Car Factoids that Will Rock Your World
Well, maybe these factoids about cars won't actually rock your world or change your life, but all of us here at Service King Germantown in Memphis, TN thought that you might at least find them interesting or entertaining.
- The year 1886 is universally considered to be the birth of the modern-day vehicle. In that year, German inventor Carl Benz designed and built a modern-day automobile called the Benz Patent-Motorwagen.
- Sir Alec Guinness warned actor James Dean one week before he died not to get into his brand new Porsche 550 Spyder or “You’ll be dead in it within a week.”
- Inventor Mary Anderson (1866-1953) invented and patented the first effective windshield wiper system. They were considered a distraction at first, but now every car has a set of windshield wipers.
- In Christopher Nolan’s film Batman, Bruce Wayne owns a Lamborghini Murcielago. In Espanol, Murcielago means, “bat.”
- For many automobiles, the “new car smell” is considered toxic. It's composed of over 50 volatile organic compounds that many people aren't aware of.
- The BMW logo represents the company’s origin as an airplane maker. The iconic blue and white “target sign” is presented as a spinning white propeller against a blue sky.
- A single vehicle has roughly 30,000 parts, with 80% of them recyclable.
- Approximately 75% of all the Rolls Royce's made are still on the road.
- Our Capital Washington D.C. has the very worst traffic in the good old USA, with commuters waiting 82 hours annually in traffic.
- The U.S. has more cars than any other country on the planet, at 300 million. China comes in a distant second at approximately 78 million.
- Holding a remote car key fob to your cranium doubles its range because the human skull acts as a sound amplifier
- One out of four cars in the world comes from China.
- The last vehicle with a cassette player was the Ford Crown Vic back in 2011.
- The names of all Lamborghini’s vehicles are derived from a sport known as bullfighting. The Diablo and Murcielago are both the names of hyper-famous bulls, while the Estoque is the style of a particular sword that Matadors use.
- The heaviest limousine weighs more than 50,000 pounds. It has three party lounges, a bar, and can carry up to 42 people.
- The word “car” comes from the Latin "carrum," which originally meant a “two-wheeled battle Celtic war chariot.”
- A car, SUV or truck is stolen in this country every 45 seconds.
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Sources: Wikipedia and Reuters
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