CROSSWORD / NEXT MONTH

Clues across: 7. UK car and CV builder — its slogan, “Can you afford to walk?”, emphasized how cheap its small car was to run (6) 8. French company, active from 1910 to 1932, with a successful racing history in the early 1920s (6) 10. Chrysler’s ‘before-its time’ mid-’30s attempt to bring streamlining to the US mainstream industry (7) 11. French-born but mainly Us-based industrial designer, noted for successful designs for Studebaker after World War II (5) 12. Familiar trade name for Standard Oil’s petroleum/ gasoline sales in many countries (4) 13. Model name for Austin’s Light 12/4 and 12/6 booted saloon models in the mid ’30s (5) 17. Surname of the Swiss designer credited with the design of Peugeot, Ballot, and Sunbeam early twin-cam racing engines (5) 18. 1906–’23 Italian marque, part of the Ceirano family’s automobile endeavours (1,1,1,1) 22. Premium model of the Toyota range, produced in 14 series from 1955 to the present day (5) 23. German coachbuilder and bodybuilder, active since 1901; specializing in convertibles and cabriolets, it also manufactures complete cars under contract (7) 24. Model name used by Austin, Aston Martin, and Frazer Nash for sports models in the between-wars era (6) 25. The energy-producing propelling unit of a motor vehicle, in UK terminology usually of the internalcombustion variety (6).

Clues down: 1. Colloquial name for the cars in 16 down, aka ‘Flying Teapots’ (7) 2. The ------Trophy was a famous British race for sports cars, held on and off since 1905 (7) 3. US racing team founded by racing great Dan Gurney in 1966, and a Formula 1 winner in 1967 (5) 4. A successful pre-war Anglo-american hybrid, with a straight-eight Hudson engine clad in British-design coachwork (7) 5. A recessed hexagon-design screw or bolt system, occasionally used on some older classics (5) 6. Austrian company with a fine history from 1918 of durable cars and effective go-anywhere CVS, at times allied with Fiat and Mercedes, though the name is now defunct (5) 9. Internal-combustion engine, with suck and squeeze combined in one cycle and bang and blow in another, more often used in small motorbike motors (3-6) 14. German ex-aircraft company, noted for post-war designs for scooters and the mid-’50s Kabine microcar (7) 15. Sturdy but basic Skoda saloon that provided the mechanical basis for the 1966–’73 New Zealand–built Trekka utility vehicle (7) 16. US vehicle company active from 1902 to 1924: one of its alternative-power vehicles held a world speed record from 1906 to 2009 (7) 19. Scraping of a tyre tread, often as a result of incorrect steering geometry (5) 20. Italian word for ‘race’ often used as a model name for performanceoptioned sports models (5) 21. Successful series of small economy cars built by NSU from 1958 to 1973, with nearly 1.2 million units of the various submodels sold in 15 years (5).

Answers to last month’s crossword Across: 7. Rootes 8. Tuscan 10. Moretti 11. Lauda 12. Reed 13. Fissa 17. Fluid 18. Polo 22. Exner 23. Oakland 24. Rapide 25. Ardita Down: 1. Ardmore 2. Courier 3. Testa 4. Cutlass 5. Scout 6. Antar 9. Mini-minor 14. Floride 15. Monasix 16. Mondial 19. Metro 20. Snipe 21. Ikara