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Signs With Attitude
We have all seen the occasional sign that has made us look twice, but I’m sure you would agree the signs on this page just might make you look a third time. What were they thinking?
Story:Adrian Streather
Porsche Quiz
1: Who were the founders of the automotive manufacturing company Porsche KG?
Answer: Louise Piëch nee Porsche and her brother Ferdinand
2: What was the first engine type penned/designed solely by Ferdinand “Ferry” Porsche after WW2 and when?
Answer: V8, 1948.
3: What was Ferdinand “Ferry” Porsche’s favourite car?
Answer: Ford Galaxie imported from the USA.
4: The first five 356s were sold to a dealer in which company?
Answer: Switzerland.
5: Porsche KG produced two water-cooled front engine 4-door prototypes for which American carmaker in the early 1950s?
Answer: Studebaker. 6: Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche designed the 911 and what other Porsche type that went into production?
Answer: 914
7: When Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche was forced out of the company in 1972 what did he do?
Answer: He created the company Porsche Design.
8: Which model went into production first and where, 924 or 928?
Answer: Porsche 924 at the VW/Audi plant in Neckarsulm Germany
9: What was unusual about the V8 engine fitted to one of the 928 prototypes presented to the public in 1977, and what was its story?
Answer: It was fitted with a Jim Reynolds all-alloy V8 engine originally paid for by Bruce McLaren and is what the Porsche and Mahle used as a blueprint for the 928 V8 engine.
10: What was the most expensive Porsche model sold by Porsche in the early 1990s?
Answer: Porsche 944 Turbo Cabriolet.
11: When were welding robots introduced to the Zuffenhausen factory body-in-white production facility?
Answer: September 1985.
12: In which model year were all Porsche 911 models fully robot-welded except for seam motorsports homologation welding?
Answer: 1989
13: Which carmaker did Porsche AG engage as a consultant to help redesign its production line?
Answer: Toyota. 14: Which Porsche model was the first to exceed 20,000 units in a single model year and in which year did this occur?
Answer: Porsche 993.
15: In model year 1998 three Porsche types shared the same production line at the Zuffenhausen factory. What types were they?
Answer: 993, 986 and 996.
16: In which model year was a portion of 986 Boxster production started in Valmet Finland?
Answer: Model year 1998.
