From Quiz Faster Than Sound

Answer: 15th October 1997

The first ever supersonic World Land Speed Record of 763.035mph was set on 15th October 1997 by Andy Green in ThrustSSC. ThrustSSC has reached a highest speed through the measured mile to date of 766mph on Wednesday 15th October 1997, a Mach number of 1.020.

From Quiz Movie Cars - the Cars are the Stars

Answer: 1958 Plymouth Fury

The local punks mess up Christine (just envious I guess). Christine repairs herself, then goes on a killing spree! Arnie's new ride is also extremely jealous of his new girlfriend Leigh. Good fun movie, directed by John Carpenter :)

From Quiz Concept Cars

Answer: Honda

The red-and-white Spocket was developed by Honda as a "concept car" in around 1999, but never entered production.

From Quiz Famous Luxury Automobiles

Answer: Maybach

The plans to introduce this car became apparent with Daimler's refusal to join in the cat fight between BMW and Volkswagen over buying Rolls Royce. Mercedes said it had its own superluxury car on the drawing boards. By the way, the V-12 engine can produce 543 h.p. (but at 3 tons, can it outrun my Ducati?) By the way, the Mayback 62 is over 20' long so you may have to have your garage extended to fit it properly!

From Quiz Internal Combustion Basics

Answer: spark plug

Spark plugs are located near the top of the engine. Diesel engines have no spark plug, they rely on super high compression.

From Quiz For International Car Lovers Only

Answer: Peugeot

The smallest car on Peugeot's line-up. It comes in 3-door only.

From Quiz Classic Car Quizaroo

Answer: six & 6

There were only six made because it was a publicity stunt by Chrysler.

From Quiz 'Car'ried Away

Answer: The American Chocolate

The car was built for four years, from 1902 to 1906.

From Quiz Make and Model

Answer: Suzuki Swift

Oddly, many of them were made in Canada!

From Quiz Auto Makers

Answer: American Motors

Originally built by Nash it was called the Nash Rambler, until American Motors took over.

From Quiz Exotic Cars and Super Bikes

Answer: Colin

His full name is Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman. His initials are found inside the Lotus Emblem and are intertwined as 'ACBC'

From Quiz Cars and Belgium

Answer: Minerva

Named after the Roman goddess of wisdom, invention, the arts, and martial prowess, Minerva cars were aimed at the upper class. After financial difficulties, production stopped in 1915, but today the Minerva brand name is still being used by a Belgian bicycle manufacturer.

From Quiz These Cars Are Made In

Answer: Serbia

From Quiz For The Birds - Cars Named For Birds

Answer: Studebaker

The Lark model was produced by Studebaker from 1959 to 1966. In 1966, Studebaker ceased production of all its automobiles.

From Quiz Wheels Keep Rolling

Answer: Yamaha

Yamaha first entered F1 in 1989, when they were the engine supplier for the Zakspeed team. Yamaha power was disappointing for the drivers however as Aguri Suzuki didn't qualify for a single race and Bernd Schneider managed to qualify for just two races, in both of which he retired. The best season for Yamaha was the 1994 season with Tyrrell when drivers Ukyo Katayama and Mark Blundell managed nine top ten finishes between them, the highest being Blundell's third place at the Spanish grand prix.

From Quiz Car Models And Brands

Answer: 1990-2005

The older versions had pop-up headlamps, although the newer versions did not. Honda/Acura officially started production of the 2nd generation in 2015.

From Quiz Car Badges

Answer: Dodge Ram

The ram is the male mountain sheep represented on Dodge's Ram model. It was chosen as a hood ornament by Dodge in 1932, when sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks convinced Walter P. Chrysler that rams are "master of the trail and not afraid of even the wildest of animals", making them the perfect symbol for a cheap but mighty and durable automobile. It was a natural step to name a huge pickup truck after it.

From Quiz Parked in History

Answer: Gremlin

In 1972, the cost of a new Gremlin was around $3000.

From Quiz Abandoned Automobile Projects

Answer: Carioca

Preston Thomas Tucker was literally hunted by the Detroit mob back in the day, since his revolutionary Torpedo was rather better than anything produced by Detroit automakers of the time. Facing severe accusations, he went bankrupt and found himself hopeless. Diagnosed with lung cancer, he went to Brazil in order to visit the American Doctor William Koch (who had been accused of charlatanism in the U.S. due to his promises of cancer treatment without medication and radiotherapy), where he found perfect grounds to start his revolutionary brand all over again. Trying to resuscitate his dream in Brazil (which didn't have a proper auto industry at the time), there wasn't much of a problem finding investors. However, Preston's health wasn't helped by the lack of effective treatment he was receiving, and he went back to the U.S. only to die of pneumonia caused by the lung cancer. The Carioca, his ambitious project, was a sports car designed to use most of the parts used on his model 48 (the Torpedo). The car was so called in a tribute to the city of Rio de Janeiro, where he opened his office in Brazil.

From Quiz Cars and Their Countries

Answer: Tatra

Tatra was founded in 1850 and produced its first car in 1897. Tatra went bust in 1999, after years of producing exsclusively trucks.

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