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Q: What was the name of Volkswagen's first premium midsize SUV?
Volkswagen Touareg
Q: What was the name of Pontiac's first personal luxury coupe?
Pontiac Grand Prix
Q: What was Peugeot's first six-cylinder sedan since the Peugeot 601, introduced in 1934?
Peugeot 604
Q: In what year did Alfa Romeo win the first Grand Prix season?
1925
Q: What was the first Daihatsu compact car to feature an electric parking brake?
Daihatsu Thor
Q: What was the first Audi model to be assembled in Malaysia?
Audi Q7
Q: Who was America's first female automotive journalist?
Emily Post
Q: In what year did the Chevrolet TrailBlazer name first appear?
1999
Q: Who was Australia's first female drifter?
Catherine Coleiro
Q: What was the name of Nissan's first entry into the midsize truck market?
Nissan Condor
Q: Which Mercedes-Benz model was the first vehicle to use the Modular Front-wheel-drive Architecture (MFA) platform?
Mercedes-Benz B-Klasse
Q: Which Chevrolet model had a name similar to that of Zorro's horse?
Chevrolet Tornado
Q: What was the most expensive and luxurious station wagon offered by Plymouth in 1973?
Plymouth Fury Sport Suburban
Q: Besides the Wartburg Knight, under what other name was the Wartburg 353 marketed?
Wartburg 1000
Q: Which Renault model was France's best-selling car from 1986 to 1989?
Renault Supercinq
Q: What was the name of the first light-duty pick-up truck designed and manufactured by FIAT in Argentina?
FIAT 1500 Multicarga
Q: What was the world's most hardcore off-road van?
Torsus Terrastorm
Q: Which company was Britain's fifth-largest car manufacturer in the 1970s?
Reliant
Q: In what year did Aston Martin claim to have introduced the first in-car digital screen?
1976
Q: What was FIAT's first car to consume less than three liters of fuel per 100 kilometers?
FIAT EcoBasic
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