Spec/Fact-based Car Quiz

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Which was the first turbocharged production car?

 

[STLbarcelona5]

Oldsmobile F-85.

 

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Oldsmobile F-85.

👍 Yup. Your go.

 

[STLbarcelona5]

What was the last production car in the US to have carburetion?

 

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1991 Jeep Grand Wagoneer? (It had a 360 w/ a 4 bbl Motorcraft I believe)

 

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Dayum, it takes some knowledge to rule this thread, or at least good google skills.

 

[Wolfe]

The Subaru Justy (I forget which year).

 

[STLbarcelona5]

The Subaru Justy (I forget which year).

Remember the year . . .

 

[zoxxy]

Remember the year . . .

1992.

 

[STLbarcelona5]

1992.

Yess sir. Your turn!

 

[Wolfe]

Darn.

 

[High-Test]

Hold up guys, it was the Jetfire, a car that was seperate from the F-85 in price and trim level. Ah well, too late now anyways. Let's get the next one up!

 

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Hold up guys, it was the Jetfire, a car that was seperate from the F-85 in price and trim level. Ah well, too late now anyways. Let's get the next one up!

I was under the impression it was marketed as a "F-85 Jetfire"

 

[High-Test]

Maybe it was the F-85 Jetfire.Ah well, I'm usually wrong and/or misinformed. I just wanted to be overly particular. Not all F-85s had the turbo, though.

 

[zoxxy]

Yess sir. Your turn!

Okay.

A famous car from 1965, equipped with a 500bhp V8 and with the low weight of only 793kg.

Have at ya.

 

[amp88]

Okay.

A famous car from 1965, equipped with a 500bhp V8 and with the low weight of only 793kg.

Have at ya.

Obvious (?) answer would be the Cobra...?

 

[High-Test]

1965 Shelby Cobra 427

Or

1965 AC Cobra 427

wait... amp88 beat me to it, I think.

 

[Gil]

Having just joined this thread, and having not Googled up the answer.
Wasn't the Corvair also offered the same year as the F85, and the first US production car with a rear engine?

 

[TheCracker]

Okay.

A famous car from 1965, equipped with a 500bhp V8 and with the low weight of only 793kg.

Have at ya.

Actually the 427 Cobra had 485bhp and weighed 975kg.

Standard road cars were sold at 355bhp and weighed 1034kg!

 

[mrhambone]

a cobra would be my first choice but everyone seems to dissagree, so my second choice would be a

Ford GT40 - but im pretty sure they are a bit heavier than 793 kg.

 

[TheCracker]

a cobra would be my first choice but everyone seems to dissagree, so my second choice would be a

Ford GT40 - but im pretty sure they are a bit heavier than 793 kg.

Mk1 GT40 was 950kgs and 425bhp.

MK2 was 1046kgs and 485bhp.

Mk3 (a road car) was 1061kgs and 306bhp.

MkIV was 1000kgs and had 500bhp - but this was 1967 and was still 207kgs too heavy.

I don't think that anything produced 500bhp in 1965 - especially not one that weighs only 793kg.


Jim Clark's 1965 Indy 500 winning Lotus 38 had 500bhp - but weighed only 612kgs

 

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He didn't say it was production, just that it is/was famous.

 

[Driftster]

Is it some sort of Drag racing VW beetle?

 

[Keef]

How about the Cheetah race car? Never mind, it weighs 807kg.

 

[neanderthal]

i think he has his facts wrong. misquoted numbers or sum such.

which was the first car to have ABS?

 

[Keef]

That would be the Ford Granada Mk3, way back in 1985. That wasn't very long ago.

 

[neanderthal]

incorrect.

hint, it also featured a chrysler V8.

 

[Keef]

1967 Jensen FF. How about that? And that was a long time ago.

 

[High-Test]

Facel Vega?

Jensen Interceptor?

Iso Grifo?

 

[Famine]

1967 Jensen FF. How about that? And that was a long time ago.

He's right - though the Granada was the first to feature it, as standard, throughout the range.