This week's motors quiz
1 What was unusual about the 1961 Ford Gyron concept car?
2 What kind of car was presented to Elvis Presley by a German manufacturer when he was leaving that country after his stint in the US Army?
3 What is the car used in the Inspector Lynley TV TV crime series?
4 Béla Barényi invented the “crumple zone” used in all modern car design; for which car company did he work?
5 Which motoring brand will next year launch the Amorak pick-up?
6 Which Audi is sold here only with a choice of a 4.2-litre or 5.2-litre petrol engine?
7 What is the town at junction 7 of the M4?
8 To celebrate what event was the Emancipation Run made in 1896?
Quiz answers
1. It was a two-wheeler, two seat, with a gyroscope to keep it level in traffic.
2. A Heinkel "bubble" car.
3. Originally a Jensen Interceptor, later a Bristol 410.
4. Mercedes-Benz.
5. Volkswagen.
6. The R8.
7. Maynooth.
8. The abolition of the Red Flag Act, which required a man with a red flag to walk in front of cars.
