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Lamborghini’s front-engined V12 coupé built from 1968 to 1969 (6) Aka ‘generator’, this electrical device was fitted to many classic cars before the introduction of alternators (6) German aircraft company; its Kabine microcar was one of the better bubble cars of the late 1950s (7) Belgian city, Len ----, later Baron Lambury, was the manager and driving force behind Austin from 1938 and BMC from 1952 (4) Lancia’s 1976–’84 front-wheel-drive executive saloon or coupé (5) Successful Austin small car; 450,000 built between 1947 and 1952 (5) Successful racing car builder, initially in Australia in the 1950s and again in Britain in the 1970s and later (4) A -----head engine uses a near-flat cylinder head with combustion chambers formed in the tops of the pistons (5) Model name for Buick full-size cars, built in six main generations from 1959 to 1990 (7) Aerodynamically designed Matra coupé, built from 1980 to 1983 and noted for three-abreast seating (6) Many older people’s choice as best Grand Prix driver of all time, he won five Formula 1 world championships in the 1950s (6)

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