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Make the Connection #1 Solved - No. 201
« on: September 12, 2009, 10:58:41 AM »
There is a connection between these 5 cars, 2 points to the Autopuzzler who can correctly tell me what the connection is.

No points for guessing the cars on their own, they are pretty easy! To win the 2 points I need the names of all 5 cars and what it is that connects them and why.

I don't think this is too difficult (but it's always easy when you know the answer). It's not something totally obvious like 'They all have 4 wheels'

Thank you for looking and good luck.


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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2009, 12:57:19 PM »
 :scratch:

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2009, 02:40:39 PM »
I wanted to joke about the fact that they all have 4 wheels, but seems you have foreseen this :D
« Last Edit: September 22, 2009, 04:21:52 PM by faksta »

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2009, 01:02:39 PM »
Experts, can you make the connection?

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2009, 05:41:37 PM »
Have they all got intercoolers

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2009, 05:16:15 AM »
I know that some of them do, but this is not the connection, sorry.

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2009, 03:38:58 PM »
OK are they all Techniqually mid engined ?

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2009, 05:07:07 PM »
Perhaps a certain company made a special version of all of these cars?

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2009, 06:28:32 PM »
All the bodies were built by the same coachbuilder?
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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2009, 01:43:54 AM »
OK are they all Techniqually mid engined ?
I don't think they are.

Perhaps a certain company made a special version of all of these cars?
Perhaps this is true but it's not the connection.

All the bodies were built by the same coachbuilder?
Not as far as I know.

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2009, 02:34:44 AM »
They all can be found in your garage?  ;)

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2009, 03:09:15 AM »
They all can be found in your garage?  ;)

Unfortunately no, although I do have a version of Connect1 outside.

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2009, 05:24:46 PM »
The makes have all won a Grand prix  ???
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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2009, 08:44:27 AM »
They all have engines with aluminium heads?!
They all have variable valve timing?!
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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2009, 06:11:17 AM »
The makes have all won a Grand prix  ???

I might be wrong but I don't think the makers of #3 and #5 have ever won a GP.

They all have engines with aluminium heads?!

I'm not sure, but this isn't the connection

They all have variable valve timing?!

I don't think they do.

A clue.. this car also shares the connection.

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2009, 01:39:55 PM »
Close letters ( in alphabetical order ) and numbers? Like 190D F40 P8 Boxster S and Cadillac STS?

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #16 on: October 09, 2009, 07:28:52 AM »
Close letters ( in alphabetical order ) and numbers? Like 190D F40 P8 Boxster S and Cadillac STS?

It's not the connection I'm looking for sorry, but this is the closest guess so far.

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2009, 04:07:22 AM »
To the Pros!

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #18 on: December 30, 2009, 05:24:17 AM »
There are so many possible guesses... We have to narrow it down somehow. Is the connection about the cars' names?
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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #19 on: December 30, 2009, 05:45:36 AM »
There are so many possible guesses... We have to narrow it down somehow. Is the connection about the cars' names?

Yes and no, this is much harder than I had originally thought, the connection is about the cars names in some cases and the specifications in other cases.

Another clue, this vehicle also shares the connection.


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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2009, 05:42:48 PM »
All RWD?
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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #21 on: December 31, 2009, 02:58:58 AM »
All RWD?

All apart from Connect5 are RWD!  The connection is something that isn't shared by many other cars, it took me a while to find the recent clue.

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #22 on: December 31, 2009, 07:36:06 AM »
I was thinking about names, Ferrari (Enzo), Mercedes (Jellinek), Cadillac (Antonie de la Mothe), Peugeot, Porsche... is this the right path?

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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #23 on: December 31, 2009, 10:19:48 AM »
No, completely the wrong path I'm afraid, the specific cars themselves all share the connection, for example the Mercedes 190 shares the connection, A Mercedes 300, or a 600, or pretty much any other Mercedes doesn't (Hope this sort of makes sense).

Another clue, this also shares the connection.


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Re: Make the Connection #1
« Reply #24 on: December 31, 2009, 01:19:40 PM »
That“s weird! The Diamond T is the Model 201.The Peugeot is a 201,the Plymouth "201 ci,flathead six cylinder engine"....
The Ferrari F40 reachs a speed of 201 mph....The Mercedes-Benz W201 was the last incarnation of the Mercedes-Benz 190 so the connection is the number 201???