12 interesting car facts
- The first car for sale in the United States was the Curved Dash Oldsmobile. It was priced at $650.
- The first known automobile was built in 1668, it was a two foot long steam powered model constructed by Ferdinand Verbiest, a Belgian Jesuit preis.
- Volkswagen means “people’s car” in German.
- The fastest time for removing a car engine, and replacing it is 42 seconds for a Ford Escort, on 21 November 1985.
- Initially cars were steered with a tiller. Steering wheels were first introduced in 1898 by a Panhard & Levassor model.
- The first car radio was invented in 1929.
- The predecessor to the Volkswagen Golf is the famous Volkswagen Beetle.
- An airbag takes only 40 milliseconds to inflate after an accident. Airbag opening speed reaches 320 km/h.
- The city with the most Rolls Royce’s per capital is Hong Kong.
- The Ford Puma is the first Ford to be entirely designed on computer.
- According to research carried out by DirectLine for the Daily Mirror, satellite navigation systems are being blamed for 300,000 road accidents each year.
- An F1 car weighs around 550 kg.
