Found this on another forum. Thought you guys might want to take a crack at it. Everyone that takes this quiz will have a cookie installed on their comp preventing them from using google 😛
Okay not really, but let's trrrrry to keep it honest because we're all honest folks right?
1. Which car company?s bumpers were ridiculed as being ?park benches? when the 5-mph front and rear bumper law took effect for the 1974 model year?
2. Two new safety features were mandated by the government for cars in 1968. One was seatbelts. What was the other?
3. Which three American cars of the sixties were named after fish?
4. Which GM division produced the infamous 350 Diesel V8?
5. Which passenger car model has been in continuous production the longest?
6. Which year did the Chrysler Corporation begin recalling more cars than it sold in that year?
7. What was the only year that Corvettes were not available with a manual transmission?
8. Which American car company was the first to produce a true convertible after the ?last convertible? (a Cadillac Eldorado) in 1976?
9. Which of the following came to market first: American Motors Gremlin, Chevrolet Vega 2300, Ford Pinto?
10. What do the Buick Riviera, Chevrolet Corvette, Chrysler Town & Country, Oldsmobile Aurora, and Plymouth Fury have in common?
11. Why did Ford downsize the 1973 Mustang to 1974 Mustang II form?
12. Which American make was the first to issue a specially trimmed model with a designer label (e.g. Eddie Bauer)?
13. How many car companies have owned the rights to Jeep?
14. How did the original Buick Century get its name?
15. Which two Edsel models have never shared their model names with any postwar vehicle?
16. For decades, Chrysler moved model names from one division to another (e.g. ?58-?60 Edsel Ranger to ?83-date Ford Ranger). Name four of them.
17. What was the first non-luxury American car to have air conditioning as standard equipment in all trim lines?
18. What was the first non-luxury American car with front-wheel drive?
19. What is the only American make other than Chevrolet and Ford to produce more than 1 million cars in one model year?
20. In 1955, this car was a model in an established car make?s line. In 1956, this model became its own make. Then, in 1957, the car reverted to model status. Which car is this?
BONUS- What happened to Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth in 1989; Eagle in 1990; Pontiac in 1992; Buick, Chevrolet, and Oldsmobile in 1997; and has not happened to Ford, Mercury, or Saturn?
Okay not really, but let's trrrrry to keep it honest because we're all honest folks right?
1. Which car company?s bumpers were ridiculed as being ?park benches? when the 5-mph front and rear bumper law took effect for the 1974 model year?
2. Two new safety features were mandated by the government for cars in 1968. One was seatbelts. What was the other?
3. Which three American cars of the sixties were named after fish?
4. Which GM division produced the infamous 350 Diesel V8?
5. Which passenger car model has been in continuous production the longest?
6. Which year did the Chrysler Corporation begin recalling more cars than it sold in that year?
7. What was the only year that Corvettes were not available with a manual transmission?
8. Which American car company was the first to produce a true convertible after the ?last convertible? (a Cadillac Eldorado) in 1976?
9. Which of the following came to market first: American Motors Gremlin, Chevrolet Vega 2300, Ford Pinto?
10. What do the Buick Riviera, Chevrolet Corvette, Chrysler Town & Country, Oldsmobile Aurora, and Plymouth Fury have in common?
11. Why did Ford downsize the 1973 Mustang to 1974 Mustang II form?
12. Which American make was the first to issue a specially trimmed model with a designer label (e.g. Eddie Bauer)?
13. How many car companies have owned the rights to Jeep?
14. How did the original Buick Century get its name?
15. Which two Edsel models have never shared their model names with any postwar vehicle?
16. For decades, Chrysler moved model names from one division to another (e.g. ?58-?60 Edsel Ranger to ?83-date Ford Ranger). Name four of them.
17. What was the first non-luxury American car to have air conditioning as standard equipment in all trim lines?
18. What was the first non-luxury American car with front-wheel drive?
19. What is the only American make other than Chevrolet and Ford to produce more than 1 million cars in one model year?
20. In 1955, this car was a model in an established car make?s line. In 1956, this model became its own make. Then, in 1957, the car reverted to model status. Which car is this?
BONUS- What happened to Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth in 1989; Eagle in 1990; Pontiac in 1992; Buick, Chevrolet, and Oldsmobile in 1997; and has not happened to Ford, Mercury, or Saturn?
