Cars are the most popular means of transport and a status symbol in today’s society. Car enthusiasts around the world tend to know about their favorite cars and try to seek interesting facts about them. Here are some really cool facts about different types of cars, their origins, and production:
- The modern car was first invented in the year 1886. The first modern car was the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, invented by German inventor Carl Benz.
xdigitalphotos/Pixabay. The country with the most cars on its roads is the USA.
- The county with the most cars in the world is the United States of America, with 300 million cars. China has the second most cars in the world, with 78 million cars on the road.
- China produces the highest number of cars in the world–every fourth car in the world is built in China.
- The first modern windshield wiper was first invented by Mary Anderson but his invention was not well-received and was considered a distraction during driving.
- You can double the range of your remote car key by holding it to your head. The human skull acts as an amplifier in this case.
Foundry/Pixabay. The first windshield wiper was not well-received by the masses.
- The new car smell which is loved by many could actually be very toxic. It contains more than 50 volatile compounds and is not very safe to inhale.
- There are approximately one billion cars on the face of the Earth at any given time.
- Eighty percent of a car is reusable and this figure consists of about 30,000 distinct parts.
- The last car with an audio cassette player installed was the Ford Crown Vic in 2011.
- According to an estimate, 75% of all the cars produced by Rolls Royce to date are still on the road.
blende12/Pixabay. The first cars did not have a steering wheel
- Lamborghini names all their cars from the bullfighting world. The two famous bull names Diablo and Murcielago have been adopted by Lambhorgini for their flagship V12 models, while Estoque is another Lambhorgni named after a sword used by the Matadors.
- The word ‘car’ has its roots in the Latin word carrum which means a two-wheeled war vehicle. The Latin word carrum was derived from the Indo-European word ‘kers,’ which literally means to run.
- The first cars ever produced lacked a steering wheel and people used to steer the car in different directions using a lever.
- The United States has an exceptionally high number of stolen cars, with a car being stolen in the U.S. every 45 seconds.
