Chesapeake Region
Tech Quiz from CC53
By Jim Earlbeck & Randy Richter
If you missed Chesapeake Challenge, you missed a fabulous event. As always along with the other fun activities, great company, and food there is the Tech Quiz. The purpose of the Tech Quiz is to not only test your knowledge but to educate you about Porsche facts. This year the quiz was all about four door Porsches. These are the most popular cars in the Porsche offering, so they deserve a big place in our knowledge folder. Most of the quiz questions were culled from the last year or so articles in ‘Panorama’ or ‘Excellence’ magazines. So, if you have been reading those four door articles you should be up to speed. The quiz follows this introduction and the answers will be found on page 71.
Four Door Porsches 1. The Porsche Cayenne was Porsche’s first production SUV. It was introduced to the North American market in model year _____ A. 2002 B. 2003 C. 2004 D. 2005 2. The second Porsche SUV to enter the North American market was the Macan. US models arrived in late spring____ A. 2012 B. 2013 C. 2014 D. 2015 3. Porsche built a special model of the Porsche Cayenne for the Transsyberia Rallye. While there were quite a number of commemorative models built for street use only ___ were built for rallye use. A. 11 B. 17 C. 22 D. 26 4. PCA publishes a newsletter for four door Porsche enthusiasts called Perfourmance News. This newsletter was the brainchild of _______ A. Vu Nguyen B. Manny Alban C. Damon Lowney D. Jim Hemig 5. The Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo has a roofline that slopes down in the rear. Designers typically call this the _______ A. Flyline B. Sweepline C. Skyline D. Transline 6. Currently in 2022 the Panamera Executive version is ______ inches longer in the wheelbase and _____inches longer overall. A. 5.4 & 6.1 B. 5.7 & 5.7 C. 5.9 & 5.9 D. 6.1 & 6.4 7. The Porsche type 542 four door design study was notable for an unconventional element. It had an engine that could be produced in an air cooled or water-cooled version. The configuration of that engine was a _______ A. V4 B. Flat 4 C. V6 D. Flat 6 E. V8 8. The 2022 Cayenne has a Turbo S E-Hybrid version. The base weight of this behemoth of a vehicle is 5675lbs. Amazingly the combination of a gas engine and hybrid electric assist propel this monster from 0-60 in a manufacturer specified time of only ____ seconds. A. 3.6 B. 3.8 C. 4.0 D. 4.2
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