COA Motoring Quiz No: 16

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Q1. In what year did Chrysler release their four-door named Valiant Pacer which featured a high-performance six-cylinder engine and three-speed manual gearbox with floor shifter.

A. The year was 1969

Q2. Can you name the F1 race and the year that Jack Brabham became the first man to win a Formula One world championship race in a car bearing his own name.

A. The French Grand Prix at Reims-Gueux in 1966.

Q3. The Bugatti W16 badged engine is the first and only production W16 engine in the world.

Is the make-up of this 16 cylinder engine:

a) 2 rows of eight cylinders; or

b) four rows of four cylinders,

A. It is a sixteen cylinder W engine, of four rows of four cylinders, and is created by joining two imaginary VR8-engined 15° cylinder banks at the crankcase, and placed on a single crankshaft, with each cylinder 'double-bank' now at a 90° vee-angle.

The 16 Cylinder engine develops 736 kilowatts (1,001 PS; 987 bhp) @ 6,000 rpm; a staggering 1,250 newton metres of torque that could pull tree-stumps out of the ground (922 ft·lbf) @ 2,200-5,500 rpm; and achieves a top speed of 406 kilometres per hour (252.3 mph).