Below is a selection of twenty-four cropped photos of various vehicles. Each of the photos can be matched to another by something they have in common - they names they are known by. To win points in this puzzle, you must correctly match two photos, and provide the name the represented vehicles share. No points for just naming one or more vehicles, so there is no benefit in rushing to shout out the name of a vehicle you recognize, unless you want to assist another AutoPuzzler in stealing away the points you hope to score.
So, very basic, and hopefully, enjoyable.
The second dozen:
Here are the matches:
#13 GSM Dart and #3 Goggomobil Dart by Tom_I
#14 Hupmobile Skylark and #4 Buick Skylark by Aaron65
#6 Chevrolet Citation and #10 Edsel Citation by Aaron65
#15 Lamborghini Silhouette and #17 Oldsmobile Silhouette by Tom_I
#18 Plymouth Acclaim and #22 Triumph Acclaim by Aaron65
#7 Citroen Safari and #19 Pontiac Safari by Tom_I
#2 BMW M5 and #21 Studebaker M5 by Aaron65
#11 Ferrari Mexico and #12 Ford Escort Mexico by Carnut
#20 Rambler Cross Country and #24 Volvo Cross Country by Aaron65
#8 Dodge Lancer and #16 Mitsubishi Lancer by Aaron65
#1 Audi A8 and #5 Checker A8 by Aaron65
#9 Dodge Magnum and #23 Vauxhall Magnum by Aaron65
Not easy..
Hmmm....
Slow week (due to the holiday) - perhaps an accelerated promotion schedule is in order.
I think #3 and #13 share the name "Dart".
#3 is a Goggomobil Dart, and #13 is a GSM Dart sports car from South Africa.
Yes!
4 is a Buick Skylark and 14 is a Hupmobile Skylark?
#6 Chevrolet Citation, #10 Edsel Citation
Two times yes.
#8 Dodge lancer, #22 Mitsubishi Lancer
You're half right with that pairing. ;)
#2 Oldsmobile Silhouette, #15 Lamborghini Silhouette
Quote from: Aaron65 on December 21, 2010, 06:48:05 AM
#2 Oldsmobile Silhouette, #15 Lamborghini Silhouette
Half-right again
I'd agree with #15 being a Lamborghini Silhouette, but I think the pairing is with #17, an Oldsmobile Silhouette.
#18 is Plymouth Acclaim, #22 is Triumph Acclaim
#7 is a Citroen Safari, and I think #19 is a '56 Pontiac Safari station wagon.
#2 is a BMW M5 engine and #21 is a Studebaker M5 truck.
Quote from: Tom_I on December 21, 2010, 06:57:45 AM
I'd agree with #15 being a Lamborghini Silhouette, but I think the pairing is with #17, an Oldsmobile Silhouette.
Right!
Quote from: Aaron65 on December 21, 2010, 07:40:18 AM
#18 is Plymouth Acclaim, #22 is Triumph Acclaim
Right!
Quote from: Tom_I on December 21, 2010, 07:51:43 AM
#7 is a Citroen Safari, and I think #19 is a '56 Pontiac Safari station wagon.
The feeding frenzy has begun! :D
Quote from: Aaron65 on December 21, 2010, 08:12:14 AM
#2 is a BMW M5 engine and #21 is a Studebaker M5 truck.
Right!
#8 Dodge Lancer, #23 Mitsubishi Lancer?
Quote from: Aaron65 on December 21, 2010, 08:20:08 AM
#8 Dodge Lancer, #23 Mitsubishi Lancer?
One-half correct.
#11: Ferrari 340 Mexico
#12: Ford Escort Mexico
?
#16 is a Volvo Cross-Country and #20 is a Rambler Cross-Country
Once again, that's 1/2 correct.
#1 Ford Falcon XE, #6 Dodge Magnum XE? I hope I'm not just half right again...
#8 Dodge Royal Lancer Custom and #20 Rambler Custom?
Quote from: Aaron65 on December 21, 2010, 04:49:14 PM
#1 Ford Falcon XE, #6 Dodge Magnum XE? I hope I'm not just half right again...
You're not. That pairing is 100% incorrect.
Quote from: Aaron65 on December 21, 2010, 04:54:00 PM
#8 Dodge Royal Lancer Custom and #20 Rambler Custom?
Drop the "Custom" modifier, and that's half-right.
#8 Dodge Lancer (again), and #16 Mitsubishi Lancer wagon?
#20 is Rambler Cross Country and #24 is Volvo Cross-Country (I think)...
Quote from: Aaron65 on December 22, 2010, 05:31:41 PM
#8 Dodge Lancer (again), and #16 Mitsubishi Lancer wagon?
Yes!
Quote from: Aaron65 on December 22, 2010, 05:35:39 PM
#20 is Rambler Cross Country and #24 is Volvo Cross-Country (I think)...
Correct!
Wow - only two pair to go. Time for a throw to the Pro's
Is #5 American? It looks like it, but in smaller scale almost.
It's a (quite large) American car.
#1 is an Audi A8, #5 is a Checker A8
At the risk of giving a pair away, and to avoid chasing a red herring, is #6 a Dodge Magnum GT?
Quote from: Aaron65 on December 23, 2010, 08:29:52 AM
#1 is an Audi A8, #5 is a Checker A8
I was sure #1 is an Alfa 164, but the only other 164 I can find is a Volvo and that doesn't match any of the unsolved pictures; so you must be right but it still doesn't look like an Audi A8 to me!
Quote from: Aaron65 on December 23, 2010, 08:55:15 AM
At the risk of giving a pair away, and to avoid chasing a red herring, is #6 a Dodge Magnum GT?
This puzzle doesn't work that way.
Quote from: Carnut on December 23, 2010, 07:12:17 PM
I was sure #1 is an Alfa 164, but the only other 164 I can find is a Volvo and that doesn't match any of the unsolved pictures; so you must be right but it still doesn't look like an Audi A8 to me!
#1 has been identified. It's not a current-model A8.
Only #9 and #23 remain to be ID'd/paired.
Well, I think I'm out! #23 confounds me!!!!!
It shouldn't.
Is #23 American?
No
OK...is #23 European?
#9 Dodge magnum, #23 Vauxhall Magnum?
Eureka! ;D
Here are the points awarded:
Tom_I 3
Carnut 1
Aaron65 8
Have to say I'm somewhat miffed at that last one.
I figured it must be a Dodge Magnum and a Vauxhall Magnum at least a week ago, but no amount of comparison with your picture and a Vauxhall Magnum could convince me that that was a Vauxhall Magnum.
Look at the picture below, and I have also included a picture of the Vauxhall Firenza (which used the same lights) and your picture to show they are not the same! The Magnum lights are all right-angles except at the outer bottom, quite unlike your puzzle photo which is curved at the inner top.
Incidentally only the Vauxhall Magnum Sportshatch used that shovel-front with those lights; the Vauxhall Magnum itself used the same bluff front with 4 round headlights as the Vauxhall Viva!
There WAS a Vauxhall Droopsnoot prototype which is perhaps the same as your photo, but that is not a Vauxhall Magnum which came quite a bit later...
Quote from: Carnut on December 27, 2010, 04:32:26 PM
Have to say I'm somewhat miffed at that last one.
I figured it must be a Dodge Magnum and a Vauxhall Magnum at least a week ago, but no amount of comparison with your picture and a Vauxhall Magnum could convince me that that was a Vauxhall Magnum.
Look at the picture below, and I have also included a picture of the Vauxhall Firenza (which used the same lights) and your picture to show they are not the same! The Magnum lights are all right-angles except at the outer bottom, quite unlike your puzzle photo which is curved at the inner top.
Incidentally only the Vauxhall Magnum Sportshatch used that shovel-front with those lights; the Vauxhall Magnum itself used the same bluff front with 4 round headlights as the Vauxhall Viva!
There WAS a Vauxhall Droopsnoot prototype which is perhaps the same as your photo, but that is not a Vauxhall Magnum which came quite a bit later...
I'm quite sorry you're miffed.
Fear not, AP members, my time to close up shop draws near.
Fair enough! But that begs the question: if your picture is not a Vauxhall Magnum (which I don't believe it is) then what is it? I couldn't find anything that matched.
Perhaps you ought to offer a point to whoever can identify it definitively?!
The source of my flub:
QuoteA special variant of the Magnum estate, known as the Sportshatch, was produced in limited numbers (197) in 1976. This model used the "droopsnoot" nose cone, which had been designed by Wayne Cherry, Vauxhall's Chief Design Engineer to be used in the HP Firenza Droop Snoot model. In Trevor Alder's book "Vauxhall - The Post War Years" mention is made of a HP Firenza Sport Hatch prototype which was a one-off and was painted in silver starfire, with a six light version of the droop snoot nose and also sharing the Viva/Magnum estate body shell. This car (registration plate GNK 31N) has survived and is known to be in the hands of Vauxhall enthusiasts.
Indeed, it's the Wayne Cherry-designed prototype known as the "Silver Bullet".
I'm just relieved to have found a picture of this car, if only as an attempt to convince myself that I haven't gone completely senile yet!
I wouldn't get drawn into a debate as to whether or not you could call it a Magnum, though it was at least in some way a prototype of the Sportshatch. But then I have very little knowledge, or indeed interest, when it comes to Vauxhalls of the 1970s. They should be patented as an insomnia cure, IMO. ;D
Solved!
Award yourself a point Otto!
This is the car I referred to as an early Droopsnoot prototype but I couldn't find it - but of course it's not a Vauxhall Magnum...
Well, it depends on who you ask. I'll send you a link to a online community of Vauxhall fans (difficult for Tom_I to accept, but they do exist) where they refer to that very car as a Magnum.
Quote from: Carnut on December 27, 2010, 04:32:26 PMa Vauxhall Magnum.
Off topic:
It has been interesting to me as I've been here how many cars "look" like others. The pic you posted of the V Magnum ... made me think of a "Pontiacified Chevy Chevette" variant...lol.
This was an awesome game. No, I didn't participate, but I sure enjoyed following along. A few of 'em I knew right away what they were, such as the Ch#$r%*et Citation! lol
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Commonly lots of these GM cars contained the same design-team members, hence the strong corporate similarity.
Incidentally Chuck Jordan's obituary was in the Daily Telegraph a day or two ago.