Our “test your steel wheel IQ” series aims to share our passion for steel wheels and see how good our readers are at recognizing them.
Can you name the make and model that the following wheels come from? In some cases we have blacked out the logo on the center cap because it would have been too easy to guess otherwise. Also, there are several right answers for some of these wheels.
Have fun, and thanks for playing along.
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1. Renault 4
2. VW 1302-1303
3. Honda Z360
4. Berliet GLC?
5. ???
6. ???
1. Not a 4, but a Renault.
2. Correct.
3. Correct.
4. I’m tossing 4 out of the competition, I’ve been told it’s too hard. It’s from an UNIC truck but there are a lot of other wheel designs out there that are similar.
5. Hint: French.
6. Hint: 1960s.
1. Renault Estafette! (no hole in the center!)
5. Maybe Peugeot 309, but not sure
6. Peugeot 404, wagon?
Correct on all accounts! Good job.
Funny story about the 309 – I was on the freeway when I first spotted it. I was doing 130 km/h and it was partially hidden by trees so I could tell that there was a car in the field but I couldn’t really tell what it was.
I went back the following day after work in my R4 because I had to take really rough dirt roads to get out there, parked, hopped a fence and walked up to.. a 309. Damn it! I was hoping for something more interesting, ha.
Funny story, yep!
1 Renault 4
2 VW Beetle
3 Honda Z
4 ?
5 Peugeot 309
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1. Renault, but not a 4.
2. Beetle, yep.
3. Correct.
4. UNIC truck – I’ve tossed that out out of the competition, I’ve gotten a lot of messages saying it’s too hard because a lot of truck use Trilex wheels.
5. Damn, good eye! That one was tough, too.
6. Hint: From the 1960s.
2. beetle, 4. mack truck
2. is a Beetle, yep. That blue one I told you about a few days ago (I haven’t heard back from the owner yet).
4. is a UNIC truck but I’m tossing it out of the competition, a lot of folks have said it’s too hard.
2. VW Bug
3. Honda 600
4. Mobil home transport wheel
5. VW Rabbit?
1. Hint: From a European van.
2. Correct.
3. It’s from a Z, but it’ll fit a 600 too so I’ll take it.
4. It’s from a UNIC truck, but I’m tossing that one out since a lot of trucks / trailers use Trilex wheels.
5. Not a Rabbit. Hint: French.
6. Hint: From a station wagon built in the 1960s.
1) Citroën 2 CV
2) 70’s VW Beetle/Escarabajo/Fusca/Käfer, maybe a Super Beetle
3) Subaru something
4) Fiat N3
5) No idea
6) Something French
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