Friday 14 December 2012

Interesting and Amazing facts about Cars Automobiles

  • The world record for a registration of number plate is for ‘1’ . It was taken for £7,368,836 million.
  • The famous known car brand's name 'Rolls-Royce' should always be written with a hyphen in the middle in order to represent the founder's, Charles Rolls and Henry Royce surnames.



  • The world's most expensive car sold was 'Bugatti Royale Kellner Coupe' of 1931, which sold in the year 1987 for a heavy $8,700,000.

  • Hong Kong is the city with more number of Rolls-Royce per capita.
  • 1946 Cisitalia 202 GT was the first to be exhibited at the Picassos, New York’s Museum of Modern Art yet it is the most Beautiful Car.

  • The United States(US) has more number of cars that ratio is like one car per person including children(babies).
  • The 195 mph Nissan GT-R is the fastest production car that was ever manufactured by a Japanese car builders.
  • Ford Fiesta is the most popular car for drivers under 25 years and also for newly driving persons.
  • World’s most profitable car manufacturer is the Porsche.
  • This year Nevada became the first state to issue licenses for self-driving cars.
  • The Bugatti Veyron takes a time of ten seconds to stop completely from its top most speed of 253mph.
  • This is sincere. In the film 'Gone in 60 Seconds', Christopher Ecclestone’s character does not drive any car as the actor does not have a driving license.
  • The Traffic lights were first installed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1914.
  • An Formula-1(F1) car can accelerate from 0-160 kph and decelerate back to 0 in just four seconds.
  • An average car contains over 3,000 feet of electrical wires in it.
  • The word "automobile" is a mixture of the French word 'auto' and "mobile" which means "self" and means "moving" respectively.
  • Did You Know? Red colored cars are prohibited in Shanghai, China.
  • The Two big US blockbuster Movies released in 2007 featured only North American-Made cars. Those are 'Transformers' and 'I Am Legend'.
  • 'Tata' creates the World record by producing the World's Cheapest Car, Tata Nano.
  • This deserves an appreciation. 'Windshield wipers' were introduced by a Woman.
  • The longest car ever built was Limousine. It measured 100 foot.