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Do You Know Your Urus From Your Elbow?

29th December 2017 7:53pm

Do You Know Your Urus From Your Elbow?

It’s been an odd year for names, banes and automobiles.

Simon Hacker tests your recall.

Q1. Starter for ten: what exactly is an Urus?

A - Where Christmas stuffing goes?
B - An uber-SUV?
C - An extinct type of cow?

Q2. Bentley launched a watch just in time for Christmas. The Dark Sapphire GT cost just under £10,000. That’s a lot less than the maker’s Urus-rival, the Bentayga. Where did they get ugly name from?

A - Some sort of Toyota Aygo reference?
B - If you could afford one, you’d already know why.
C - The Taiga forest, where the Urus once roamed?

Q3. 2017 saw JLR unleash yet another uber-SUV, the Velar. Why Velar?

A - It’s a contraction of “very lairy”?
B - It’s a contraction of “very hilarious”?
C - Because Land Rover’s covert operation to create the first Range Rover was operated under the name of a false company, Velar of Croydon?

Q4.  Volkswagen replaced the CC with the Arteon, a sleek execmobile designed to niggle Audi salesmen. Arteon means:

A - A compliment in Bristol, as in “He’s an arty ‘un, he is.”
B - It’s German for “strong and stable”.
C - The ‘Art’ comes from “harmonious lines and emotionality” while the ‘eon’ is literally pinched from the back of the Phideon, VW’s replacement for the luscious Phaeton.

Q5. 2017 didn’t upstage some of the maddest monikers out there already (Pagani’s Huayra, don’t forget, is named after a native American wind god), but it put in a great effort. Alfa Romeo released (yes, another) SUV, naming if after the scary Stelvio mountain pass, and deciding to hell with anyone confusing it with an artificial sweetener. Kia’s Stonic waded in, sounding like a medical procedure without anaesthetic, and Renault blew the dust back off the Koleos badge, despite the risk of offending Greek and Latin customers. In Greek, Koleos means ‘sheath’. In Latin, it means: 

A - Elbow
B - Urus
C - Testicle

Q6 Finally, three new motoring laws came into force this year. Which of these was NOT new?

A - Using an internet device at the wheel?
B - Carrying a child under 4’1” or or less than 3.5 stone without a full-support child seat?
C - Driving with snow on your roof? 

If your answer's were;

Mostly A's - Seriously?, Mostly Bs - Don’t worry, you’ll be sober for January 2nd, Mostly Cs - It’s been good to have your company, stick with us for 2018!

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