Friday, August 6, 2010

Ten Interesting Car Facts

Interesting facts on car or the car industry that you might know or not know, so read on!

The First Japanese car in the United States was the Honda Accord manufactured in November 1982.


2. The first car used lever instead of steering wheel

3. An airbag takes only 40 milliseconds to inflate after an accident.

4. Ferrari only sells about 14 cars every day.


5. The world's longest traffic hold-up was between Paris and Lyon on the French Autoroute in 1980. it was about 110 miles long.

6. Tata breaks the world records by producing the world's cheapest car, Tata Nano.


7. Windshield wipers were introduced by a woman.


8. The Mclaren F1 was once the fastest car in the world, with 627hp brake horsepower rating.


9. Toyota Corolla has held the record of selling 30 million models before being replaced through Toyota Yaris in 2007. This has been one of the most incredible sales rates in the history of Toyota cars.


10. One of the widest car traveling roads in the world have been the Monumental Axis in Brazil with some of the greater spaces coming over for 160 cars that can drive side by side.


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