Car Brands Quiz #1

For each selected car model, name the brand it is (or was) sold under.
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Last updated: August 30, 2018
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First submittedAugust 18, 2010
Times taken161,954
Average score57.1%
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Model
Brand
Corvette
Chevrolet
Crown Victoria
Ford
Beetle
Volkswagen
Accord
Honda
Maxima
Nissan
Grand Am
Pontiac
Cutlass
Oldsmobile
Corolla
Toyota
Escalade
Cadillac
Cherokee
Jeep
Viper
Dodge
Sportage
Kia
Elantra
Hyundai
LeSabre
Buick
Outback
Subaru
911 Carrera
Porsche
Navigator
Lincoln
Veyron
Bugatti
Galant
Mitsubishi
Ion
Saturn
Gremlin
AMC
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Level 61
May 10, 2013
21/21 with 3:15 left. Good quiz. :)
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Level 82
May 10, 2013
got everything except the Ion but then when I pressed "give up" I felt dumb. :P Two cars that I have owned before make this list. My first car at #4, and my current car at #11.
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Level 65
Jan 5, 2016
Nice Dodge Viper!
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Level 59
May 10, 2013
I got 20/21, which I'm happy with, being from the state that houses the Motor City.

I missed Bugatti, but I've never heard of that. :(

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Level 82
May 10, 2013
It's a ludicrously expensive supercar. Well-known only if you read car magazines but you've probably never seen one on the street before. One of the fastest production cars ever made if you measure theoretical top speed in a perfectly straight line. On the other hand, it's much slower around the track than, say, the Dodge Viper. It didn't make it on my fastest production cars quiz which is determined by lap times not hypothetical top speed.
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Level 44
May 10, 2013
Top speed isn't hypothetical anymore according to Top Gear, but it still is straight line.
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Level 82
May 11, 2013
I mean hypothetical in the sense that you will never achieve that speed on your own on a normal road. You need a very specialized test track... so... it's really pretty pointless and just there to sell cars.
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Level 65
Jan 5, 2016
I am proud to have seen a Bugatti...it looked amazing. I saw it at the Gumball 2000 in Florida.
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Level 34
Jan 28, 2016
Wow. Theoretical huh? I guess when it came in #2 in the supercar 0-200 mph drag race (R/T, Lemoore, CA) and is the #1 supercar of all time (Edmunds) out of 100, they were theoretical too? The Veyron achieved 0-200 mph in approximately 1.9 miles of road (24.2 seconds). There are numerous areas where a 2+ mile stretch of road is available. As to track performance, weight is higher than some which hurts. Yet, some tracks post Veyron 16.4 times in their top 10 of all time. Top Gear has it at #10 on their track and it hit 253 mph at VW's track. Geez, what does it take? I know of people hitting 185mph (911 GT3). I'm sure the road would hold an AWD Veyron. Pointless? No. Theoretical? No.
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Level 82
Feb 1, 2016
matt... look at the fastest recorded lap times around the Nurburgring. There's not a single Veyron time on the entire list. Next, try to find a single person who has EVER driven a Veyron on a public road and achieved it's claimed top speed of 254 mph (409 kph). You can't. Because it has never happened and it's impossible. 200 mph is impressive... but lots of supercars can do that. And this is FAR from the Veyron's claimed top speed. So... yes... the 254 mph top speed Bugatti likes to boast about IS completely pointless for pretty much everybody who will ever drive the car. Because 99.99% of them will never see that speed... rendering it pointless and theoretical.
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Level 34
Feb 1, 2016
Top speeds for any vehicle worth a darn are obtained on a controlled track/controlled environment for reasons too numerous to list. Good luck getting a municipality to close a road and provide a safety crew so a manufacturer can make their supercar hit its top speed. Disqualifying a vehicle because it doesn't have a posted lap at one track in the world and it recorded a top speed at a track instead of on a public road is absurd. Maybe I'll go get a doctorate in Google searches too.
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Level 34
Feb 1, 2016
Don't forget to call Edmunds. They need to know that despite being an authority in the automotive world since 1966, they are obviously mistaken because a car goes faster on a track than it does on a road and some cars go faster around corners than others.
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2016
Any car worth a darn? You measure the value of a car in how fast you can get it to go on a specialized test track? Really? And if a car can't go in excess of 220 mph (about the fastest you'll ever go on the Autobahn) then it's not "worth a darn?" So... Lamborghini Murcielago? Not worth a darn? Ferrari Enzo? Not worth a darn? Then, okay, fine... drop a million dollars on a Bugatti. I guess you'll get your money's worth. Also the Viper beats the Veyron at EVERY race track in the world. Not just that one. I picked that one because it is world famous and lap times there are worth a ton of street cred. It's a much faster lap/track car. MUCH faster.
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Level 78
Jan 31, 2016
i only knew it because of a top trumps pack XD
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Level 44
May 10, 2013
Loves me a good Gremlin.
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Level 65
Feb 23, 2022
The car is as ugly as the name suggests.
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Level 37
Jul 22, 2013
This quiz brings up some brands and models that are a blast from the past. I mean pontiac (and the grand am) is gone, oldsmobile (cutlass) gone, Saturn (ion) is also, not to mention AMC (gremlin) and although ford has made a tremendous comeback as of the recent few years...the crown victoria has ofcourse also gone by the wayside. Mitsubishi will probably soon be suffering a fate similar to that of pontiac-oldsmobile, amc and saturn.
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Level 71
Jul 28, 2013
I wouldn't have gotten Cadillac if it wasn't for the ad at the top of the page :)
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Level 44
Dec 23, 2013
Disappointing that AMC Gremlin was the least guessed. I had a golden-lime Gremlin and it was a great car!
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Level 28
Feb 13, 2014
Pulled out the old Gremlin there. My Mom used to have one.
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Level 8
Feb 26, 2014
Not very focussed on european cars...
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Level ∞
Nov 15, 2015
Part of it is that some European cars have boring names like the S-class or the i3.
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Level 82
Jan 28, 2016
Because market research tells them that naming your samey-samey snoozemobile something like "M5" or "500e" will convince unoriginal and pretentious consumers that they're buying something classy, sophisticated, and/or refined. Naming cars for animals, big made-up words, or geographic features seems so pedestrian to this market niche.
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Level 81
Jan 28, 2016
Part of the problem here is that selling cars (or any product for that matter) across a multinational and multilingual market, such as exists across Europe, brings all kinds of issues when it comes to naming them after things. As Rolls Royce discovered when it went to launch its Silver Mist model in Germany. Annoyingly for RR the word 'Mist' in German means dung or manure. Perhaps unsurprisingly the model was promptly renamed the Silver Shadow. So, while it might seem 'pretentious' or even unoriginal to name a car after a number series it comes with far fewer translation headaches for the manufacturers.
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Level 82
Jan 30, 2016
I didn't just make that up... it actually is the real reason why they name cars that way. It makes the model seem more sophisticated or classy in the minds of the sort of consumer I described. If that's the image the company is going for... then... they adopt that naming strategy. It's all about sales. Lots and lots of marketing research behind this.

and it's not like there are not plenty of European brands that go things differently. Rolls Royce for one. Lamborghini. for another.

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Level 58
Jan 31, 2016
The funny thing is the M3s etc. are a lot more sophisticated than the Mustangs etc. :)
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Level 82
Feb 1, 2016
more sophisticated than a Mustang? Sure. Mustangs are entry-level sports cars. More sophisticated than a Veyron or Italia? Not really.
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Level 80
Dec 8, 2017
Personally I much prefer the US naming. I'd rather drive a Miata than an MX3, for example.
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Level 67
Mar 8, 2024
What about an MX3000, only available in Japan?
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Level 31
Feb 26, 2014
Gremlin...never hard of it. So unfortunately I only got 20/21.
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Level 25
Aug 4, 2014
good nod to amc but what about the pacer that was my first car and the biggest pos ive ever owned
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Level 36
Sep 7, 2014
21/21. Finally, listening to my father's pointless car drivel has paid off.
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Level 33
Sep 25, 2014
I feel so dumb. Only one I missed was Nissan (Maxima)
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Level 23
Dec 1, 2014
i got 0 cos i suck at cars. i wanted to put random cars and hope that they appear but they have to be specific.
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Level 75
Jan 1, 2015
Hubby still drives my old 2001 LeSabre to work everyday - 200,000+ miles with few repair bills, smooth ride, 27 MPG, and he's man enough to drive a granny car without shame. He said he'll drive it 'til it dies, but it just keeps going.
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Level 72
Oct 14, 2015
you should also accept Chrysler for the viper, as it was sold under that name in Europe.
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Level 85
Jan 10, 2016
i got 5/21. Cars are a hole in my knowledge.
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Level 55
Jan 28, 2016
This one was for you americans, no brands from Europe except VW & Bugatti
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2016
To be fair, most of these brands are world famous except for 3-4 of the American brands on here. Some, like Oldsmobile, are sold under different names overseas. Chevrolet in this case.
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Level 65
Jan 28, 2016
2/21 gave up after 54 secs, beat 4.8% of you!
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Level 46
Feb 10, 2016
I spent far too long trying to spell 'Peugeot' correctly then it turned out to be 'Saturn', hah!
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Level 56
Feb 21, 2016
A UK (or european) version of this quiz would look very different! No Pontiacs or Oldsmobiles for us!!
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Level 76
May 18, 2016
You didn't miss anything.
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Level 28
Jun 5, 2016
21/21 without turning on my computer in less then 7 seconds. I'm 2 years old by the way. I bet you're jealous.
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Level 72
Jul 13, 2016
Pretty sure, there is a Peugeot ion
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Level 24
May 30, 2017
I was looking for this!
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Level 57
Jan 18, 2017
I only missed Lincoln
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Level 34
Jul 23, 2017
Never heard of Saturn car brand. Must be a USA only thing. I live in UK and we do not get them here.
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Level 43
Feb 9, 2018
Of course more than half the list American crappy cars.
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Level 82
Sep 3, 2019
They apologize sincerely for their many decades-long dominance of the industry.
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Level 60
Jan 29, 2019
i thought you mean the peugeot ion
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Level 65
Feb 15, 2019
Saturn used to be a well known name, but sadly not anymore. My Saturn is still going strong at 230k miles!
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Level 78
Jun 23, 2020
It's a local quiz for local people.

You wouldn't see most of these cars in Europe.

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Level 67
Jul 16, 2020
I want a Carrera GT so badly
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Level 62
Aug 13, 2020
Try this quiz! It's a easy-level picture version!
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Level 62
Aug 13, 2020
And if you want something harder, try this or this :)
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Level 57
Dec 2, 2020
where are all real (German) cars?
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Level 14
Feb 18, 2021
easy, done with 2:36 seconds to spare. Was getting stuck on Ion, Grand Am, Cutlass, and gremlin. Like I've literally never heard of any of those before
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Level 64
Mar 23, 2021
Another reminder of the total junk that is produced in America. There's a reason no other country on earth cares about your cars. If you can even call them that.