Automotive Trivia Quizzes

[Natalie]

...that's two for two for Randy then! Though I can't help but feel the second question may have had more than one correct (or correctish) answer but all of the correctish answers I guess Randy's was the correctest.

Okay, what was Chrysler's six-division year and what were the divisions?

Unless there is some asterisk business with DaimlerChrysler or other corporate shuffling stuff, I'm gonna say 1998 -- Chrysler, Dodge, Eagle, Jeep, Plymouth, and GEMCAR.

I drive a Crossfire...DaimlerChrysler is "real" Chrysler dammit!

[Randy Earle]

1959. The Valiant was introduced October 27, 1959 as an independent marque and was included into Plymouth in 1960. People also forget Fargo.

[Tuckeroo]

@Natalie:

Your answer checks out as GEMCARs appear to be street legal in almost all states. Plus they started manufacturing in 1998, the same year Eagle was disbanded. Point to you for finding a year that is correct though not the one I thought of or was looking for, (I didn't count GEMCAR but I see that upon closer investigation that is a subjective matter on what counts as an "automobile"). But there is another year that I'm thinking of, an earlier year...

And as I write this I see Randy has once again figured it out (more or less). The six divisions that overlapped:

Chrysler
De Soto
Dodge
Imperial
Plymouth
Valiant (that was the trick one, for 1960 it was an independent nameplate from Plymouth, it became the Plymouth Valiant in 1961)

Valiant debuted in October 1959, it was for the 1960 model year, but otherwise that was the response I was looking for.

PS: I think part of the fun of this is figuring out how good we are at formulating trivia questions in the first place, especially when there turns out to be more than one correct answer...

[Tuckeroo]

PPS: I remember Fargo, but if I'm not mistaken that was exclusively a truck division?

[Natalie]

@Natalie:

Your answer checks out as GEMCARs appear to be street legal in almost all states. Plus they started manufacturing in 1998, the same year Eagle was disbanded. Point to you for finding a year that is correct though not the one I thought of or was looking for, (I didn't count GEMCAR but I see that upon closer investigation that is a subjective matter on what counts as an "automobile"). But there is another year that I'm thinking of, an earlier year...

And as I write this I see Randy has once again figured it out (more or less). The six divisions that overlapped:

Chrysler
De Soto
Dodge
Imperial
Plymouth
Valiant (that was the trick one, for 1960 it was an independent nameplate from Plymouth, it became the Plymouth Valiant in 1961)

Valiant debuted in October 1959, it was for the 1960 model year, but otherwise that was the response I was looking for.

PS: I think part of the fun of this is figuring out how good we are at formulating trivia questions in the first place, especially when there turns out to be more than one correct answer...

Thanks for the nod! The question was for divisons, did not specify car vs. electric, um, thingamabobs

[TuckerCar]

I think we need Charles D Barnett to handle all this. He's an attorney.

[Randy Earle]

PPS: I remember Fargo, but if I'm not mistaken that was exclusively a truck division?

It was the Canadian Truck Division. Also of note, most Dodges built for the Canadian Market in the late '50s had Plymouth main bodies and Dodge front end sheetmetal.

[Tuckerfan1053]

Which automaker was the first to offer a new car franchise to an African-American? (This was actually a fairly big deal, since, if I remember correctly, it happened well before the Civil Rights Era.)

[Coach_B]

Let's not forget in the late 80's when they had

Chrysler
Dodge
Plymouth
Jeep
Eagle and......
Lamborghini!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Randy Earle]

Ed Davis, November 1963, Oldsmobile.

I held off answering but nobody else did.

[Tuckerfan1053]

Ed Davis, November 1963, Oldsmobile.

I held off answering but nobody else did.

Who? What?

[Natalie]

Ed Davis, November 1963, Oldsmobile.

I held off answering but nobody else did.

Oy. I found Ed Davis too -- but Studebaker, 1940. If you're going "Big Three" it was still Davis (Ed Davis, Inc.,
Plymouth-Chrysler-Imperial Dealership in 1963).

Here is the article on this pioneer: http://www.detroittransithistory.info/A ... Davis.html Great reading.

[Tuckerfan1053]

Ed Davis, November 1963, Oldsmobile.

I held off answering but nobody else did.

Oy. I found Ed Davis too -- but Studebaker, 1940. If you're going "Big Three" it was still Davis (Ed Davis, Inc.,
Plymouth-Chrysler-Imperial Dealership in 1963).

Here is the article on this pioneer: http://www.detroittransithistory.info/A ... Davis.html Great reading.

I was going for Davis (though I didn't know his name) for Studebaker.