jeffm@hammer.UUCP (Jeff McMeekin) (02/06/84)
Here are some model designations. You name the manufacturer. Easy: 1) 2CV 2) 3.8 3) Seven 4) 4/4 5) 57 6) 100S 7) 300F 8) 300S 9) 403 10) 507 11) 700 12) 850 13) DS19 14) J2 15) P1800 16) SJ 17) SS100 18) SSK 19) TF1250 20) XKSS Hard: 21) 4CV 22) Speed Six 23) Twin Six 24) 44 25) 404 26) 810 27) 1500RS 28) D-500 29) L29 30) L80 Forget it: 31) 3-6 32) Fourteen 33) 1200 TV 34) 400 35) 1800 36) C2 37) K2 38) D-50 39) DV32 40) SM1500 Would it help if I told you there are no Ferraris, Alfas, or Maseratis in the above. Would it help even more if I told you this quiz originally appeared in the October 1960 issue of Sports Cars Illustrated? What? You weren't even born then? Well its good to get some respect for history. Final hint, most of the cars are foreign but 9 (I think) were built in the U.S. As a believer in immediate gratification, I have supplied the answers below. By the way, Sports Cars Illustrated became Car & Driver sometime in early 1961. Answers:1citroen2jaguar3austin4morgan5bugatti6austinhealey7chrysler8mercedes 9peugeot10bmw11bmw12austin13citroen14allard15volvo16duesenberg17jaguar 18mercedes19mg20jaguar21renault22bentley23packard24bugatti25bristol 26cord27porsche28dodge29cord30chrysler31dkw32alvis33fiat34vespa35triumph 36cunninghham37allard38lancia39stutz40singer