Q:
There are two car companies that meet these criteria:
1) they both have two sets of repeated letters
2) the repeated sets of letters for both companies are the same distance apart in the alphabet
What car companies are these?
A:
This week's title refers Hiroshima or Hirohito. The image is the Mach 5, driven by Speed Racer. Both are references to Japan as both car companies are Japanese.
O and T are 5 spaces apart in the alphabet as are N and S. The answer is
Toyota Nissan
As tasty as an onion!
ReplyDeleteIndeed
ReplyDeleteI ve always been partial to purple flowers and pickles but something doesn't quite click
ReplyDeleteI own two cars from one of the companies, so the answer sped suddenly into mind.
ReplyDeleteIs this puzzle the fulfillment of some 16th Century prophecy?
ReplyDelete@Paul I'm thinking the same as long as it is not spelled with an "O". ( I ate the pickle and threw away the flowers although I think a singer did use one of the names in a flowery way).
ReplyDeleteIn alphabetical order, NOST, the first four letters of Nostradamus, 16th Century "prophet".
ReplyDelete"Hero" totally escaped me. I don't know anything about "Speed Racer", other than having heard the name, so that helps me interpret ken's comment. I did note the number on the side of the car.
RoRo, I'm guessing that you gave some consideration to "Cadillac"["dill", "lilac", and clic(k)] before arriving at the correct answer.
Paul, googled Nostradamus but never made the connection.
ReplyDeleteNumber five was unintentional.
Thanks for the help with RoRo.
wow I was way off yes cadillac was first but then i went with griffin and rolls royce. Specially after Paul said the prophecy thing that mentions the Griffin. and I hinted at singer Rose Royce.
ReplyDeleteRoRo, don't forget Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac".
ReplyDeleteI was referring to Toyota's problems with sudden acceleration.
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