Friday car quiz

Hello gang. If you couldn't make it to the Late Brake Show Live event in Manchester last week you missed out on another of Richard's hyper-nerdy car pub quizzes. But, just for our lovely Patrons, here is a chance to test your car knowledge with that very quiz in all its tiresome glory. Be a good sport by keeping your answers to yourself so that other people can have a go. The full answers will be published on here at 6pm UK time. Good luck! 

ROUND 1: NAMES

1. Sporty Subarus are sometimes badged STI, but what does STI stand for?

2.  Which small Fiat was going to be called the Gingo before Renault objected, claiming that it sounded too much like Twingo?

3.  Alfa Romeo came up with the MiTo badge by merging the names of two cities. What were those cities?

4.  The Porsche 911 was to be called the 901. Which other car maker prevented that by claiming they had the rights to all three-digit numbers with a zero in the middle?

5.  Which of these is NOT a Japanese domestic market car; Suzuki Solio Bandit, Toyota Roomy Custom G, Daihatsu Urban X Gentleman or Nissan Roox Highway Star G Turbo Urban Chrome Pro Pilot?

ROUND 2: DESIGN

1.  Who was in charge of Jaguar design between 1999 and 2019?

2.  At the launch of the Range Rover Evoque in 2010, which Spice Girl was announced as Land Rover’s new ‘creative design executive’?

3.  The McLaren F1 was designed by the man who would later oversee the Rover Streetwise. Can you name him?

4.  Which car company has a design studio by a canal in Paddington, West London?

5.  The 308 GT4 of the 1970s was the only factory Ferrari production car to be styled by which design house?

ROUND 3: ENGINES

1.  Which car company made a V12 engine known as Colombo?

2.  How many cylinders does the Toyota GR Yaris have?

3.  When Volvo started fitting catalytic converters they added a weird-looking badge to the grille of cars that had one. What two words were on that badge?

4.  The V8 petrol engine in the brand new, fifth generation Range Rover comes from which other car maker?

5.  Most McLarens since the MP4-12C have used a twin-turbo V8 which was based around a defunct racing engine from which other car maker?

ROUND 4: BADGES

1.  Actress Eleanor Thornton was said to have been the model for which famous car emblem?

2.  How many stars are there on the Subaru badge?

3.  Between 1982 and 1999 which car company’s badge was made up of five parallel lines?

4.  Which car company logo is sometimes nicknamed ‘the bowtie’?

5.  Jaguar has two logos. One is known as the ‘leaper’, what is the other one called?

ROUND 5: FILM & TV

1.  What make was the A-Team van?

2.  Which of these people has never presented Top Gear; Paul Hollywood, Kate Humble or Noel Edmonds?

3.  The massive Aston DBS rollover in the Bond film Casino Royale was filmed at which British test track?

4.  Who was the host of ill-fated and not-very-good BBC2 car quiz show Petrolheads?

5.  The yellow Fiat Cinquecento driven by Simon in The Inbetweeners is claimed to be a ‘special edition’, but what was the name of that special edition?

ROUND 6: PICTURES

Can you name the make and model of the five cars pictured at the top of this post?