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| Q: What was the first official White House car? | | A: A 1909 White Steamer, ordered by President Taft. |
| Q: Who opened the first drive-in gas station? | | A: Gulf opened up the first station in Pittsburgh in 1913. |
| Q: What city was the first to use parking meters? | | A: Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935. |
| Q: Where was the first drive-in restaurant? |  | A: Royce Hailey's Pig Stand opened in Dallas in 1921. |
Q: True or False?
The 1953 Corvette came in white, red and black. | | A: False.
The 1953 'Vetted' were available in one color, Polo White. |
| Q: What was Ford's answer to the Chevy Corvette, and other legal street racers of the 1960's? | | A: Carroll Shelby's Mustang GT350. |
| Q: What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct current dynamo? | | A: The 1960 Plymouth Valiant |
| Q: What was the first car fitted with a replaceable cartridge oil filter? | | A: The 1924 Chrysler. |
| Q: What was the first car to be offered with a "perpetual guarantee"? | | A: The 1904 Acme, from Reading, PA. Perpetuity was disturbing in this case, as Acme closed down in 1911. |
| Q: What American luxury automaker began by making cages for birds and squirrels? | | A: The George N. Pierce Co. of Buffalo, who made the Pierce Arrow, also made iceboxes. |
| Q: What car first referred to itself as a convertible? | | A: The 1904 Thomas Flyer, which had a removable hard top. |
| Q: What car was the first to have it's radio antenna embedded in the windshield? | | A: The 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix. |
| Q: What car used the first successful series-production hydraulic valve lifters? | | A: The 1930 Cadillac 452, the first production V16 |
| Q: Where was the World's first three-color traffic lights installed? | | A: Detroit, Michigan in 1919. Two years later they experimented with synchronized lights. |
| Q: What type of car had the distinction of being GM's 100 millionth car built in the U.S. ? | | A: March 16, 1966 saw an Olds Tornado roll out of Lansing, Michigan with that honor. |
| Q: Where was the first drive-in movie theater opened, and when? | | A: Camden, NJ in 1933 |
| Q: What autos were the first to use a standardized production key-start system? | | A: The 1949 Chryslers |
| Q: What did the Olds designation 4-4-2 stand for? | | A: 4 barrel carburetor, 4 speed transmission, and dual exhaust. |
| Q: What car was the first to place the horn button in the center of the steering wheel? | | A: The 1915 Scripps-Booth Model C. The car also was the first with electric door latches. |
| Q: What U.S. production car has the quickest 0-60 mph time? | | A: The 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409. Did it in 4.0 seconds. |
| Q: What's the only car to appear simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek? | | A: The Mustang |
| Q: What was the lowest priced mass produced American car? | | A: The 1925 Ford Model T Runabout. Cost $260, $5 less than 1924. |
| Q: What is the fastest internal-combustion American production car? | | A: The 1998 Dodge Viper GETS-R, tested by Motor Trend magazine at 192.6 mph. |
| Q: What automaker's first logo incorporated the Star of David? | | A: The Dodge Brothers. |
| Q: Who wrote to Henry Ford, "I have drove fords exclusively when I could get away with one. It has got every other car skinned, and even if my business hasn't been strictly legal it don't hurt anything to tell you what a fine car you got in the V-8"? | | A: Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde) in 1934. |
| Q: What car was the first production V12, as well as the first production car with aluminum pistons? | | A: The 1915 Packard Twin-Six. Used during WWI in Italy, these motors inspired Enzi Ferrari to adopt the V12 himself in 1948. |
| Q: What was the first car to use power operated seats? | | A: They were first used on the 1947 Packard line. |
Q: Which of the Chrysler "letter cars" sold the fewest
amount? | | A: Only 400, 1963, 300J's were sold (they skipped" "I" because it
looked like a number 1) |
Q: What car company was originally known as Swallow
Sidecars (aka SS)? | | A: Jaguar, which was an SS model first in 1935, and ultimately
the whole company by 1945. |
| Q: What car delivered the first production V12 engine? | | A: The cylinder wars were kicked off in 1915 after Packard's chief
engineer, Col. Jesse Vincent, introduced its Twin-Sis. |
| Q: When were seat belts first fitted to a motor vehicle? | | A: In 1902, in a Baker Electric streamliner racer which crashed at 100 mph. on Staten Island! |
Q: In January 1930, Cadillac debuted it's V16 in a car named
for a theatrical version of a 1920's film seen by Harley Earl
while designing the body, What's that name? | | A: The "Madam X", a custom coach designed by Earl
and built by Fleetwood. The sedan featured a
retractable landau top above the rear seat. |
Q: Which car company started out German, yet became
French after WWI? | | A: Bugati, founded in Molsheim in 1909, became French
when Alsace returned to French rule. |
Q: In what model year did Cadillac introduce the first
electric sunroof? | | A: 1969 |
| Q: What U.S. production car had the largest 4 cylinder engine? | | A: The 1907 Thomas sported a 571 cu. in. (9.2liter) engine. |
| Q: What car was reportedly designed on the back of a Northwest Airlines airsickness bag and released on April Fool's Day, 1970? |  | A: 1970 Gremlin, (AMC) |
| Q: What is the Spirit of Ecstasy? | | A: The official name of the mascot of Rolls Royce, she is the lady on top of their radiators. |
Q: What was the inspiration for MG's famed
octagon-shaped badge? | | A: The shape of founder Cecil Kimber's dining table. MG stands for Morris Garages. |
Q: In what year did the "double-R" Rolls Royce
badge change from red to black? | | A: 1933 |
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