Autoshite Pub Quiz

[phil_lihp]

1. The high-roofed version of a van available in 1986 based on a car later used as a base for the car in Q5.

2. Sold between 1991 and 1993 with a retail price of £7700, just over 1000 of these were sold.

3. Italian saloon built between 1984 and 1987 which could be ordered with a glove box briefcase.

4. The last car ever to wear the manufacturer's badge, closely based on a Japanese saloon.

5. Based on the same car as the van in Q1, rapidly disappearing from UK roads

6. Another one which was the last car to wear the manufacturer's badge with the last one being produced on 11th September 1975 after only 6 months in production.

7. This one was sold in the UK from 2000-2003, relatively cheap but sold in very low numbers and now a rare sight, only one trim option available with a 3.0V6

8. One autoshiter bought one of these in May 2012 and subsequently offered it up for sale, now a very rare sight in the UK, badged as a Rover in Australia.

9. Warran T Claim rescued one of these from a scrapyard, the convertible version was one of the cheapest open-top cars in the world when new

10. Last car from this manufacturer to carry the model name, widely derided for its unusual, US-influenced styling

 

I've tried (and probably failed) to make some of these a little bit harder to Google search.  I'll produce the answers at some point, the prize for the 1st full set of correct answers is...umm...setting the next 10 questions?

 

Have fun.

[kinkersaab]

2. Sao Penza.

6. Wolsey princess thing.

7. Hyundai xg300

[trigger]

4. Triumph Acclaim

6. Wolseley

[sawdustman]

1. Bedford Astramax

2.

3. Ferrari 412

4. Triumph Acclaim

5. mk2 Astra

6. Wolseley Princess

7. Cadillac STS

8.

9.

10. Ford Scorpio

[R6man1983]

1. Bedford/Vauxhall Astramax

2. Sao Penza

3. Alfa Romeo 90

4.Triumph Acclaim

5. Daewoo Nexia

6.Wolseley 18-22

7.Hyundai XG300

8. Honda Integra (Rover 416i in Aus)

9. Yugo Cabrio

10.Ford Scorpio

[cms206]

1. Bedford/Vauxhall Astramax

2. Sao Penza

3. Alfa Romeo 90

4. Triumph Acclaim

5. Daewoo Nexia

6. Wolseley 18-22

7 .Hyundai XG30

8. Honda Quintet

9. Yugo Cabrio

10. Ford Scorpio

[Junkman]

1. Opel Kadett Combo - Bedford Astramax

2. Sao Penza

3. Alfa Romeo 90 Quadrifoglio Oro

4. Triumph Acclaim

5. Daewoo LeMans/Nexia

6. Wolseley 18-22

7. Hyundai XG300

8. No idea what an Autoshiter bought in May 2012, but the possibilities are Honda/Rover Quintet/Integra

9. Zastava Yugo

10.Ford Scorpio

[warren t claim]

9. Fiat Punto

[phil_lihp]

No one person's got the full set yet!  Very very close though, obviously not as hard as I thought.

[Junkman]

Will the correct answers be revealed before my little one get's married? She is already 7 now.

[phil_lihp]

Pretty good, I obviously didn't make this hard enough.

 

1. Bedford Astramax
2. Sao Penza
3. Alfa Romeo 90
4. Triumph Acclaim
5. Daewoo Nexia
6. Wolseley 18-22
7 .Hyundai XG30
8. Honda Quintet
9. Fiat Punto
10. Ford Scorpio

 

Anyone want to try coming up with some more difficult ones?

[R6man1983]

1. This car has come consistently in the top three for European CoTY seven times.

2. What nearly became the Gingo?

3.What BL car featured in the Crossroads titles?

4. What was unusual about the Durashift Transmission on the 2004MY Transit van?

5. What 1980s Sports Coupe would shut off various electrical items (and sometimes would engage others) when you 'floored' the throttle to overtake?

[Wilko220]

Tough but will have a stab at a couple to get us going.

 

1. Fiat Punto?

3. Austin Maestro

[Junkman]

1. VW Golf

2. Fiat Panda (169)

3. Austin Maestro

4. It had different modes, such as Economy, Winter and Tow-Haul

5. Porsche 959

[phil_lihp]

1. Ford Focus

2. 2nd gen Fiat Panda

3. Austin Princess?

4. Something to do with being able to convert the van from FWD to RWD?

5. Audi Quattro

 

Tricky one!

[R6man1983]

Not that tricky 1 or 2 of you have scored 3/5 thus far.

 

As for Q5, I'm going to rephrase 'Sports Coupe' as 4 seater sporty hatchback as this may be confusing people.

[phil_lihp]

Hmm, I want to say Saab 900 in mind of the blackout dash but it's probably not.  Something Japanese?  Only other one that might have something that sophisticated would be a Mitsubishi 3000GT but that's early nineties so I'll have to pass on that one.

[barrett]

#5 has to be a Lotus of some type, Shirley?

[R6man1983]

Nope its not a Lotus. Basically when you pushed the throttle pedal to the floor it would push a button which would do the following

 

1-shut off the air con (where fitted)

2-quick sweep of the front wipers

3-shut off the HRW and Mirrors (if on)

 

It was notoriously unreliable and was soon removed from the spec.

[Wilko220]

I don't know what it is but I want one!

[R6man1983]

Right then answer time

 

 

1. This car has come consistently in the top three for European CoTY seven times. Its the VW Golf, with the MK3 and MK7 actually winning the award

 

2. What nearly became the Gingo? Panda 2nd Gen, Model 169

 

3.What BL car featured in the Crossroads titles? MG Maestro 1600

 

4. What was unusual about the Durashift Transmission on the 2004MY Transit van? No stick, it was a push button transmission.

 

5. What 1980s Sports Coupe (or 4 seater hot hatch) would shut off various electrical items (and sometimes would engage others) when you 'floored' the throttle to overtake? Seems to have stumped a fair few people, it was the Volvo 480