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ask an automotive question and lets see who can answer it!
i will start: first car to have an airbag or as standard equipment.


Modified by my 2.0 rocket at 10:04 PM 1-13-2004
 
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Re: trivia! thread (my 2.0 rocket)

First car with airbags: 1974 Oldsmobile Toronado.
Here's one I recently gave the answer to in another thread: what is the significance of the badge on the front of first-generation Infiniti Q45s?
 
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Re: trivia! thread (Brett92)

Quote, originally posted by Brett92 »
What was the first car to have a tilt, and slide sunroof?

1972 Ford Granada.
And while all Infinitis wear the pointed emblem that supposedly represents Mt. Fuji, the Q45 had a different badge than any other Infiniti ever produced, where the emblem was overlaid on something else. That's what I'm looking for.
 
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Re: trivia! thread (vduBen)

actually i disagre with both of..reason i saw some R&T tv where this guy was showing off his american muscle it was a rare car and even more rare and expensive with the sun roof working . .....way older than 72 buddy's
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Uhm yeeeeaaah, i'm gunna have to go ahead and disagree with you there. I'm 92.7% sure it was the RX-7
 
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Re: trivia! thread (vduBen)

Quote, originally posted by vduBen »
Uhm yeeeeaaah, i'm gunna have to go ahead and disagree with you there. I'm 92.7% sure it was the RX-7

Um, you'd be wrong for several reasons:
Reason 1) http://www.webasto.com/company/en/3151.html
Reason 2) The RX7 wasn't even introduced till the mid-70s--several years after the Granada.
Here's another question while you folks are working on that Infiniti one: what was the first car to wear the Porsche name, when was it built, and why was it significant?
 
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Re: trivia! thread (my 2.0 rocket)

Quote, originally posted by my 2.0 rocket »
actually i disagre with both of..reason i saw some R&T tv where this guy was showing off his american muscle it was a rare car and even more rare and expensive with the sun roof working . .....way older than 72 buddy's

Sliding sunroofs long predate the 70s. But tilt and sliding ones don't.
 
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Re: trivia! thread (bgluckman)

Quote, originally posted by bgluckman »


Here's another question while you folks are working on that Infiniti one: what was the first car to wear the Porsche name, when was it built, and why was it significant?

Lohner-Porsche circa 1900, let me try to find a pic (it was the fastest car at the time I believe)
 
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Re: trivia! thread (bgluckman)

Quote, originally posted by bgluckman »
I'm still going with the Grenada here since it predates the RX7 by a good six years.

I agree with you, the Granada got this roof in 1972, while the first RX7 was introduced for 1979
 
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Re: trivia! thread (rx7racr)

Quote, originally posted by rx7racr »
so tractors don't count, eh?

Sure, they do, but AFAIK, the 1901 Lorhner-Porsche was the first car to carry the name plate.
As mentioned above, the L-P was electric powered. It was also the first FWD car.
 
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