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Clues Across: 7. Model name shared by Wolseley in Britain and AMC in the States (6) 8. Nissan Datsun’s upmarket four- or six- cylinder mid-range saloon, produced in eight generations from 1968 to 2002 (6) 10. Engine-driven electrical current generator, widely used in automotive ignition systems through to about 1930 (7) 11. One of New Zealand’s first permanent racing circuits, first used in 1956: others of us remember fun little sports coupé versions of Toyota’s RWD ’70s/’80s Corolla (5) 12. Late 1940s racing cars, designed by Dick Caesar and built cheaply to help kick-start the 500cc Formula 3 racing class in Britain (4) 13. Successful French auto company, with connections early on to Fiat and later to Chrysler, active from 1934 to 1978 (5) 17. Founded in 1900 as a supplier of parts and assemblies to auto companies, this company built its first car around 100 years ago, and has been part of Chrysler since 1928 (5) 18. UK racing and sports builder, active from 1958 (founded by Eric Broadley) until 2012 (4) 22. Audi’s long-time name for its station-wagon models from the late ’60s onwards (5) 23. Model name used by Skoda for its eighth mainstream design, built from 1959 to 1971 (7) 24. British automaker, famed for a basic but effective economy car built from 1922 into the 1930s, and after WWII, production of small commercial vans and Heinkel bubble cars under licence (6) 25. Ford Escort MKI sporting model, built to commemorate success in the 1970 World Cup Rally (6) Clues Down: 1. Model name for Singer’s badge-engineered version of the Rootes Group Imp small car (7) 2. Renault’s 2/2.2-litre large car built through the 1950s as the company’s rival to the Citroën Traction (7) 3. ----- arm or ----- type shock absorbers were operated by an arm from a chassismounted hydraulic damper unit (5) 4. British Clubmans competition- oriented small sports car (1959 onwards) — “U2 can have a body like mine” (7) 5. Meaning of the ‘D’ symbol on most automatic transmission selectors (5) 6. US marque, active from 1923–’27 as part of Durant Motors: the car was developed from a Willys design, and powered by a Continental six- cylinder engine (5) 9. UK racing circuit, used pre WWII from 1933, then upgraded and reopened in the 1970s (9) 14. General Motors brand, built from 1926 through to 2010 (7) 15. Chevrolet’s 1960–’69 compact — often thought a failure, it actually sold nearly 1.8 million, so quite a successful failure! (7) 16. AMC’S 1971–’78 midsize car, that grew to almost a full-size model in its final second generation (7) 19. Opel’s rival to the Ford Capri, built from 1970 to 1988 in two main model series — an underrated classic that has a good following in Europe (5) 20. Morris six- cylinder saloon with coachbuilt body, built in two series, 1931 and then in 1932–1933 (5) 21. NZ builder of 95 units of the Lotus Seven S4 from the mid ’70s through to 1979 were ----- Brothers in Christchurch (5)