Can you Guess the Auto Brand from 3 Hints?
One of the first American automobile makers – it was founded by David Dunbar Buick in 1899 – Buick is a division of General Motors and has been historically marketed just under Cadillac as the automaker’s premium brand. The company is responsible for such popular vehicles as the Enclave, the Encore, the Regal and the Skylark. While still sold in the U.S., Buick’s marketing aim has shifted, with 80% of Buicks now sold in China. The very name “Lamborghini” conjures up images of fast cars and the epitome of Italian style. Which brand boasts the Countach, the Miura and the Diablo?
This Bavarian company is known both for its aircraft engines and the 3 Series. After World War I, Germany was forbidden to make airplanes, so the company switched to producing motorcycles and cars. BMW – Bayerische Motoren Werke – was founded in 1916 and made aircraft engines. Can you name it? After World War II, the company was banned from making motor vehicles, so it made pots, pans and bicycles. Cars were again on the table in 1952, and the company has been making quality automobiles and motorcycles ever since.
The company was started in 1963 by Ferruccio Lamborghini to take on companies such as Ferrari in the grand touring car space. Army competition between Willys-Overland and Ford, was at various times owned by Kaiser Jeep, AMC Chrysler and now Fiat. The company is now a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. The legendary Diablo and Countach followed. Can you name the brand forever linked to war-time transportation, off-roading and the Wrangler? First developed as a way to move troops during World War II, the Jeep, designed through a U.S. The Jeep brand has gone through a lot of owners in its existence. The company soon started turning out vehicles like the Miura, which redefined how performance cars were designed.
In 1946, Japan’s manufacturing industry was in ruins. Go ahead again to 2015, and it becomes the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world. Which South Korean automaker produces the Elantra and the Santa Fe? Fast forward to 1959, and Honda becomes the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer. Soichiro Honda began the Honda Technical Research Institute and, after a few false starts, began adapting two-stroke motors to run on turpentine and attaching them to bike frames.
Peugeot is the oldest company on this quiz, dating back to the time of Napoleon. Known as “the Lion” in many countries because of its logo, Peugeot is a popular and dependable brand around the world. The family business that would go on to enter the auto market was founded in 1810 to make coffee mills and bicycles. The first Peugeot-produced vehicle was a steam tricycle in 1889, with an internal combustion-powered car a year later.
Name the brand associated with the DB5, a rich racing tradition and a certain super spy. Which company is best known for gullwing doors, its spectacular failure and “Back to the Future”? The car company was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford (the “Aston” came from a racing track at Aston Hill), and it’s been a symbol of British engineering and style ever since. Perhaps best known for its “DB” series (named after Sir David Brown, who owned the company from 1947 through 1990), the brand gained pop-culture relevance as the favored car of fictional spy James Bond (his signature vehicle for 12 films).
