Topic: City of Industry - Solved by Grob, @re, AllanL and RayB!

[Otto Puzzell]

In this puzzle, you must ID the car, and match it with the city in which its manufacturer is based. Easy, right?

[grobmotorix]

#24: the Tata Nano, to be built in #31:the Nano will be built at Pantnagar as can be read in the internet. To be honest I´m not sure which indian town you´ve shown here. There are Tata plants in Pune, Lukhnow and Jamshedpur...

#26 the Skoda 105/120/125/130, was built near the former castle of Jungbunzlau,  which was the former german name of #13 Mladá Boleslav, now in Czechoslovakia

#2 the Seat Malaga, was built near #27 the Devil´sBridge at Martorell, Spain

#16, the Sabra Sport (former british Reliant), built by Autocars, Israel, maybe near the Shrine of the Báb #11 at Haifa

#6 the Jeep Forward Control or FC was produced near Seagate Tower at #25, Toledo Ohio, USA

#12 Mazda 787. As Mazdaspeed moved from Tokyo to Hiroshima in 1983, the 1990 Mazda 787 was prepared near #7, the Hiroshima-jo Castle

#4, the Toyota AA was built at Koroma, which changed its name into Toyota city, which may be #3

#32 this is the brazilian Fiat Oggi. Some sources say it was built in the Metim plant, but maybe #17 is Belo Horizonte, where other sources locate it...


Well, I do know the other cars, but i´m not that sure with the rest of the pics...

[Otto Puzzell]

Note: I’m not looking for the place where there cars are built; the names of the city in which the manufacturer is headquartered is what I’m after (though they are the same in some cases).

#24: the Tata Nano, to be built in #31:the Nano will be built at Pantnagar as can be read in the internet. To be honest I´m not sure which indian town you´ve shown here. There are Tata plants in Pune, Lukhnow and Jamshedpur...

Right car, wrong town – see note above.

#26 the Skoda 105/120/125/130, was built near the former castle of Jungbunzlau,  which was the former german name of #13 Mladá Boleslav, now in Czechoslovakia

Correct make (what’s the model?) and city!

#2 the Seat Malaga, was built near #27 the Devil´sBridge at Martorell, Spain

Correct car and city!

#16, the Sabra Sport (former british Reliant), built by Autocars, Israel, maybe near the Shrine of the Báb #11 at Haifa

Correct car and city!

#6 the Jeep Forward Control or FC was produced near Seagate Tower at #25, Toledo Ohio, USA

Correct vehicle and city!

#12 Mazda 787. As Mazdaspeed moved from Tokyo to Hiroshima in 1983, the 1990 Mazda 787 was prepared near #7, the Hiroshima-jo Castle

Correct car and city!

#4, the Toyota AA was built at Koroma, which changed its name into Toyota city, which may be #3

Correct car and city; wrong picture.

#32 this is the brazilian Fiat Oggi. Some sources say it was built in the Metim plant, but maybe #17 is Belo Horizonte, where other sources locate it...

Correct car and city (Belo Horizonte)

[Allan L]

#24: the Tata Nano, to be built in #31:the Nano will be built at Pantnagar as can be read in the internet. To be honest I´m not sure which indian town you´ve shown here. There are Tata plants in Pune, Lukhnow and Jamshedpur...

No. 31 is the India Gate at Bombay (as we used to say!) (Mumbai in 21st centuryspeak)

[pieter]

The Volkswagen Transporter/Caravelle in number 22 should link up to Wolfsburg, which I guess to be number 13

[grobmotorix]

#26 the Skoda 105/120/125/130, was built near the former castle of Jungbunzlau,  which was the former german name of #13 Mladá Boleslav, now in Czechoslovakia

Correct make (what’s the model?) and city!

well, on the european continent the Skoda #26 was sold as a plain 105, 120 or 130, sometimes it was called Garde, but I´ve found your pic at Wkikpedia.

In GB it seems to have had the frenchstyle name Skoda 130 Estelle (never heard of this name before)



http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Skoda130estelle.JPG

built at #13 Mladá Boleslav, as said before

#4, the Toyota AA was built at Koroma, which changed its name into Toyota city, which may be #3

Correct car and city; wrong picture.

then #4 Toyota AA goes with pic #21, Toyota City

[Otto Puzzell]

Right, and right!

[Otto Puzzell]

Time to kick this one upstairs!

[Ray B.]

Man is this one tough! I've found some cars,  easy, where they were built, not too hard. Picking a picture for the city is something else!
So, my only guess for a pair would be, for the time:
#14 a Ford model A (the only Ford I find in the lot) and #19, Dearborn.

[Otto Puzzell]

I'm going to have to check my answer key later. Please stand by...

[@re]

#8, Holden FJ, links to #23, Port Melbourne, Australia.

#20, Ferrari 212 Inter, links to #3, a Google Earth pic of Maranello, Italy.

#30, a 1938 (Cadillac) La Salle (5027) Coupé, links to #5, Detroit (Belle Isle).

#18, a 1966 Plymouth Barracuda, links to #15, the Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan.

#28 is the 1967 Jaguar Pirana, which should really be linked to Turin, since that is where Bertone, who built the car, is based - but since picture #29 is the Whitley Abbey Bridge in Whitley, Coventry, where Jaguars are built, I guess that is what you want us to say.

I have also found some sources that suggest that the huge monument in picture #1 might be located in Wolfsburg, which would go nicely together with #22, the VW Caravelle/T5.

And dare I suggest that #19, the picture from Dearborn, should be paired with #10, the 1962 Mercury Cougar I ?

[Otto Puzzell]

Man is this one tough! I've found some cars,  easy, where they were built, not too hard. Picking a picture for the city is something else!
So, my only guess for a pair would be, for the time:
#14 a Ford model A (the only Ford I find in the lot) and #19, Dearborn.

#14 is not a Ford.

[Otto Puzzell]

#8, Holden FJ, links to #23, Port Melbourne, Australia. Yes! 

#20, Ferrari 212 Inter, links to #3, a Google Earth pic of Maranello, Italy. Yes! 

#30, a 1938 (Cadillac) La Salle (5027) Coupé, links to #5, Detroit (Belle Isle). Yes! 

#18, a 1966 Plymouth Barracuda, links to #15, the Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan. Yes! 

#28 is the 1967 Jaguar Pirana, which should really be linked to Turin, since that is where Bertone, who built the car, is based - but since picture #29 is the Whitley Abbey Bridge in Whitley, Coventry, where Jaguars are built, I guess that is what you want us to say. Yes!  (The Pirana was an E-Type 2+2, cloaked in a body that looked much like a Lamborghini Espada, which I had hoped would be red herring. Alas, you are too clever a bunch to fall for that)

I have also found some sources that suggest that the huge monument in picture #1 might be located in Wolfsburg, which would go nicely together with #22, the VW Caravelle/T5. No.  (Amazingly, you have connected the right numbers, but misidentified the subject of both pictures)

And dare I suggest that #19, the picture from Dearborn, should be paired with #10, the 1962 Mercury Cougar I ? Yes! 

[Ray B.]

So I suggest that #14 is a Russian GAZ, to be paired with #9, the city of Gorkyi.

[Otto Puzzell]

So I suggest that #14 is a Russian GAZ, to be paired with #9, the city of Gorkyi.

Right car. I'll give you the city, too, though it has reverted to it's previous name, Nizhny Novgorod. 

[Ray B.]

Thanks. GAZ was founded in 1932, the same year  Nizhny Novgorod was renamed Gorkyi, from the writer Maxim Gorkyi. So I wasn't really wrong.
Doesn't that makes us a group puzzle entirely solved? I doesn't happen every day!

[Otto Puzzell]

Thanks. GAZ was founded in 1932, the same year  Nizhny Novgorod was renamed Gorkyi, from the writer Maxim Gorkyi. So I wasn't really wrong.
Doesn't that makes us a group puzzle entirely solved? I doesn't happen every day!

Not to pick nits, bur the question at the beginning of this puzzle refers to the present tense.

[Otto Puzzell]

Grob   #2 the Seat Malaga, was built near #27 the Devil´sBridge at Martorell, Spain

Grob   #16, the Sabra Sport (former british Reliant), built by Autocars, Israel, maybe near the Shrine of the Báb #11 at Haifa

Grob   #6 the Jeep Forward Control or FC was produced near Seagate Tower at #25, Toledo Ohio, USA

Grob   #12 Mazda 787. As Mazdaspeed moved from Tokyo to Hiroshima in 1983, the 1990 Mazda 787 was prepared near #7, the Hiroshima-jo Castle

Grob   #32 this is the brazilian Fiat Oggi. Some sources say it was built in the Metim plant, but maybe #17 is Belo Horizonte, where other sources locate it...

Grob   #26 the Skoda 105/120/125/130/Skoda 130 Estelle, was built near the former castle of Jungbunzlau,  which was the former german name of #13 Mladá Boleslav, now in Czechoslovakia

Grob   #4 Toyota AA goes with pic #21, Toyota City

@re              #1 Stuttgart & #22 is a Volkswagen

@re   #8, Holden FJ, links to #23, Port Melbourne, Australia

@re   #20, Ferrari 212 Inter, links to #3, a Google Earth pic of Maranello, Italy.
    
@re   #30, a 1938 (Cadillac) La Salle (5027) Coupé, links to #5, Detroit (Belle Isle).

@re   #18, a 1966 Plymouth Barracuda, links to #15, the Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan.
   
@re   #28 is the 1967 Jaguar Pirana, which should really be linked to Turin, since that is where Bertone, who built the car, is based - but since picture #29 is the Whitley Abbey Bridge in Whitley, Coventry, where Jaguars are built, I guess that is what you want us to say.
   
@re   And dare I suggest that #19, the picture from Dearborn, should be paired with #10, the 1962 Mercury Cougar I ?

RayB            #14 is a Russian GAZ, to be paired with #9, the city of Gorkyi.

Allan L   #31 is the India Gate at Bombay (as we used to say!) (Mumbai in 21st centuryspeak) / #24 Tata Nano

[Ray B.]

9   Not Matched
14   Not Matched

I thought you had agreed to a GAZ and Nizhny Novgorod (or Gorkyi).

[@re]

I have also found some sources that suggest that the huge monument in picture #1 might be located in Wolfsburg, which would go nicely together with #22, the VW Caravelle/T5. No.  (Amazingly, you have connected the right numbers, but misidentified the subject of both pictures)

That baffles me quite a lot - the Volkswagen bit, I mean. The picture, I admit, is clearly not from Wolfsburg - it's the Schlossplatz in Stuttgart (the reason I tried to connect it with Wolfsburg, was of course that the car is a Volkswagen). Which leaves me wondering what you mean when you say that the car in picture #22 is not a Volkswagen (unless you mean that it's a Transporter, and not a Caravelle or T5, but I don't think you're nitpicking). To me, there can only be three alternatives:

a) You're saying that the car in the pictures is a Mercedes V-class (which does connect it to Stuttgart). In which case I must point out that it clearly isn't, although it's similar - they're easily distinguishable by the slanted line that goes along the side of the V-class. The T5 has a straight line along the side. See the pictures.

b) You're suggesting that the real headquarters of Volkswagen is Stuttgart. But although Porsche is the major shareholder of Volkswagen, with around 30%, that's a bit far fetched. You could also say that Stuttgart was the cradle of Volkswagen, because that is where the first Beetles were built - but you said that you wanted the site of the present headquarters.

c) You want us to give you the name of some company that has rebuilt the Transporter into something even more user-friendly for disabled people, that is based in Stuttgart. In which case I have no clue...

So, which is it?

VW T5 (Transporter/Caravelle/Multivan/California) and Mercedes V-class:

[Otto Puzzell]

That baffles me quite a lot - the Volkswagen bit, I mean. The picture, I admit, is clearly not from Wolfsburg - it's the Schlossplatz in Stuttgart (the reason I tried to connect it with Wolfsburg, was of course that the car is a Volkswagen). Which leaves me wondering what you mean when you say that the car in picture #22 is not a Volkswagen (unless you mean that it's a Transporter, and not a Caravelle or T5, but I don't think you're nitpicking). To me, there can only be three alternatives:

c) You want us to give you the name of some company that has rebuilt the Transporter into something even more user-friendly for disabled people, that is based in Stuttgart. In which case I have no clue...

If I  was concerend with saving face (too late for that!  ) I could say that's what I was going for, but that would be a lie, and this is just a game.

b) You're suggesting that the real headquarters of Volkswagen is Stuttgart. But although Porsche is the major shareholder of Volkswagen, with around 30%, that's a bit far fetched. You could also say that Stuttgart was the cradle of Volkswagen, because that is where the first Beetles were built - but you said that you wanted the site of the present headquarters.

No, that's not what I was going for. Which leads us to "a".

a) You're saying that the car in the pictures is a Mercedes V-class (which does connect it to Stuttgart). In which case I must point out that it clearly isn't, although it's similar - they're easily distinguishable by the slanted line that goes along the side of the V-class. The T5 has a straight line along the side. See the pictures.

You're correct

So, to right this wrong, the point will be yours when the final pairings are made and the points tallied.

[@re]

  I'm actually quite surprised that my reasoning was right!

Anyway, aren't all the pictures linked, then? As Ray B said, he's linked #9 and #14 (GAZ and Nizhny Novgorod)...

[Otto Puzzell]

9   Not Matched
14   Not Matched

I thought you had agreed to a GAZ and Nizhny Novgorod (or Gorkyi).

Fixed

[Otto Puzzell]

All set - nicely done, all. And thank you for your patience with my bumbling!

[@re]

You know, at first I didn't like this one, because with 32 pictures it seemed a bit overwhelming. But I really got the hang of it near the end there, so I wouldn't mind another one of these

A very nice idea!