The Car Trivia Game

sandertheshark · December 10, 2006, 04:30:49 PM

Quote from: ifcar on December 10, 2006, 01:14:34 PM
I'll guess a Jeep.

I'm sure he rode Jeeps from time to time but tose weren't his official staff cars.

etypeJohn · December 10, 2006, 06:38:14 PM

Packard

Raghavan · December 10, 2006, 06:40:33 PM

Model T

sandertheshark · December 11, 2006, 10:08:38 AM

Quote from: etypeJohn on December 10, 2006, 06:38:14 PM
Packard

Right, a 1942 Packard Clipper. He also had a '42 Cadillac at one point but he liked the Packard better.

etypeJohn · December 11, 2006, 10:48:37 AM

Quote from: sandertheshark on December 11, 2006, 10:08:38 AM
Right, a 1942 Packard Clipper.? He also had a '42 Cadillac at one point but he liked the Packard better.

Probably stems from when they took Packards across the country from Washington DC to San Francisco in 1919. Eisenhower was on that trip.

Anyway I guess it's my turn. Here goes:

Which car company and in what year offered an electric razor as a factory option?

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sandertheshark · December 11, 2006, 01:35:09 PM

Must be someone eccentric... Renault?

sandertheshark · December 11, 2006, 01:35:35 PM

Oh wait, that's stupid. French people don't shave.

ifcar · December 11, 2006, 03:22:01 PM

Rolls-Royce, 1916? (No real idea.)

The Pirate · December 11, 2006, 04:20:59 PM

Dodge, 1954

etypeJohn · December 11, 2006, 05:25:27 PM

No to all and Pirate is within a couple of years.

Raghavan · December 11, 2006, 07:09:35 PM

Citroen, 1952

Michael Estorol · December 12, 2006, 12:06:21 AM

well my first thought was

2001 - Bristle Blenheim

then I realised there were plenty of candidates --

1914 - Stutz (Beardcat) ?
1932 - Chrysler (Hairflow)?
1964 - Ford (Mustach)?

etypeJohn · December 12, 2006, 06:48:03 PM

Quote from: Michael Estorol on December 12, 2006, 12:06:21 AM
well my first thought was

2001 - Bristle Blenheim

then I realised there were plenty of candidates --

1914 - Stutz (Beardcat) ?
1932 - Chrysler (Hairflow)?
1964 - Ford (Mustach)?

Looks like folks are stumped.

ANSWER: 1956 Ford

Perhaps something else:

Malcolm Sayer, designer of the E-type didn't consider himself a designer or stylist. He said he was an ____________________________.

What did Sayer claim he was? (This is actually pretty well documented in many, many sources.)

ifcar · December 12, 2006, 07:40:57 PM

Artist?

Raghavan · December 12, 2006, 11:43:27 PM

Sculptor?

Michael Estorol · December 13, 2006, 12:05:58 AM

Quote from: etypeJohn on December 12, 2006, 06:48:03 PM

Malcolm Sayer, designer of the E-type didn't consider himself a designer or stylist.? He said he was an

aerodynamicist.

ifcar · December 13, 2006, 05:13:52 AM

Quote from: Raghavan on December 12, 2006, 11:43:27 PM
Sculptor?

I'd be surprised if he called himself "an sculptor".

sandertheshark · December 13, 2006, 06:57:45 AM

Quote from: Michael Estorol on December 13, 2006, 12:05:58 AM
aerodynamicist.

I'm pretty sure that's it.

etypeJohn · December 13, 2006, 01:46:14 PM

Quote from: Michael Estorol on December 13, 2006, 12:05:58 AM
aerodynamicist.

BINGO, we have a winner.

Michael Estorol · December 13, 2006, 01:53:43 PM

okay then,

who (allegedly) said, about what car :

"Oh my God! They've done it to the other side as well!"

(bonus points as well if you can say where and when it was said)

sandertheshark · December 13, 2006, 02:06:48 PM

Famous words concerning this car perhaps second only to the Queen's remarks that there was insufficient space for her Corgis and entry was difficult without dislodging one's crown.

Giorgetto Giugiaro said the above, concerning the Triumph TR7, I believe at its launch at the 1975 Geneva Auto Show.

Michael Estorol · December 13, 2006, 02:29:47 PM

absolutely right! (allegedly)

sandertheshark · December 13, 2006, 02:32:57 PM

Name BMW's first production car model. Bonus points for specs.

ifcar · December 13, 2006, 02:48:35 PM

Is it the Isetta?

sandertheshark · December 13, 2006, 02:51:04 PM

Nope, a bit older than that.

Michael Estorol · December 13, 2006, 02:52:44 PM

was it the Austin Seven clone -- can't remember the name but it's something childish ---

sandertheshark · December 13, 2006, 02:59:23 PM

Quote from: Michael Estorol on December 13, 2006, 02:52:44 PM
was it the Austin Seven clone -- can't remember the name but it's something childish ---

That's not what I have, but maybe technically correct. Perhaps I should modify to say BMW's first original model.

Michael Estorol · December 13, 2006, 03:04:57 PM

"Dixie" is what I was thinking of.

sandertheshark · December 15, 2006, 10:18:14 PM

As far as I can tell the BMW Dixi (or Dixie) was in fact BMW's first production model. I was thinking original design though. Anyway, just so this can go on without me for the next month, I was looking for the 3/15. Pass to Mike.

Michael Estorol · December 16, 2006, 01:39:02 AM

okay I've looked it up myself now --
Dixi was a separate company building Austin Sevens in Germany under licence in the late 1920s. They were taken over by BMW (an aero engine & motorcycle company), and the car continued as the 'BMW Dixi'. This then with some modification became the 3/15, then the 3/20, before they began producing their first six-cylinder sedan, the 303 (at which point the 'kidney' grille appeared) in 1933.

next question coming up.