ZIGWHEELS-THE FINALE

ORGANISED BY DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE ,THRISSUR

DRY 1

1)

X was the first Company to introduce multi-axled trucks, full air brakes and a host of innovations like the rear engine and articulated buses in India. In 1997, the company launched the country’s first CNG bus and in 2002, developed the first Hybrid Electric Vehicle. X has also entered into some significant partnerships, seizing growth opportunities offered by diversification and globalization – with Continental Corporation for automotive infotronics; with Alteams in Finland for high pressure die casting and recently, with John Deere for construction equipment.

As part of this global strategy, the company acquired Czech Republic-based Avia's truck business

THE ANSWER IS

ASHOK LEYLAND

2)ID

THE ANSWER IS

BMW i8

3) This was developed by Hyundai Motors specifically for the smaller steel boxes running on the roads, or hatches to be less critical. Now, what makes this engine "the special one" is the fact that this was designed by Hyundai for Indian and other similar markets like South America, East Europe etc, and so as it turns out, it really is a hell of a fuel efficient heart. In India, they are offering this engine with i10 &, alto in Europe, with both i10 and i20.

What?

THE ANSWER IS

The Kappa engine.S

4)What are we talking about? “It was used primarily as a bridging vehicle. During

combat two of these would jump over a river towing cables and over here at the throttle is the switch which will propel you into a rampless jump.”

On the first jump test, the X's front end collapsed and had to be completely rebuilt. The basic configuration of the newly designed X included a 5.7-liter Chevy V8 engine, a truck axle for the rear axle, front tires by Hoosier (which are actually dirt racing tires used on the right rear of open wheel sprint cars), 4 rear 44/18.5-16.5 Interco Super Swamper TSL tires (44" tall, 18.5" wide, mounted on a 16.5" wheel) and the suspension system of Baja racing trucks.

THE ANSWER IS

TUMBLER

5)CONNECT

THE ANSWER IS

VOLKSWAGEN CARS NAMED AFTER WINDS

passat ( passat is german for trade winds)

Jetta ( jet streams) Scirroco Rory Mcllroy , a GOLFer

6) ID?

THE ANSWER IS

7)

Malik Ghulam Muhammad (20 April 1895 – 12 September 1956) commonly known as Ghulam Muhammad, was a notable chartered accountant who served as the third Governor-General of Pakistan from October 1951 until being dismissed in August 1955. Prior to that, Ghulam Muhammad was also as well as the first Finance minister of Pakistan from August 15, 1947 until being elevated as Governor-General in October 19, 1951.Prior to independence he along with his brothers found a company in Ludhiana in 1945 .

WHICH COMPANY?

THEANSWER IS

MAHINDRA & MAHIDRA

8) Also called "Emily" or "Flying Lady", it was designed by Charles Robinson Sykes and carries with it a story about a secret passion between John Walter Montagu and his secret love and the model for the emblem, Eleanor Velasco Thornton. Eleanor was John Walter's secretary, and their love was to remain hidden due to Eleanor's impoverished social and economic status, which was an obstacle to their love. John-Walter, succumbing to family pressures, married Lady Cecil Victoria Constance, but the secret love affair continued.

Eleanor died on 30 December 1915 when the SS Persia, on which she accompanied Lord Montagu on his journey to India, was torpedoed off Crete by a German submarine, four years after she had been immortalized by her lover.

What are we talking about?

THEANSWER IS

Spirit of Ecstasy – Rolls Royce

X Please…….

The X logo was designed by Leslie Smith, and is off-set at 18 degrees from the horizontal and 22 degrees from the vertical - the angles X’s chairman Anthony liked .

9)

THEANSWER IS

JCB LOGO

JCB logo

10)

X, built in 1855, is the world's oldest steam locomotive in regular operation today, plying between New Delhi to Alwar in India. The locomotive was certified by the Guinness Book of Records to be the oldest operational locomotive after the Rajasthan government invoked it in 2004 to lug a deluxe train in order to boost tourism in the area.

X was constructed in Leeds, England in 1855, and reached Calcutta in the same year where it was christened as the X. The locomotive was given its fleet number 22, by its then owner, The East Indian Railway. It began to haul light mail trains between Howrah and Raniganj, but was soon consigned to line construction duty in the state of Bihar, where it served until 1909. The locomotive spent the next thirty-four years on a pedestal outside the Howrah Railway Station near Calcutta. In 1943, the locomotive was shifted to the Railway Zonal Training School at Chandausi, where it served as a curiosity object for many of the students based there. In 1972, the Indian government bequeathed heritage status to the engine, rendering it a national treasure. In 1997, after the runaway success of the Palace on Wheels, the locomotive was restored to full working order in preparation for its first mainline journey in 88 years and its return to commercial service on July 18 that year.

FAIRY QUEEN

DRY 2

1)

WITH what would you associate "Seriously Uncool", "Uncool", "Cool", "Sub Zero", and the "Aston Martin DB9 Super Cool Fridge“?

THEANSWER IS

The cool wall(Top Gear)

THEANSWER IS

2) The 2008 Dakar Rally was cancelled due to security

concerns after al-Qaeda's murder of four French tourists on Christmas Eve in December 2007 in Mauritania (a country in which the rally spends eight days . Omar , attracted news coverage in 2008 by promoting himself as an "ambassador of peace" and proposing a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) horse race across North Africa as a replacement to the Dakar Rally, with sponsors' money going to support child victims of war, saying "I heard the rally was stopped because of al-Qaida. I don't think they are going to stop me.“

WHY DID HE SAY SO?

THEANSWER IS

HE IS SON OF OSAMA BIN LADEN

3)GIVE ME X.

X was recognized by 19th-century feminists and suffragists as a "freedom machine" for women. American Susan B. Anthony said in a New York World interview on February 2, 1896: "Let me tell you what I think of X. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel... the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood." In 1895 Frances Willard, the tightly laced president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, wrote a book in which she praised the X , and which she named "Gladys", for its "gladdening effect" on her health and political optimism. She proclaimed "I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum."The craze for X in the 1890s also led to a movement for so-called rational dress, which helped liberate women from corsets and ankle-length skirts and other restrictive garments, substituting the then-shocking bloomers.

THEANSWER IS

BICYCLE

4)

X is an Italian motorcycle company, one of the seven marques owned by Piaggio, the world's fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer. X started as a scooter manufacturer, but has more recently come to be known for its race-winning sportbikes. It is also known for its flagship 1,000 cc V-twin Superbike, the RSV Mille and latest V4-based RSV4.

With the acquisition by Piaggio, the newly nominated President of X is Roberto Colaninno (President of Piaggio & C.), and the Managing Director is Rocco Sabelli. The founder, Ivano Beggio, is the Honorary President. On 15 August 2010, X became the most successful motorcycle racing brand in history, surpassing fellow Italian MV Agusta with a record 276th victory.

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5) Opening upwards, they evoke the image of a seagull's wings. In French they are portes papillon (butterfly ____). The papillon style, slightly different in its architecture from a gullwing – which Jean Bugatti designed in 1939, fourteen years before Mercedes-Benz produced its similar, famous 300SL gullwing version. What are we talking about?

AND THE ANSWER IS

Gull-wing door stlye

6) What safety mechanism am I talking about?

X is a system intended to bridge the gap between primary safety, which aims to prevent a car from being involved in an accident, and secondary safety, which is the protection provided during a collision. At speeds above 30km/h X monitors the dynamic state of the vehicle (speed, rotation etc.) and the driver’s inputs to steering, accelerator and brake, to determine whether or not emergency action is being taken. If so, the system deems that a collision is imminent: among other measures, it takes the slack out of the seat belts using reversible tensioners; it optimises the occupants’ seating position if electrically adjustable seats are fitted; and, if there is much rotation or side slip and a side impact or roll-over is considered likely, it closes the electric windows and sunroof. X is always on; it cannot be switched off by the driver and provides protection at all speeds above 30km/h.

AND THE ANSWER IS

Mercedes-Benz’s PRE-SAFE

7)

X was incorporated in 1915 as a subsidiary of AB SKF, a Swedish ball bearing manufacturer, the auto manufacturer considers itself officially founded on 14 April 1927, when the first cars "Jakob", rolled out of the factory in Hisingen, Gothenburg.X means "I roll" in Latin, in relation to ball bearing. 

The car’s symbol is inspired from the ancient symbol of iron and it was selected because the founders felt it embodied the true motto of the company…..”FOR LIFE”.

AND THE ANSWER IS

VOLVO

8)ID?

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9)

Just connect

AND THE ANSWER IS

PREMIER PADMINI

Premier Automobiles Ltd established by

Walchand Hirachand and their

flagship product was named after

Rani Padmini of Chittor

10) GIVE ME X?

 Chevrolet Spark, originally branded prominently as the X, is a city car produced by the South Korean automaker GM Korea, marketed worldwide since 1998 . X was originally designed by Italdesign Giugiaro and has been available solely as a five-door hatchback.

 it was sold in South Korea and many European markets with the code name M100. The exterior design is based on the Lucciola, a Fiat Cinquecento concept by Italdesign Giugiaro[4]

 which had been rejected .

AND THE ANSWER IS

DAEWOO MATIZ

WRITE BROS

10 TAGLINES10 COMPANIES5 FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWERBONUS 10 IF ALL 10 CORRECT

1)Count on us2)Obsessed with quality since 18953)Hum mein hai 4)Right of common man5)Make every day exciting6)An indian revolution7)The ultimate driving machine8)Even more car per car9)Everyone dreams of an 10)Made like a gun goes like a

EXCHANGE YOUR SHEETS

1) MARUTI SUZUKI2) SKODA AUTO INDIA3) HERO MOTORCORP4) BUGATTI5) FORD INDIA6) CHEVROLET7) BMW INDIA8) TATA MOTORS9) AUDI10)ROYAL ENFIELD MOTORS

PICK YOUR POISON

GERMANY ITALY INDIA USA KOREA JAPAN BRITAIN

GERMANY

1)

X (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and honorary Doctor of Engineering. He is best known for creating the first hybrid vehicle (gasoline-electric), the Volkswagen Beetle, and the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, as well as the first of many   automobiles. X designed the 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen, which was the first race car with mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout. In 1898, X joined the Vienna-based factory Jakob Lohner & Co, that produced coaches for Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, as well as for the kings of England, Sweden, and Romania . Jakob Lohner had begun construction of automobiles in 1896 under Ludwig Lohner in the trans-Danubian suburb of Floridsdorf. In 1996, X was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and in 1999 posthumously won the award of Car Engineer of the Century.

GIVE ME X?

AND THE ANSWER IS

FERDINAND PORSCHE

2) Officially called as the Type 1 or Bug, The model became widely known in its home country as the Käfer (the German translation) and was later marketed as such in Germany, and as the ______ in other countries. The new version advertises itself with – “Curves are back.”

What?

AND THE ANSWER IS

ITALY

5) In 1926, three brothers, Adriano, Marcello and Bruno, founded Societa Scientifica Radio Brevetti _____ in Bologna to produce vacuum tubes, condensers and other radio components, becoming successful enough by 1935 to construct a new factory in the Borgo Panigale area of the city. They are world famous in designs, engineers, manufactures and distributors of something else, today.

Identify.

AND THE ANSWER IS

X (24 August 1881, Fobello, Piedmont – 15 February 1937, Turin) was an Italian pilot, engineer and founder of  . Once X was sent to help Count Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia, who owned a Benz. When they met in February 1899 they quickly became friends. He was to become important in X's later career, and was credited with the design of the now familiar   logo (1911). X produced ground breaking models such as the Lambda and the Aprilia. 

AND THE ANSWER IS

Vincenzo Lancia

INDIA

X please

Original X was a sleepy village of about 1000 dwellings on Delhi jaipur highway (NH-8), but since late nineties it has been transformed in to a boom town with some of the world-brands opening factories here. The original X had people from different communities but 80% of the residents are Yaduvanshi Ahirs also called Yadav and their main profession was agriculture. Proximity to political nerve centre - Delhi has also led the government to establish headquarters of some institutes of national importance here like the National Security Guards (and its training center), National Bomb Data Centre and National Brain Research Centre.

AND THE ANSWER IS

MANESAR (recently in the news for maruti suzuki controversies….)

X is a 7-seat crossover SUV concept car created by the Indian automaker Tata Motors. It was first introduced at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. The X is 4.85 metres (190.9 in) long and designed to accept Tata's next generation Euro IV compliant powertrains.

In January 2010, the X's real market version was launched with minor changes in the Auto Expo in New Delhi, India. It has been launched as the Tata Aria. Most of the body design remains unchanged except for the grill, headlamps and minor cosmetics.

AND THE ANSWER IS

TATA XOVER (pronounced as crossover)

USA

ID This automaker who is in global strategic aLliance with fiat and has its headquarters at Auburn hills,Michigan ,United States

AND THE ANSWER IS

CHRYSLER

The company was founded in August 1915 by Henry M. Leland, one of the founders of Cadillac (originally the Henry Ford Company). In 1917 he left Cadillac which had been sold to General Motors in 1909, with Leland remaining as an executive. He formed the X , named after his longtime hero, to build Liberty aircraft engines with his son Wilfred using cylinders supplied by Ford Motor Company.[1

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LINCON MOTOR COMPANY

BRITAIN

id

AND THE ANSWER IS

Aston martin

The X is a saloon automobile made in the United Kingdom by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, a BMW subsidiary. It was launched in 2003 and is the first model introduced during the BMW era. X Drophead Coupé is the latest convertible made by Rolls-Royce which debuted at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan on 7 January 2007. It also won the Top Gear Car of the Year Award for 2003.

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PHANTOM

JAPAN

15)

In 1983,  Eiji Toyoda summoned a secret meeting of company executives, to whom he posed the question, “Can we build something to challenge the world's best?’’. This question prompted his men to embark on a top-secret project, code-named F1.

What was the end result of Project F1 ?

AND THE ANSWER IS

Eiji Toyoda was the Chairman of ToyotaF1 stood for ‘Flagship’ + No.1

Vehicle

The Nissan X introduced in 2004, is a full-size pickup truck produced for the North American market by Nissan. Upon its release, the X was praised for its combination of a roomy interior, strong towing capacity, aggressive styling, and innovative features, such as wide opening rear doors in the King Cab, factory sprayed-on bedliner, and a lockable storage compartment outside the bed on the driver's side. It was listed by Edmunds.com as the best full-size truck. The X was nominated for the North American Truck of the Year award for 2004.

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TITAN

KOREA

WHICH COMPANIES NAME IN THE NATIVE LANGUAGE MEANS "to arise to the world from Asia".

South Korea's oldest car company, X was founded on June 9, 1944 as a manufacturer of steel tubing and bicycle parts by hand – and has operated as one of the country's Chaebols since. In 1951 X began building complete bicycles. In 1952, X changed its name , and later built motorcycles (starting in 1957), trucks (1962) and cars (1974). The company opened its first integrated automotive assembly plant in 1973, the Sohari Plant.[8] 

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X Co. Ltd., founded in 1965, was a South Korean motor vehicle manufacturer of large and medium duty trucks, special military vehicles, lightweight cars, civilian jeeps (a small jeep look-alike called the Rocsta and later the Retona), motor vehicle components, to include engines, and buses and mini-buses. Kia owned 28.28% of issued stock. The Fiat 124 was produced under the name Fiat-KIA 124 by X from 1970 to 1975. It was completely merged with Kia (itself by then owned by Hyundai) in 1999 and X currently has no automobile production. The Rocsta's replacement, the Retona, was sold under the Kia brand.

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