Q: Who opened the
first drive-in gas station?
A: Gulf opened up the
first station in Pittsburgh in 1913.
Q: Where was the first
drive-in restaurant?
A: Royce Hailey's Pig
Stand opened in Dallas in 1921.
Q: True or False?
The 1953 Corvette came
in white, red and black.
A: False.
The 1953 'Vetted' were
available in one color, Polo White.
Q: What was
Ford's answer to the Chevy Corvette, and other legal street racers of the
1960's?
A: Carroll Shelby's
Mustang GT350.
Q: What was the first
car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct current dynamo?
A: The 1960 Plymouth
Valiant
Q: What was the first
car fitted with a replaceable cartridge oil filter?
A: The 1924 Chrysler.
Q: What was the first
car to be offered with a "perpetual guarantee"?
A: The 1904 Acme, from
Reading, PA. Perpetuity was disturbing in this case, as Acme closed down in
1911.
Q: What American
luxury automaker began by making cages for birds and squirrels?
A: The George N.
Pierce Co. of Buffalo, who made the Pierce Arrow, also made iceboxes.
Q: What car first
referred to itself as a convertible?
A: The 1904 Thomas
Flyer, which had a removable hard top.
Q: What car was the
first to have it's radio antenna embedded in the windshield?
A: The 1969 Pontiac
Grand Prix.
Q: What car used the
first successful series-production hydraulic valve lifters?
A: The 1930 Cadillac
452, the first production V16
Q: Where was the
World's first three-color traffic lights installed?
A: Detroit, Michigan
in 1919. Two years later they experimented with synchronized lights.
Q: What type of car
had the distinction of being GM's 100 millionth car built in the U.S. ?
A: March 16, 1966 saw
an Olds Tornado roll out of Lansing, Michigan with that honor.
Q: Where was the first
drive-in movie theater opened, and when?
A: Camden, NJ in 1933
Q: What autos were the
first to use a standardized production key-start system?
A: The 1949 Chryslers
Q: What did the Olds
designation 4-4-2 stand for?
A: 4 barrel carburetor,
4 speed transmission, and dual exhaust.
Q: What car was the
first to place the horn button in the center of the steering wheel?
A: The 1915
Scripps-Booth Model C. The car also was the first with electric door latches.
Q: What U.S. production
car has the quickest 0-60 mph time?
A: The 1962 Chevrolet
Impala SS 409. Did it in 4.0 seconds.
Q:What's the only car
to appear simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek?
A: The Mustang
Q: What was the lowest
priced mass produced American car?
A: The 1925 Ford Model
T Runabout. Cost $260, $5 less than 1924.
Q:What is the fastest
internal-combustion American production car?
A: The 1998 Dodge
Viper GETS-R, tested by Motor Trend magazine at 192.6 mph.
Q: What
automaker's first logo incorporated the Star of David?
A: The Dodge Brothers.
Q:Who wrote to Henry
Ford, "I have drove fords exclusively when I could get away with one. It
has got every other car skinned, and even if my business hasn't been strictly
legal it don't hurt anything to tell you what a fine car you got in the
V-8"?
A: Clyde Barrow (of
Bonnie and Clyde) in 1934.
Q:What car was the
first production V12, as well as the first production car with aluminum
pistons?
A: The 1915 Packard
Twin-Six. Used during WWI in Italy, these motors inspired Enzi Ferrari to adopt
the V12 himself in 1948.
Q: What was the first
car to use power operated seats?
A: They were first
used on the 1947 Packard line.
Q: Which of the
Chrysler "letter cars" sold the fewest amount?
A: Only 400, 1963,
300J's were sold (they skipped" "I" because it
looked like a number
1)
Q: What car company
was originally known as Swallow
Sidecars (aka SS)?
A: Jaguar, which was
an SS model first in 1935, and ultimately
the whole company by
1945.
Q: What car delivered the
first production V12 engine?
A: The cylinder wars
were kicked off in 1915 after Packard's chief
engineer, Col. Jesse
Vincent, introduced its Twin-Sis.
Q: When were seat
belts first fitted to a motor vehicle?
A: In 1902, in a Baker
Electric streamliner racer which crashed at 100 mph. on Staten Island!
Q: In January 1930,
Cadillac debuted it's V16 in a car named
for a theatrical
version of a 1920's film seen by Harley Earl
while designing the
body, What's that name?
A: The "Madam
X", a custom coach designed by Earl
and built by
Fleetwood. The sedan featured a
retractable landau top
above the rear seat.
Q: Which car
company started out German, yet became
French after WWI?
A: Bugati, founded in
Molsheim in 1909, became French
when Alsace returned
to French rule.
Q: In what model year
did Cadillac introduce the first
electric sunroof?
A: 1969
Q:What U.S. production
car had the largest 4 cylinder engine?
A: The 1907 Thomas
sported a 571 cu. in. (9.2liter) engine.
Q: What car was
reportedly designed on the back of a Northwest Airlines airsickness bag and
released on April Fool's Day, 1970?
A: 1970 Gremlin, (AMC)
Q: What is the Spirit
of Ecstasy?
A: The official name
of the mascot of Rolls Royce, she is the lady on top of their radiators.
Q: What was the inspiration
for MG's famed octagon-shaped badge?
A: The shape of founder Cecil Kimber's dining
table. MG stands for Morris Garages.
Q: In what year did
the "double-R" Rolls Royce badge change from red to black?
A: 1933
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