Classic Car Weekly (UK)

Summer Puzzle Corner

Whether you’re staying at home or heading away this summer, our three pages of classic car braintease­rs are bound to keep you entertaine­d

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1 The Citroën 2CV spawned which family-friendly derivative, launched in 1961?

2 Bentley’s sibling of the R-R Silver Shadow was called?

3 The GWK and Marendaz were manufactur­ed in which Berkshire town?

4 The Peerless was made in what town, also in Berkshire?

5 Which classic car auctioneer holds sales at Goodwood?

6 Who edited The Complete Encycloped­ia of Motor Cars?

7 What car does Michael Caine drive in the 1971 film Get Carter? 8 Who built the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang racing car?

9 A special, built by the same racer and engineer, became a well-known land speed record contender. What was it called?

10 ….and where did it later crash during one of its record attempts?

11 Where was Ford’s first factory built outside of the US?

12 Who was the first nonAmerica­n to set the fastest time at Pike’s Peak hillclimb?

13 ‘The Car You Always Promised Yourself’ was…?

14 Which driver is associated with Vauxhall Firenzas ‘Old Nail’ and ‘Baby Bertha’?

15 In which county would you find the Aston Hillclimb?

16 Raymond Mays developed two leading British racing car manufactur­ers; what were they?

17 And in what town were they based?

18 Who is known as the ‘hyphen in Rolls-Royce’?

19 Which highly popular British car club, still active to this day, was founded in 1934?

20 Which car manufactur­er have Citroën, De Tomaso and Fiat owned?

21 Prescott Speed Hill Climb is owned by which car club?

22 Who is viewed as the father of the Ford Mustang?

23 Before the Ghia, what was the range-topping Ford Granada MkI? ........................................................................

24 Ex- BMW chairman Bernd Pischetsri­eder is a relative of which car designer?

....................................................................... 25 The Leyland P76 was made in which country?

We’ve challenged markets expert and serial classic owner, Richard Barnett, to come up with 25 questions to test your classic motoring knowledge. How many of them can you answer correctly?

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