CROSSWORD / NEXT MONTH

Clues across: 4. Ferrari V8 produced from 1980 to ’93, though I prefer to remember the mid-’50s 2.0-litre sports-racer from which it took its name (7) 8. Fibreglass-bodied Studebaker sports car, introduced in 1962 and several times revived since then (6) 9. Upholstery material of choice for most up-market classic cars (7) 10. Great Monégasque driver, winner in Grand Prix racing, sports cars, and international rallies in a long racing career (6) 11. Model name for a mid-size Nissan produced in eight series from 1968 through to 2002 (6) 12. Small early ’60s rear- engined Hino saloon and coupé, the latter a rather cute little job at least as smart as anything European at that time (8) 18. Upmarket Cadillac personal luxury car, which had a near-50-year model run from 1953 (8) 20. Late 1960s / early ’70s New Zealand attempt at bringing the Anadol/ Reliant saloon car into production for the local market (6) 21. The setting of a mechanism or set of mechanisms so it operates at the right instant of time (6) 22. The classic Sicilian circuit used for the Targa Florio road race through to 1973 (7) 23. Ford UK’S small saloon, built in four main series from 1939 through to 1967 (6) 24. Laterally mounted addition to a motorcycle, used for carriage of extra passenger(s) or occasionally goods (7).

Clues down: 1. British company that marketed an electrically activated overdrive system to raise the gearing of many classic vehicles (7) 2. Model name for the US Chrysler/ Plymouth compact sedan introduced in 1960, which became a major marque name in the Aussie market (7) 3. The distance between the highest and lowest points reached by the piston moving in the cylinder (6) 5. Early US automobile company that became an important nameplate when Willys took over the company in 1908 (8) 6. Nissan’s marque name from 1933 until a gradual change to Nissan intensified in the 1980s (6) 7. Model name used by AC in the late 1920s / early ’30s (6) 13. Fiat 600D–based cabrio built by Autobianchi in 1964–’65, replaced in the market by Fiat’s successful 850 sporties (8) 14. Model name for Fiat’s Type 508 saloon and sports car built from 1932 to 1937 (7) 15. Classic British motorbike firm, specializing in flat-twin designs and briefly a car-maker from 1913 to 1922 (7) 16. Specialist engine builder, originally founded in Italy but better known perhaps for its British branch’s association with several classic UK vintage marques (6) 17. Special Michelin wheels fitted to some just-pre-war models of the Citroën Traction Avant (6) 19. A good candidate for oddest car company name is Alldays and ------, active in Britain in the early 20th century (6).

Answers to last month’s crossword, No. 308 Across: 4. Advance 8. Rocket 9. Vincent 10. Eleven 11. Aerlux 12. Accident 18. Dauphine 20. Urraco 21. Singer 22. Kapitan 23. Attila 24. Gearbox Down: 1. Freeway 2. Ac-delco 3. Legend 5. Daihatsu 6. Ascari 7. Consul 13. Eldorado 14. Kingpin 15. Bearcat 16. Ariane 17. Napier 19. Points