TRIVIA Engine That Could

1. A four-stroke engine repeats four basic steps with every two revolutions: intake stroke; compression stroke; power stroke; and finishes tiredly with this kind of stroke that allows gases to escape the cylinder.

2. In Isiah Thomas’s car, this up-and-down component typically transfers power from the cylinder to the crankshaft.

3. Keenly economical, throughout the 1980’s the Plymouth Reliant, Dodge Aries and Chrysler LeBaron were kind of kings of American sales, and collectively known by this letter.

4. This classic car game left generations of younger brothers with bruised arms and legs after their older brother hauled off and punched them several times a road trip upon spotting a Volkswagen Beetle.

5. An urban legend says this model, intermittently produced from 1961-88, sold poorly south of the border because a faulty translation suggested a lack of pep. Actually in some South American countries it was pretty popular.

6. This contemporary California car company of three models named itself after Thomas Edison’s Serbian assistant and inventor of the spark plug.

7. Unlike its cheaper counterpart, this undercarriage component is an integral part of a car’s suspension and does a better job supporting the weight of the vehicle, so you can drive down cobblestone streets with style and swagger.

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