This week's Motor Quiz
Questions
1 By how much is the engine in the BMW M3 lighter
than its predecessor: 15kg, 17kg, 21kg, or not lighter at all?
2 What model is VW planning to make a convertible of next
year?
3 What car name in Ireland has been previewed by the Beat
concept car?
4 What percentage of renewable feedstock is incorporated in
standard diesel biofuel?
5 In which Pacific Rim city are police offering incentives
for people over 70 to give up their driving licences?
6 By how much has the number of private cars coming into
Dublin in the mornings fallen over the past decade; 7, 9, 12, or 14
per cent?
7 Where is the "bell housing" on a car?
8 Who was Saab's first customer?
Answers
1. 15kg.
2. The Bugatti Veyron.
3. The Chevrolet Matiz, or Spark in other markets.
4. 30 per cent.
5. Tokyo, where road deaths among drivers 70 and upwards have
increased 35 per cent over the past six years.
6. 14 per cent, according to Dublin City Council.
7. It is the part bolted to the engine block on a rear wheel
drive car which houses the torque convertor or clutch of t he
tranmission.
8. The Royal Swedish Air Force: the company was founded in
1937 to build its planes.