Solved: Paradise by the dashboard light

Wendax · June 24, 2011, 05:28:27 PM

Time for another group puzzle.

Seven dashboards and seven pictures representing some kind of paradise for some people. Find the connections.
In order to gain a point you have to identify the car the dashboard comes from, find the connected "paradise" picture as well as the reason why they match.
Have fun!

Wendax · June 24, 2011, 05:30:39 PM

The paradise pictures:

Wendax · June 24, 2011, 05:31:52 PM

The right connections:

Dashboard 1: Porsche Typ 32 was built for NSU, who were situated at Neckarsulm (Neckar bridge) -> Paradise 6 (Allemano)
Dashboard 2: Glas V8 was built at Dingolfing -> Paradise 5 (Otto Puzzell)
Dashboard 3: Maserati Boomerang matches with Boomerang rollercoaster -> Paradise 1 (Limo)
Dashboard 4: Tatra T87 matches with the Tatra mountains -> Paradise 7 (tonyola)
Dashboard 5: Isdera Imperator 108i was built at Leonberg where the Leonberger dogs originate from -> Paradise 4 (Allemano)
Dashboard 6: Wendax WS 750 was built in Hamburg -> Paradise 2 (Allemano)
Dashboard 7: Steyr 2000 A Grand Vue was built at (or by a company named after) the town of Steyr -> Paradise 3 (JMC)

JMC · June 24, 2011, 06:03:37 PM

Dashboard 7 : Steyr 2000 A Grand Vue
Connection: Paradise 3 (Town square of Steyr, Austria)
Reason why they match: Steyr was a manufacturer based in Steyr, Austria.

Wendax · June 25, 2011, 04:30:56 PM

Quote from: JMC on June 24, 2011, 06:03:37 PM
Dashboard 7 : Steyr 2000 A Grand Vue
Connection: Paradise 3 (Town square of Steyr, Austria)
Reason why they match: Steyr was a manufacturer based in Steyr, Austria.

Perfect answer. Congratulations, JMC. Points will be awarded when the puzzle is finished.

Limo · June 25, 2011, 06:48:22 PM

dashboard 3 (Italdesign Boomerang) and paradise 7 (mountains between Turin and Geneva autoshows)

tonyola · June 25, 2011, 07:03:48 PM

Dashboard #4: Tatra T87 -> Paradise #7: Tatra Mountains in Slovakia.

Wendax · June 26, 2011, 05:00:27 AM

Quote from: Limo on June 25, 2011, 06:48:22 PM
dashboard 3 (Italdesign Boomerang) and paradise 7 (mountains between Turin and Geneva autoshows)

Right dashboard, wrong paradise

Wendax · June 26, 2011, 05:03:09 AM

Quote from: tonyola on June 25, 2011, 07:03:48 PM
Dashboard #4: Tatra T87 -> Paradise #7: Tatra Mountains in Slovakia.

Yes, absolutely right. I hoped somebody would recognize the windshield.

Limo · June 26, 2011, 05:13:06 AM

Okay dashboard 3 (boomerang) and paradise 1 (boomerang rollercoaster)

Wendax · June 26, 2011, 05:15:39 AM

Quote from: Limo on June 26, 2011, 05:13:06 AM
Okay dashboard 3 (boomerang) and paradise 1 (boomerang rollercoaster)

Yes, that's right

Wendax · June 28, 2011, 08:11:07 AM

Don't give up!
The connection is not always "the name of the car matches the name of the paradise".

JMC · June 28, 2011, 10:17:50 PM

Okay, I am not sure on this one so I will have to take a wild guess.

Dashboard 1 : 1934 Porsche Typ 32 -> Paradise 4 (Leonberger dogs)

Reason why they match: The Leonberger breed's name derives from the city of Leonberg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Porsche is a manufacturer based in Stuttgart, which is the capital of Baden-Württemberg.

Wendax · June 29, 2011, 04:29:53 PM

You are right with the dashboard as well as the dogs, but it is the wrong connection.

Wendax · July 06, 2011, 08:30:33 AM

Have a go at it, pros!

Otto Puzzell · July 06, 2011, 10:34:10 AM

#2 is a Glas V8. Hans Glas GmbH was based in Dingolfinging in Bavaria; Paradise #5 is the Herzogsburg (Duke's Castle) in Dingolfing.

Otto Puzzell · July 06, 2011, 10:44:12 AM

Dashboard #1 is the NSU Type 32 from 1934. NSU began as a knitting machine manufacturer in the town of Riedlingen, a town in the district (Kreis) of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, in the south-west of Germany.

Paradise #4 is a group of the Leonberger breed of large dog. The breed's name derives from the city of Leonberg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Allemano · July 06, 2011, 11:29:53 AM

I guess the Leonberger dogs (paradise#4) match the (probably 1st series 1984-1991) Isdera Imperator 108i (dashboard #5). Eberhard Schulz founded Isdera 1982 in Leonberg.

Otto Puzzell · July 06, 2011, 11:37:18 AM

Ah! I suppose it helps to be German.

Allemano · July 06, 2011, 11:52:15 AM

First I was confused about the instruments (taken by Porsche) and the position of the key-lock (also like Porsches). But then I took one of my old books and found a high-angle shot of the Buchmann BB CW311. The Buchmann Mercedes CW 311 remained an one-off and had a different steering wheel with "BB" initials, but the overall shape of the dash looked very similar. Finally the Isdera Imperator 108i which succeeded the CW311 did the trick*.

Very little German was needed in this case..

*I hope it's even right.. $:-\$

Wendax · July 06, 2011, 04:26:39 PM

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 06, 2011, 10:34:10 AM
#2 is a Glas V8. Hans Glas GmbH was based in Dingolfinging in Bavaria; Paradise #5 is the Herzogsburg (Duke's Castle) in Dingolfing.

I like your present participle of Dingolfing

Yes, you are right about the connection between Dashboard #2 (Glas V8) and Paradise #5 (Herzogsburg Dingolfing).

Wendax · July 06, 2011, 04:30:18 PM

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 06, 2011, 10:44:12 AM
Dashboard #1 is the NSU Type 32 from 1934. NSU began as a knitting machine manufacturer in the town of Riedlingen, a town in the district (Kreis) of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, in the south-west of Germany.

Paradise #4 is a group of the Leonberger breed of large dog. The breed's name derives from the city of Leonberg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Well recognized, but wrong connection.

Wendax · July 06, 2011, 04:32:38 PM

Quote from: Allemano on July 06, 2011, 11:29:53 AM
I guess the Leonberger dogs (paradise#4) match the (probably 1st series 1984-1991) Isdera Imperator 108i (dashboard #5). Eberhard Schulz founded Isdera 1982 in Leonberg.

Absolutely right.

Wendax · July 06, 2011, 04:35:27 PM

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 06, 2011, 11:37:18 AM
Ah! I suppose it helps to be German.

Always!

Wendax · July 06, 2011, 04:37:32 PM

Quote from: Allemano on July 06, 2011, 11:52:15 AM
First I was confused about the instruments (taken by Porsche) and the position of the key-lock (also like Porsches). But then I took one of my old books and found a high-angle shot of the Buchmann BB CW311. The Buchmann Mercedes CW 311 remained an one-off and had a different steering wheel with "BB" initials, but the overall shape of the dash looked very similar. Finally the Isdera Imperator 108i which succeeded the CW311 did the trick*.

Very little German was needed in this case..

*I hope it's even right.. $:-\$

Further hints could have been the shape of the windshield and the non-visible open door (gullwings!).

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