Thread: More Friday trivia

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More car trivia
1. What year was the Camaro introduced?

1965
1969
1967
1964



2. Who said "Not in my lifetime!" when asked when his company would produce a Wankel-powered automobile?

Elwood P. Engel
Lee Iaccoca
Henry Ford II
James M.. Roche



3. What German automobile is the Chrysler Crossfire essentially a badge-engineering of?

BMW 330i
The Audi A4
The Mercedes SLK
The Volkswagen Golf



4. What is the East German car that has become an international joke due to its tacky construction materials and quality?

DAF Daffodil
Skoda
Trabant
DKW Auto Union



5. What was so odd about the 170-225 cu. in. six cylinder engine used by Chrysler in various models between 1960 and 1987?

It was mounted backwards
It was the first instance of a V-6
It was canted at a 30 degree angle off vertical.
It was the first domestic overhead cam engine design



6. What car company, recently absorbed by GM, tried marketing their cars through college campus channels?

Daewoo
Mini
Suzuki
Kia



7. What do you know...? Buick actually had a two seater, during the 80s, in fact. Do you remember its name?

The Skybird
The Reatta
The Holiday
The Lucien



8. Where were Studebakers produced?

Kokomo, Indiana
South Bend, Indiana
Terre Haute, Indiana
Kankakee, Illinois



9. When the Porsche 924 was introduced in 1976, what model did it replace?

The 912
The 914
The 356c
The Speedster



10. What car was the Hyundai Excel based on?

The Mitsubishi Precis
The Ford Fiesta
The Dodge Colt
The Chevrolet Chevette



11. Believe it or not, Ford actually came out with a concept car that didn't use wheels. What was the name of this unusual vehicle, which legitimately couldn't even be called a car?

The Club De Mer
The Futura
The Gyron
The Lev-A-Car



12. What was the venerable Mitsubishi 3000 GT known as in the United States, with some body styling revisions and a name change?

The Dodge Stealth
The Plymouth Conquest
The Mitsubishi Starion
The Chrysler Laser



13. The Ford "Fox" platform was the basis for almost every rear-wheel-drive family automobile smaller than the Ford Crown Vic/Mercury Grand Marquis at FoMoCo between 1978 and 1994.

True
False



14. What pleasant looking Swedish sporty-car was featured on the TV show "Thirtysomething"?

The Volvo PV-544
The Saab Sonnet
The Volvo P1800
The Volvo Bertone Coupe



15. The Oldsmobile Toronado was the first front-wheel-drive car produced by a major domestic automobile manufacturer since the Cords of the 30s.

True
False

1. 1967
2. iaccoca?
3.the slk
5. it was slanted!!
7.the reatta
8.south bend ,indiana
12.dodge stealth
13. i really want to say true but i am not 100% sure
15. true