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What animal is on the Porsche logo?
a. Bird
b. Horse
c. Lion
d. Bull
b. Horse
What do the letters in BMW stand for?
a. Bonn Motor Works
b. Bavarian Motor Works
c. Belgian Motor Works
d. Berlin Motor Works
b. Bavarian Motor Works
How many parts does the average car have?
a. 300
b. 3,000
c. 30,000
d. 300,000
c. 30,000
What is Toyata's luxury division called?
a. Acura
b. Lexus
c. Infiniti
d. Volvo
b. Lexus
How much did a 1959 Aston Martin DB Mark III originally cost?
a. $4,650
b. $5,670
c. $6,480
d. $7,450
d. $7,450
A 1959 review by Road & Trackmagazine praised the car for everything but its $7,450 price.
Which automobile manufacturer was the first to offer seat belts as an option?
a. Toyota
b. Ford
c. Cadillac
d. Nash
d. Nash
Nash Motors Company, an American automobile manufacturer originally based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, pioneered several important innovations, including the heating and ventilation system still used today (1938), unibody construction (1941), and seat belts (1950).
What year was the Corvette first introduced?
a. 1943
b. 1953
c. 1963
d. 1973
b. 1953
The first Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the production line on June 30, 1953, at the GM plant in Flint, Michigan. Only 300 Corvettes were built that year (each of them by hand), making this the rarest Corvette.
How much did the first Ford Mustang cost?
a. $1,652
b. $2,368
c. $2,944
d. 3,484
b. $2,368
The first Mustang rolled off the assembly line March 9, 1964 with a list price of $2,368.
How much horse power did the first Porsche 911 have?
a. 35 HP
b. 90 HP
c. 130 HP
d. 180 HP
c. 130 HP
The original Porsche 911, introduced in 1964, boasted an impressive 130 hp @ 6100 rpm and a top speed of about 130 mph
When was the first documented car accident?
a. 1891
b. 1901
c. 1911
d. 1921
a. 1891
In 1891, engineer James Lambert was driving one of his inventions, an early gasoline-powered buggy, when he ran into a little trouble. The buggy, also carrying passenger James Swoveland, hit a tree root sticking out of the ground. Lambert lost control and the vehicle swerved and crashed into a hitching post.
What was the first car to be mass-produced?
a. Duryea Motor Wagon
b. Model T
c. Model A
d. Packard
b. Model T
Henry Ford introduced the assembly line in December of 1908, and as a result he was not only able to mass-produce the Model-T, but was able to offer it to his customers at a much lower price than the competition.
What is generally considered to be the first "pony car"?
a. Chevrolet Camaro
b. Pontiac Firebird
c. Ford Mustang
d. Mercury Cougar
c. Ford Mustang
Racking up over 22,000 sales in its first day and one million sales in its first two years, the Mustang inspired a wave of imitators including the Pontiac Firebird, Mercury Cougar and Chevrolet Camaro, but none could match the success enjoyed by the Mustang.
2) What was the first Japanese car to be produced in the United States?
a. Toyota Camry
b. Nissan Maxima
c. Mazda Miata
d. Honda Accord
d. Honda Accord
In its first year of production, it became the best-selling Japanese car in the United States -- a title which it would hold for the next 15 years.
What car sold more than one million units in 1965, setting a record that still stands today?
a. Buick Wildcat
b. Pontiac GTO
c. Ford Thunderbird
d. Chevrolet Impala
d. Chevrolet Impala
Originally introduced in 1958, the Impala was the best-selling automobile in the United States during the 1960s.
What was the first car to break the sound barrier?
a. Hennessey Venom GT
b. Bugatti Veyron
c. Koenigsegg Agera R
d. Thrust SSC
d. Thrust SSC
Driving the ThrustSSC at Nevada's Black Rock Desert in 1997, Andy Green became the first person on land to go faster than the speed of sound. The resultant sonic boom shook a school and caused sprinkler covers to fall off in the nearby town of Gerlach.
What was the first car launched into space?
a. Porsche 911
b. Tesla Roadster
c. Rinspeed Oasis
d. Rolls-Royce Vision 100
b. Tesla Roadster
In February 2018, Elon Musk launched a Tesla Roadster into orbit.
The inventor of cruise control was ____.
a. A blind man
b. A homeless man
c. A robot
d. A 12-year-old child
a. A blind man
Modern cruise control was invented in 1948 by mechanical engineer Ralph Teetor who became blind at age five in an accident. His idea was borne out of the frustration of riding in a car driven by his lawyer, who kept speeding up and slowing down as he talked.
What kind of car inspired Ferruccio Lamborghini to start his own automobile company?
a. Volkswagon
b. BMW
c. Ferrari
d. Alfa Romeo
c. Ferrari
What color were all Ferraris originally?
a. Blue
b. White
c. Yellow
d. Red
d. Red
What was the first car to come equipped with anti-lock brakes?
a. Shelby Cobra
b. BMW 1600
c. Lincoln Continental Mark III
d. Jensen FF
d. Jensen FF
The 1966 Jensen FFcame equipped with the Dunlop Maxaret anti-lock braking system (originally developed for use on aircraft).
What was the Volkswagen Beetle called when it was first sold in the United States?
a. Liberty Wagon
b. Victory Wagon
c. Freedom Wagon
d. Kraut Wagon
b. Victory Wagon
On entry to the U.S. market (shortly after the end of World War II) the VW Beetle was briefly sold as a Victory Wagon.
What kind of car did Starsky and Hutch drive in the classic television series?
a. Ford Ranger
b. Ford Bronco
c. Ford Thunderbird
d. Ford Gran Torino
d. Ford Gran Torino
The classic television series Starsky and Hutch (1975-1979) featured two streetwise cops and their red and white 1975 Ford Gran Torino.
Where did Cadillac hide the gas cap in the 1958 Cadillac Coupe DeVille?
a. Under the tail light
b. Behind the license plate
c. Inside the trunk
d. Under the hood ornament
a. Under the tail light
The gas cap was cleverly concealed behind the left rear tail light.
What three specialty convertibles did General Motors originally introduce in 1953?
a. Cadillac Fleetwood, Oldsmobile Omega, & Ford Victoria
b. Buick Skylark, Oldsmobile Fiesta, & Cadillac Eldorado
c. Buick Roadmaster, Buick Riveria, & Buick Super
b. Buick Skylark, Oldsmobile Fiesta, & Cadillac Eldorado
In 1953, General Motors issued three specialty convertibles: the Buick Skylark, the Oldsmobile Fiesta, and the Cadillac Eldorado. Of the three, the Buick Skylark was the most successful with a production run of 1,642 units.
Aston Martin designed a customized car for the Prince of Wales that runs on _____.
a. Lawn shavings
b. Hydrogen
c. Cooking oil
d. Wine
d. Wine
Prince Charles' Aston Martin Volante was customized to run on wine after he demanded its makers find an alternative fuel to petrol.