This week's motors quiz
Questions
1 Which carmaker has joined with battery manufacturer Sanyo to develop better rechargeable electric power systems?
2 Which company used the recent Cannes Film Festival to launch a new car?
3 What was the predecessor car of the new Mercedes-Benz CLC?
4 Which SEAT model is imminently due in Ireland in a new generation?
5 What was the Republic's first motorway section?
6 How many metric speed limit signs were erected in the changeover to metric in 2005; 35,000, 58,000, 74,000, 91,000?
7 What motor brand evolved from the DEW electric cars produced in Berlin in the 1920s by Zschopauer Motorenwerke JS Rasmussen AG?
8 What is the annual Road Tax for an electric car?
Answers
1. Volkswagen.
2. Renault, with the new Laguna Coupé.
3. The C-Class Sports Coupé.
4. The Ibiza.
5. The M7 Naas Bypass, opened in 1983.
6. 58,000.
7. DKW, which later became part of the Auto Union Group which
included the original Audi company. 8. €100.