AUTO CROSS

DOWN

2. Distance between left and right tires

3. Wrench measures tightness

4. Early importer of European cars

5. Made the Turnpike Cruiser

6. Days of Thunder co-star

8. Out of gear

9. Tire-stress noise

10. K-car

11. Car named for French explorer

12. Las Vegas aftermarket-parts show

13. Slang for wide whitewalls

14. Valve rests here

15. Theater for autos

18. Power-skid sport

19. Shift ____

21. Daisy wheels

24. Dreamcar

25. Mid-level Caddy sedan

27. Lamborghini symbol

29. Mixes with fuel for combustion

30. Minivan doors

31. GTS, ACR and RT10

32. Here comes this GTO

33. Mitsubishi-built Dodge, once

34. Audi formed from this company

35. two-speed automatic

37. Auto-trans slang

40. rating

41. Cam “lifts” these off their seats

42. 2+2

43. Famous pinstriper

45. Tunes the sound of a vehicle

47. two-door Chevrolet wagon

ACROSS

1. Elvis racing movie

3. mantra is “more

power”

7. Regulates top speed

9. Sporty VW hatchback

11. Samara, Cossack and Niva

13. “G” in EGR system

16. A commercial vehicle

17. AMC compact

19. C-Class-based off-roader

20. Handsome Rob in the “Italian Job”

22. Chrysler parent

23. Turbocharger malady

25. Windshield problem

26. Spyker owned it once

28. Windshield angle

29. Braking-assist feature

33. “Vanishing Point” car star

36. Full-size RWD Buick

38. ____ exhaust

39.

44. Leather used in many British cars

45. Last car stolen in “Gone in 60 Seconds”

46. Northern Ireland-built sports car

48. Early station-wagon trim

49. Where two freeways converge

50. A welcome site when stranded

51. Edsel model