Since no body anwered, and now that this thread is in ttac.com thread heaven…

The answer is…
1976 and 2003.
In 1976 it was first offered on the Continental MARK IV
and in 2003 it was last offered on the Town Car.

This same company also offered an option package on their full-sized car that featured an Aztec motif on the interior upholstery. What was the name of this package?

I don’t believe anyone else answered this one. These were “spring specials” from Chrysler. IIRC, the tortoise-themed car was a Plymouth, and the Aztec-themed car was called the “Navaho” and may have been a Plymouth as well.

One year (1973?) they also offered a nautical-themed Chrysler called the Mariner, based on the Newport. It had round porthole windows in the C-pillars, and the interior was trimmed with tough vinyl like that found on boat upholstry.

#2 I seem to recall that when Chrysler took over the Rootes Group, they found themselves in the awkward position of manufacturing a car with a Ford engine in it. The Sunbeam Tiger was an Alpine with a small-block Ford V8. It was discontinued because, as carzzi says above, no Chrysler V8 would fit.

All Cavalier hatchbacks were “Type-10″ models with a urethane nose.

The Citation had a special two-door bodystyle as noted above. How amazing that GM took the time to style two different X-coupe variants!

The “Premium Sound” knob activated two large speakers in the doors of Town Cars with the option. As far as I can tell, the purpose of this was to amaze people in the showroom, because obviously if you paid for ‘em you would want them on all the time.

In our “Plato’s Pontiac Cave” question, the answer is not an ‘83 Parisienne. The first two years of the Parisienne, like the Canadian Parisienne of all years, shared a front and rear cap with the Chevrolet Caprice/Impala. But the 1985 and 1986 Parisienne returned to the Bonnie’s front and rear caps plus wheel skirts.

The answer to how many car companies have been combined and purchased to form the modern GM is – 52. I was stunned when I saw that number. And actually I got that from a book written in ‘85, so I guess that doesn’t include the Hummer brand, and I don’t remember when they bought Daewoo or Saab.

I had a marketing prof in college at the time who used GM as his brand differentiation example. When I told him they had bought 52 brands and only managed to make 6 (at the time) survive he took the message to heart but said he might still use it as an example.

4) We’re in Plato’s Cave and a silhouette of a full-sized sedan is flashed on the wall. It could be a 1980 or 1981 Bonneville. What else could it be?

1) The nose of the hatchback is different from the sedan.

2) I assume all of the speakers blow up, thereby demonstrating the worthlessness of the Ford Premium Sound units.

3) Dodge Mirada, along with the Imperial.

4) Probably a 83 Parisienne, which is like the 81 Bonneville, only far less interesting.

Or it could be the mushrooms.

#7: Edsel

4) Fezza 328
6) Mopar

2) What was the purported main reason the Sunbeam Tiger was discontinued?

3) What was Chevrolet’s first air-cooled production model?

4) What car lent its engine to the Lancia Thema 8.32?

5) Among GM’s “companion makes” of the 1920s, most of us know Cadillac’s was La Salle and Oakland’s was Pontiac. What were Buick’s and Oldsmobile’s called?

6) Which company’s cars were offered with “mod tops?”

7) Which marque offered pushbutton shifting in the steering wheel hub?

In a way that’s too bad, because the Rambler was arguably the least interesting of the four designs. If the Henry J had hung on for just a few more years it likely would have been the best import fighter because of its more lightweight and simple body. The Rambler, in contrast, was an ungainly bathtub.

The Henry J initially sold quite well, but it ultimately proved to be too spartan for a purchase price not all that much lower than a Chevy or Ford. Folklore has it that the body dies for the Henry J mysteriously disappeared while Kaiser was transferring them to South America.

The Cordoba’s platform twin was the pointy-nosed Dodge Mirada.

The 1973 SD 455 T/A had to be in the 13’s. Perhaps the other car would be a Stage-2 or 3 Buick GS, also with the 455.

Would the platform mate of the Chrysler Cordoba be the Dodge Magnum?

The old Magnum, not the recent station wagon.

Please tell me if I got 70% or better on this quiz.

My trivia question is:

During the opening credits for the early eighties crime drama T.J. Hooker, Shatner’s wig becomes slightly dislodged as he slides across the hood of what kind of patrol car.

Hint: It’s a Chrysler product.

1. Because you know what kind of car your friend drives.

2. You can’t put it back on.

3. Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán Merino

4. Pysilocibin Cubensis Mushrooms

1) My friend rolls up in his new 1981 Cavalier. I can’t see anything but the nose of the car, but I know it’s a hatchback. Why?

2) What happens when you pull out the “Premium Sound” knob in an early Panther-platform Town Car?

3) What was the platform mate for the last-generation Chrysler Cordoba?

4) We’re in Plato’s Cave and a silhouette of a full-sized sedan is flashed on the wall. It could be a 1980 or 1981 Bonneville. What else could it be?

2) The Honda Accord Vigor and Inspire, known here as the Acura Vigor, succeeded by the Acura 2.5TL.

3) Bay Em Vay, who also inflicted that smoker on the 524td.

I won’t answer your next set :)

Here’s some more:

1) Ford and Chrysler both made hemi-head V8s during the muscle car era. Which GM division almost joined them?

2) Around the time Audi stopped building FWD sedans powered by longitudinally-mounted inline-fives, what other manufacturer started building its own? What was that vehicle called?

3) Who supplied the engines for the diesel-powered Lincoln Continentals and Mark VIIs of the ’80s?

Bonneville G was a rebadged A-body (LeMans), not a full size B-body.

Pontiac Phoenix was a hatchback 4-door, notchback 2-door.

1984 Mustang GT: 302 V8; Mustang Turbo GT: 2.3 turbo four.

Pass on the last question.

What US brand did the US send to the USSR in large numbers under the lend-lease program, whose name became a synonym for excellence and (feminine) beauty to the US soldiers at the base in Poltava?