CROSSWORD / NEXT MONTH
Clues across: 7. Bollack, ------ et Cie, or BNC, built small French cycle-cars and sporting cars in the 1920s (6) 8. British car company, active from 1906 to 1952, and after that until 1987 as a marque name, but now in Chinese ownership (6) 10. Open four- to five-seater touring body-style, popular till the early 1930s, with the bonnet line continued through to the rear of the car (7) 11. Italian stylist/ coachbuilder, working at Ghia from 1944, under his own name 1954–’57, and finally with Fiat’s styling department (5) 12. Form of inlet valve used in twostroke motors (4) 13. Forward-control box van built by Standard from 1958 to ’63, then continued by Leyland under different model names (5) 17. Model name for several popular pre-war 900–950cc small cars (Ford, Morris, etc.) spelling out the RAC horsepower rating (5) 18. Vauxhall’s popular ’60s small car, introduced 50 years ago this month (4) 22. ‘Cassius’ was a nickname applied to this great New Zealand Formula 5000 driver in the late ’60s and ’70s (5) 23. Initially a model name for a successful (1950 onwards) Nash model, it was then spun off into a brand name for AMC (7) 24. Classic Maserati supercar from 1966 to ’73, outselling both its Ferrari and Lamborghini marketplace rivals (6) 25. Model name shared by AMC, Wolseley, and Hudson (6)
Clues down: 1. Another name for body frame integral or combined body-chassis construction (7) 2. Toyota’s 1978–’84 successor to the Publica small car was a popular car in New Zealand as a basic rear-wheel-drive small competition saloon (7) 3. Reliant’s 1964–’73 four-wheeler rival to the Mini and Imp — it was a better car than its sales of only 2600 would lead you to believe (5) 4. UK marque, noted for sturdy touring cars, plus successful racing cars, land-speed-record cars, and aircraft engines — later under Rootes Group ownership, it was noted for 1950s and ’60s rallying success (7) 5. Alternative power source, tried with limited success in the 20th century by Stanley, Locomobile, White and Doble, among others (5) 6. Model name used by Standard in 1930–’31 for a six-cylinder saloon (5) 9. Racing circuit in France, built in 1924, featuring a highspeed banked oval and several road-style circuit options (9) 14. Italian tyre manufacturer; its Cintura and Cinturato radial tyres were very popular in the classic era (7) 15. Body-styling theme popular in the mid ’30s, with strong art-deco influences (7) 16. US turbocharger brand, prominent when turbos became popular in motor sport and car production from the 1970s, though the company had long been successful with aircraft and CV applications (7) 19. Model name shared by General Motors’ Oldsmobile and Opel marques (5) 20. The frequently used US terminology for castor angle or offset (5) 21. Australian petrol company and service chain, remembered by enthusiasts for sponsoring the Round Australia Trials of 1956–’58, 1964, and 1970 (5)
Answers to last month’s crossword Across: 7. Marzal 8. Brough 10. Lagonda 11. Simca
12. Arna 13. Lecot 17. Volvo 18. Lima 22. Elite
23. Gordini 24. Avanti 25. Merlin
Down: 1. Amilcar 2. Brigand 3. Magna 4. Bristol
5. Hulme 6. F-head 9. Facel Vega 14. Doretti
15. Wimille 16. Valiant 19. SEFAC 20. Milan 21. Breer