Automotive History Trivia

[hermunn123]

i got a brainbuster for ya. what car(and the year) started the closed-car trend??

[hermunn123]

ok new question what was the name of the first fwd chevrolet

the 1980 Citation

ya what's up!!

[Hudson]

Yes...the first production Chevrolet FWD car was the Citation. And I'm still working on the "closed car trend" question.

TOUGH QUESTION:

What was the most recent FWD pickup sold in the United States?

[olds88]

hehehe i know this one the 2001 pt cruser

[olds88]

but if im wrong i will tell you the reson for the answer: the chrysler bean counters were wored about all of the gass guzzling rams/durangos/and dakotas because of the extra tax the american goverment will put on for crappy gas milage so those braniacs decided to put the pt cruser in the truck catagoie (being the little pos econo box it is) to lower the goverments gas guzzling tax on the trucks.

now if i am wrong my second guess would be one of those turismo/pickup (i frogot there name)

[olds88]

hehehe bonous question how was the radio mounted in the citation?

[hermunn123]

HEY!! i got a pt cruiser!!! it's awesome!!! i'm gonna guess a toyota or nissan for the fwd truck

[hermunn123]

the radio was put in vertically. HAH!!! what's up!!

[olds88]

im sorry but i dislike the pt it is a "cute" car and quite nice but unfortunetly its a dog plus working at a chrysler dealer found that the engine compartment is smaller than most trunks any ways get a eaton supercharger on it then it would be a worthy car othewise it is just a expensive neon

[hermunn123]

i didnt really notice that the engine compartment was that small, but they have too much plastic. it's probably a pain to take off all that crap. i think chrysler has plans for a turbo. wonder how they'll fit that in there.....

[olds88]

with a lot of vasiline

there is verry little room

[Hudson]

I'm sorry to burst your bubble...but the question was "front-wheel drive pickup"...not truck.

By that definition, minivans are considered trucks and have been FWD since 1984.

What was the most recent FWD pickup sold in the United States?

[Hudson]

Originally posted by olds88
but if im wrong i will tell you the reson for the answer: the chrysler bean counters were wored about all of the gass guzzling rams/durangos/and dakotas because of the extra tax the american goverment will put on for crappy gas milage so those braniacs decided to put the pt cruser in the truck catagoie (being the little pos econo box it is) to lower the goverments gas guzzling tax on the trucks.

now if i am wrong my second guess would be one of those turismo/pickup (i frogot there name)

The PT Cruiser is classified as a truck because of CAFE, not any extra tax. The CAFE law requires all of a car maker's cars and trucks to average a certain amount of fuel economy. Cars must average 27.5 and trucks must average 20.7. The four-cylinder PT Cruiser balances out the Ram pickups and Dakotas, like you said.

The Dodge Rampage and Plymouth Scamp pickups were a good guess...but not quite right. They ended production in 1986, I believe. There's been one since.

[olds88]

hmmmmm I.D.H.A.F.C

[olds88]

ok hudson i dont think any one has a clue