CROSSWORD / NEXT MONTH

Clues Across: 4. The Humber (or Sunbeam in some export markets) model in the RootesChrysler Super Minx and Arrow ranges from 1963 to 1976 (7) 8. Christian name of the French tuning wizard ‘Le Sorcier’ who worked with Simca and Renault (6) 9. French car maker from 1922 to 1940, best remembered for its four and six- cylinder 1100cc sports and racing cars of the 1920s (7) 10. Device for removing dirt or suspended solid particles from a liquid or air (6)

11. The main tubular section of a carburettor, including the air intake and choke tube (6) 12. British kit car manufacturer, its 1959- onwards Olympic model featured a fibreglass monocoque body- chassis unit (8) 18. French vehicle builder, active from 1894 through to take- over by Hotchkiss in 1954 (8) 20. British sports and luxury car maker, now Indian- owned, with a famous sporting history including seven Le Mans 24hr race wins (6) 21. Model name, alluding to racing success perhaps — many will remember the classic 105-series Alfa Romeo coupés with this name (6) 22. Another British kit car, founded in Norfolk in 1958, and still trading as of 2011, under different ownership (7) 23. The proper name for the ‘suck’ phase of the ‘suck, squeeze, bang and blow’ four-stroke cycle (6) 24. Model name for the US market version of BMW’S E3 sixes sold from 1971 to 1975 (7) Clues Down: 1. The French market version of Ford’s PRE-WWII V8 was built by this company from 1934 to 1940 (7) 2. Copy or reproduction of a model known for sporting or commercial success (7) 3. V6- engined luxury car built by Honda/acura from 1985 to the present day, now in its fourth generation (6) 5. British father and son record-breakers on land and water (8) 6. Top model Dodge full-size automobile, built from 1960 to 1973 (6) 7. US auto, built from 1916 to 1929, using Continental or Duesenberg engines, and noted mainly for a very Rolls-royce type radiator (6) 13. US racing family, with father Mario the 1978 F1 Word Champion driver (8) 14. Opel’s six- cylinder saloon range, built from 1938 to 1970 in several generations (7) 15. Model name for Riley saloons in both 9hp and elegant 12, 15 or 16hp versions before WWII (7) 16. Italian surname, noted in coach-building and for an early F1 World Champion driver (6) 17. Effective Matra sports coupé built from 1980 to 1983 (6) 19. French sports car and coupé builder, associated with Renault right from its early days in 1954 (6)

Answers to last month’s crossword # 309 Across: 4. Mondial 8. Avanti 9. Leather 10. Chiron 11. Laurel 12. Contessa 18. Eldorado 20. Anziel 21. timing 22. Madonie 23. Anglia 24. sidecar Down: 1. Laycock 2. Valiant 3. stroke 5. Overland 6. Datsun 7. Acedes 13. Stellina 14. Balilla 15. Douglas 16. Anzani 17. Pilote 19. Onions