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Supreme love for car facts. Explore archive page 396 of Daily Car Facts, featuring automotive trivia about Japan, Diesel, Volkswagen's ID, Volkswagen ID Buzz, Turkmenistan, Ettore Bugatti, Australia, SAAB 9-5 BioPower, European, Japanese, Subaru Legacy Blitzen, Ford Brezza Ghia, Marilena Corvasce, Approximately, Arab, and African, and other remarkable car history facts.
Q: In what year was Japan's first air-cooled Diesel engine produced?
1936
Q: What was the first commercial vehicle based on Volkswagen's ID family?
Volkswagen ID Buzz Cargo
Q: In what year was the free petrol allowance abolished in Turkmenistan?
2014
Q: In what year did Ettore Bugatti invent the world's first aluminum wheel for automobiles?
1924
Q: Which SAAB model was the first ethanol-powered production car sold in Australia?
SAAB 9-5 BioPower
Q: Which Subaru model is considered the first car to truly offer European performance with Japanese reliability and affordability?
Subaru Legacy Blitzen B4 RSK
Q: What is the name of the woman who designed the 1982 Ford Brezza Ghia concept?
Marilena Corvasce
Q: Approximately how many different metals are typically found in a modern car?
50
Q: Which was the first Arab and African manufacturer registered with the Society of Automotive Engineers?
Wallyscar
Q: What year does Volvo's first Cross Country car date back to?
1997
Q: What was Mercedes-Benz's first prestige car of the post-WWII period?
Mercedes-Benz 300
Q: What was the first mid-engined BMW since the M1 of the late 1970s?
BMW i8
Q: What was the first Cadillac V-Series model to feature all-wheel drive?
Cadillac CT6-V
Q: Which Lotus model was the first F1 car to use computers in the pits?
Lotus Type 79
Q: What was the first mid-size Opel model to surpass one million units produced?
Opel Rekord
Q: Which Peugeot model was nicknamed "The French G-Klasse"?
Peugeot P4
Q: What was the very first modern crossover vehicle built by Volkswagen?
Volkswagen Golf Country Syncro
Q: Who was the first woman to win the grueling Argentine Turismo Standard Grand Prix in 1962?
Ewy Rosqvist
Q: What was the name of the first dog to cross the United States by automobile alongside his owner, Horatio Nelson Jackson, in 1903?
Bud
Q: Which brand was the first to officially use the acronym SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle) in its brochures?
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