Classic crossword

David Cass

UK sports and racing car builder — its light rear-engine-chassis frames powered by JAP, Norton, Bristol, Climax, Maserati, and British Racing Motors (BRM) engines achieved great racing success from 1946 to 1968 (6) 8. Model name shared by Riley, Lanchester, and Austin-healey (6) 10. Companion make for Studebaker, 1926–’30, advertised as ‘the Little Aristocrat’ in an attempt to sell in Britain and Europe (7) 11. Italian manufacturer, remembered mainly for fine big-engine touring and sporting cars pre World War I, one of which came first in the epic Peking–paris endurance race in 1907 (5) 12. US car company — its 1930s L29 and 810/812 models remain classic automobile style icons of their time (4) 13. Mechanically efficient drive system used on engine camshaft drives or as a final-drive system for motorcycles and some usually lightweight cars (5) 17. French engineering company active in aerospace work and car construction and design from 1965 through to 2003 (5) 18. Unfortunate mid ’80s Italian/ Japanese collaborative car design — ‘handles like a Datsun, built like an Alfa Romeo’ said one scathing review (4) 22. The Silver ----- was an Alvis six-cylinder saloon built from 1936 to 1940 offered with a 2362cc or 2762cc engine (5) 23. Subaru saloon range, introduced in 1992 and sold since in four generations — its sporting 4WD models are probably a modern classic (7) 24. French carmaker, active since 1952 with a long association with Renault, which has owned the company since 1974 (6) 25. Bentley sporting luxury saloon, built from 1998 to 2009; its model name commemorates the marque’s historic racing association with the Le Mans racing circuit (6)