AUTO CROSS

WELCOME to International AutoCross, a puzzle dedicated to the automobile enthusiast! AutoCross will test your knowledge of cars, brand names and auto-related people from all over the world. Good luck!

ACROSS 2. Pre-Sienna 5. Clear safety item 8. Desert race 13. East German two-stroke car 15. Vehicle parking 16. Former car and appliance maker 20. Distance readout 21. Distance runner or Checker 23. Completed engine, w/o cylinder

head(s) 27. Extinct GM brand 29. Peter Brock-designed Cobra 33. A luxurious Hyundai 34. Mr. Ferrari’s title 36. Portable speed monitor 37. Auburn-built FWD car 39. Pampered car 40. Castrol, Valvoline, et al 41. a.k.a. auto wrecker’s 42. Ferrari-owned brand 45. Crash-test “victim” 47. Balloon-tire inventor 50. ’50s Pontiac wagon 51. Retired Chevy coupe 52. GT350 attached to this car 53. Seven-passenger electric car 54. A “furry” Mercury? 55. Fashionable car collector DOWN 1. Golden or Gran Turismo 3. Ranger or Citation 4. Chapman’s “flower” 6. Back lip 7. Early Jeep producer 9. From Ingolstadt 10. Scorpion or Stratos 11. An in-shape Honda? 12. Chrysler high-output V8, once 14. Early Mini modifier 16. Between the seats 17. Jetta engine option 18. Controls air/fuel mix 19. “Vanishing Point” car star 22. Made the F1 24. Differential 25. Type of brake 26. Exhaust-manifold upgrade 28. Retro Chrysler 30. Combustion necessity 31. Usually orange and pointy 32. First all-steel-bodied Saturn 34. Composite body/trim material 35. Popular Ford, Chrysler exec 38. Open-road event 43. Up-level Valiant 44. “Talladega ______” 46. Three wheeler 48. Ford’s “break-out” model 49. Extra-wide tires (slang)