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1. Britain's best known automotive icon is probably Rolls-Royce. A partnership created by Sir Henry Royce and the Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls, who began manufacturing together in 1906.
The death of Charles Rolls in an aviation accident in 1910 changed very slightly every Rolls Royce produced after that time. What was that change?
2. From early on Bentley was a major rival for Roll-Royce. Founded by Walter Owen Bentley in 1919. The first model that debuted was a "3-litre" model, followed by larger cars that had great success at "Le Mans" and became established as a speedy, sporty, touring car during the 1920s. After the 'Crash' of 1929, the cars did not sell well and the company was bought by Rolls-Royce in 1931. Although the Bentley and Rolls models were very similar for many years, they carried a social difference. What was that?
3. An early British car manufacturer, founded in 1906, was Lagonda. Lagonda produced a range of 'sports-touring" cars from 1926 to 1933. They were elegant, fast and just the ticket in which "the bright young things" might be found motoring to Monte Carlo. What was slightly unBritish about this very British car.
4. The Swallow Sidecar and Coachbuilding Company began to manufacture cars in 1926, initially producing an attractive sports saloon in an Austin Seven chassis. Ten year later they produced the SS100 sports car, which was the first car produced under what was to become a very famous British car brand. What was this name?
5. An early British car company, founded in 1904, had some success over the decades with sporting and racing cars. They had also developed highly functional aluminum chassis for a lighter racing car. It was for this reason that Carroll Shelby approached the company to test a small block Ford V8 engine in one of their existing bodies, as direct competition for the Chevrolet Corvette. Which British Company was this?
6. Everyone seems to know Aston Martin as the 007-mobile, if nothing else. Earlier Aston Martin fortunes were very mixed. They were able to find somewhat eccentric funding from a series of rich, titled investors.
It was not until 1947 that Sir David Brown of David Brown, Limited, stepped in, beginning the classic DB series of cars. Which of the DB series did Sean Connery (AKA 007) dazzle the 1964 movie-going public?
7. The Bristol Motor Car emerged in 1946 as the answer to utilizing a huge surplus of skilled labor who were no longer needed to produce aircraft and engines for the Bristol Airplane Company.
They started to build beautifully comfortable, sleek, understated and fast touring cars. They carried all of the prestige of Rolls, Bentley and Lagonda, but were the choice of the more anonymously wealthy. Which Britsh detective character drives a Bristol in his series?
8. Triumph -- we all shout in unison "Oh no, not British Leyland!". Well no, not until 1968 did we have the dreaded triumvirate of Rover, Jaguar, Triumph under the infamous banner of British Leyland.
There were many models and many cars before this time, but in 1971, Triumph turned away from their usual sporty two seaters and produced a two-plus-two, hard and soft top, with roll-over bars, not to mention twin carbs and a V8 engine.
What was the name of this gem?
9. Various members of my family and husband had a series of Jags of varying models and cylinders, most of which proved screamingly unreliable but real dreams when they went. Lucas engineering was blamed for many of the technical problems. The management changed many times not giving the models the support they needed. Then Ford bought them in 1989 and sold them again in 2008. To whom was Jaguar sold?
10. Ownership of Bentley has passed to VW and has seen a resurgence in sales. Who, on the other hand, owns Rolls-Royce?
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