COA Motoring Quiz - No: 20

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Q1. HSV has offered station wagons several times with possibly the rarest being the VTII Senator Signature Estate 250LSI.

How many of these vehicles were built by HSV.


Q2. Who am I ??

I dominated the early years of Australian endurance racing, winning the 1961 and 1962 Phillip Island 500 events, three consecutive victories at Bathurst in 1963-65, and then won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1971-72 driving a Chevrolet Camaro.



Q3. Which Chrysler Valiant model was the first fully Australian-designed model and what year was it released ?


ANSWERS TO ALL THREE QUESTIONS ARE BELOW:











Q1. HSV has offered station wagons several times with possibly the rarest being the VTII Senator Signature Estate 250LSI.

How many of these vehicles were built by HSV.

A. Just eight of these models were built.

Q2. Who am I ??

I dominated the early years of Australian endurance racing, winning the 1961 and 1962 Phillip Island 500 events, three consecutive victories at Bathurst in 1963-65, and then won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1971-72 driving a Chevrolet Camaro.

A. Bob Jane

Q3. Which Chrysler Valiant model was the first fully Australian-designed model and what year was it released ?

A. Chrysler released the VH Valiant range in June 1971. The VH was the first fully Australian-designed Valiant and was a major change from the preceding VG range. The model was styled to look larger than larger than previous Valiants.