A test of Car wits. . . Maybe just useless info we have that will never use elsewhere

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Originally posted by skylineGTR_guy
hows this?

In 604 roadsters and 69 coupes, Honda replaced the rear chain / suspension configuration with a more conventional live rear axle located by four radius rods and a panhard rod, while retaining four wheel drum brakes. Thereafter, front disk brakes replaced the four-wheel drum setup, while continuing the live rear axle for the remainder of the production run. Honda ceased production of the S800 in May 1970. Also a total of 11,536 S800s were produced between 1966 and 1970.

did I get it right? or did I not answer the question?
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I went to bed and missed quite a lot of activity.
You hit the nail right on the head. You must have found the same website I did.:lol:
 
Originally posted by M5Power
Similar to my last one:

- In 1997 (and maybe 1995, 1996 and 1998), Jeep contracted with a rugged, trendy company to build a series of special edition Grand Cherokee models. What was the company, and what colour were the seats on these rare models?

I'm going to bed, so just post pictures as proof then another question.
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Was it the 'Overland' edition?
And was it This Coulour?
 

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Originally posted by M5Power
Similar to my last one:

- In 1997 (and maybe 1995, 1996 and 1998), Jeep contracted with a rugged, trendy company to build a series of special edition Grand Cherokee models. What was the company, and what colour were the seats on these rare models?

I'm going to bed, so just post pictures as proof then another question.
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It was Orvis, the fishing/luggage equipment manufacturer, and the seats were dark olive leather.

Searching on Google reveals a lot of hits, but only one picture of the seats, the quality of which is so low that it's not representative.

My question: In the great Rover break-up, somehow BMW managed to let go of Cosworth engineering. Bearing in mind that this was the cornerstone of Ford's racing programme, Audi managed to do something of a wizard deal. Give me a rough outline of that deal. I need to know the names of the two divisions of Cosworth that were involved, and the reason why the deal was so special.
 
The deal: The to buy Cosworth for $196 million. Audi's two primary conditions for buying Cosworth are parent Volks-wagen's acquisition of Rolls-Royce - which has happened - and "the resolution of certain contractual matters," chief among them being Cosworth's racing-engine contracts with Ford....meaning no more racing engines for ford! Also with the purchase of Cosworth, Audi will be in charge of using Cosworth expertise to produce new 8-cyl. and 12-cyl. engines for the Rolls/Bentley lineup.

the companies: Audi will reportedly take control of Cosworth Castings, one of four divisions that include: Cosworth Racing, Cosworth Engineering and Cosworth Inc. Volkswagen is set to control the racing and engineering operations.
 
You're halfway there. That's the fairly mundane part, but you've missed the bit of the deal that was really cool.

So you're currently on half a point, the win is there for the taking!
 
Ford Motor Co. will buy Cosworth Racing from Audi AG, which had already bought Cosworth Engineering from Vickers plc. The purchase will allow Cosworth's racing division to continue supplying Ford with Formula One, Indy car and Touring car racing engines.


is that it? I'm asuming it is becasue your an F1 fan and thats F1 related....
 
Originally posted by skylineGTR_guy
Ford Motor Co. will buy Cosworth Racing from Audi AG, which had already bought Cosworth Engineering from Vickers plc. The purchase will allow Cosworth's racing division to continue supplying Ford with Formula One, Indy car and Touring car racing engines.


is that it? I'm asuming it is becasue your an F1 fan and thats F1 related....
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That's it. What made it cool was that Ford were so desperate for Cosworth Racing that they paid Audi enough that Audi got Cosworth Castings (the bit they wanted) for nothing! Given the levels of success enjoyed by Audi Sport, they had no need for Cosworth Racing, so they offloaded it to Ford for enough to cover all their costs.

It was a business masterstroke.

On with your question!
 
Originally posted by GilesGuthrie
It was Orvis, the fishing/luggage equipment manufacturer, and the seats were dark olive leather.
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Nice. 👍

I only asked about the seats because the colour is really very kickass:
 

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Originally posted by skylineGTR_guy
and no it's not the prince motor company....or nissan...or datsun...its was a completley seperate company.
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Was it the Tachikawa Aircraft company?
 
Originally posted by chaser_fan
Was it the Tachikawa Aircraft company?
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Wasn't that the name of Prince Motor Company before 1955 when they changed their name and produced the first skyline?
 
Originally posted by skylineGTR_guy
Who DESIGNED the first nissan skyline engine? Desinged not built.
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Are talking about the GA-4 engine in the original ALSIS-1? or the S20 engine in the first GT-R?

I presume you're talking about the GT-R motor, in which case I'll supply the name Dr. Shin'ichiro Sakurai. He designed the R380 race car to take revenge on the Porsche 904 GTS, which had beaten the Skyline 2000-GT soundly in the Japanese Grand Prix in 1964.

The Skyline GT-R's S20 is derived from the R380 race motor.

EDIT: Nissan did get its revenge on Porsche the following year, beating them at the 65 Gran Prix at Fuji.


///M-Spec
 
Well, ///M-Spec, where's your question? I'm eager to answer it because I have more outdoor-company-sponsoring-SUV questions still to come.
 
Originally posted by M5Power
Well, ///M-Spec, where's your question? I'm eager to answer it because I have more outdoor-company-sponsoring-SUV questions still to come.
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Well, I'm waiting for confirmation from GTR_guy...

..BUT so y'all can be thinking about it. My question will be:

The Porsche 356C was discontinued in 1965, but its classic 1582cc flat-four engine lived on to power what car?


///M-Spec
 
Nope.....the engine for the Nissan Skyline ALSI-1 is the one I'm talking about it...it was a different company that later merged into the prince motor company.
 
The engine was designed by Fuji Precision Industries, a subsidiary of Nakajima Aircraft Company. In 1954, Prince and FPI merged. In 1966, Prince merged with Nissan.


///M-Spec
 
The Porsche 356C was discontinued in 1965, but its classic 1582cc flat-four engine lived on to power what car?


///M-Spec
 
Okay, I guess it's my turn again:
How did the 911 get it's name?
(I know it's easy, but it was all I could think of on short notice:lol: )
 
Originally posted by Gil
Okay, I guess it's my turn again:
How did the 911 get it's name?
(I know it's easy, but it was all I could think of on short notice:lol: )
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It was stupid - Porsche wanted to call it the 901, but Peugeot somehow copyrighted every three-digit number with a zero in the middle (excepting, assumably, 000-009), so they called it the 911.
 
If that's right, my question is:

Some limited edition trims of the 1994-1997 Mercury Villager carried the name of what clothing manufacturer?
 

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