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7. This long-lived nameplate in Ford’s Mercury model range started out in 1967 as a Mercury version of the Mustang (6) 8. Model name for the Model 46 Lotus, introduced late in 1966 (6) 10. Historic UK automobile marque, with convoluted ownership history, first building bikes, then motorbikes, and finally cars from 1921 to ’84 (7) 11. Model name for Audi’s estate-car and station-wagon ranges (5) 12. Successful French rally driver, world champion for nine consecutive seasons from 2004 to 2012 (4) 13. Model name for Lancia’s small family car — produced in three generations from 1979 to 2014, it is most remembered for the successful World Championship rallying versions (5) 17. Classic low-production steam car, heavy, fast, and expensive, built from 1909 to 1931 — one is believed to survive in New Zealand (5) 18. Italian car designer, noted for successful designs for Alfa Romeo from 1925, then Lancia and Ferrari to 1965 (4) 22. The first stage of the Otto cycle four-stroke engine (5) 23. Model name used by Chrysler briefly in 1940–’41, 1950, and five main series from 1961 to 1981 (7) 24. Coachwork style for formal carriages, in which passengers sat in rows facing each other — most cars in this style were smaller than horse-drawn carriages, so had ‘-let’ or ‘-lette’ added to the original name (6) 25. Standard’s early ’60s povertyspec small-engine version of the Vanguard family saloon (6).
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1. Body panel below the front windscreen, engineered downwards to form a bodystiffening bulkhead and firewall (7) 2. Jowetts 1950–’54 sports model version of the Javelin flat-four design — it achieved surprising sporting success from 1950 to 1952 (7) 3. Lancia’s upmarket Pininfarinabodied saloon/coupé with 2.5-litre flat-four engine, built from 1976 to 1984 (5) 4. French automobile company (1909–’52) — one of the great classic marques: famous models include Types 13, 23, 35, 37, 40, 41, 44, 46, 50, 51, 54, 55, and 57 (7) 5. Interesting self-changing semi-auto transmission design used by some French manufacturers before and after World War II (5) 6. Opel’s successful rival to Ford’s trendsetting Capri, built in two main series from 1970 through to 1988 (5) 9. Austin’s six-cylinder luxury saloon built from 1947 to 1954 in A110 and A125 series (9) 14. Marque name used by General Motors in America from 1926 to 2010 (7) 15. The name for the public road racing circuit in the Sicilian mountains, used in several different lengths for the classic Targa Florio race (7) 16. Ford UK’S big-selling family saloon, made in five main series from 1962 to 1982 (7) 19. The ----- Capton was an unsuccessful mid-’50s Australian three-wheeler microcar (5) 20. A 1923–’27 assembled six-cylinder family car built within the Durant Motors organization (5) 21. Rally fans (mainly UK?) used this affectionate nickname for the Ford Escort Twin Cam through the 1970s and 1980s (5).