We use them daily, we obsess over them occasionally. Cars are an integral part of modern life. We know so much about them yet we know so little. Here’s a list of some Interesting car facts that you’ve never heard before:
- For every 23 lives that car airbags save, they kill 1 person. It takes only 40 milliseconds for an airbag to inflate after an accident. Let’s hope no damage is done to your car before 40 milliseconds!
- It would take around 200 years for you to drive your car to the Sun. That would certainly be a different kind of long drive.
- This fact might lead you to believe that gasoline is very cheap in America. A gallon of Starbucks coffee is going to cost you almost nine times of what a gallon of gas is going to cost you. You might want to spend a little carefully on your coffee now. Head to your local auto shop if you don’t believe it!
- The U.S. has one car per person. This doesn’t include just adults but infants as well!
- It was a woman who invented windshield wipers. Mary Anderson is the name of the lady. She was an American rancher and real estate developer.
- The world’s cheapest car manufacturer is India that produces the ‘Tata Nano’. This car is cheaper than the previously cheapest car Maruti 800.
- Ferrari only produces fourteen cars in a day! Now that is some productivity.
- The very first car was invented in 1672 by Ferdinand Verbiest.
- According to a Goldman Sachs report, India will have the greatest number of cars by 2050, overtaking the U.S.!
- White is the most popular color for new cars! No wonder you see a multitude of white cars on the roads.