Did you know that the cheapest car in the world was the 1922 Red Bug, built by the Briggs Stratton Co. in the USA. It used to be sell for as low as 125 dollars. It had a 1.57m wheelbase and weighed only 111kg.
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Feb 02, 2017
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Feb 01, 2017
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The engines used in the US Pierce-Arrow 6-66 Raceabout, the US Peerless 6-60 and the Fageol, was the largest one used in production car so far. It was produced at the beginning of 20th century and had 13.5 liters capacity. Although it’s efficiency per volume was so low, that it’s power is comparable to the […]
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Jan 31, 2017
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Some people claim, that the old cars are safer due to their stiffness when compared to the new models. But the truth is, the deflection of the modern vehicles is there for a reason. And this reason is to dissipate the energy from a crash as far as possible from the cabin and to reduce […]
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Jan 30, 2017
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The record for the fastest car powered by biogas is 364.6 km/h (226.55 mph) and was achieved by driver Jürgen Hohenester at the ATP testing facilities in Papenburg, Germany, on 3 April 2009. The engine was modified from an originally fuel driven Audi A4 2.7 quattro to work with biogas only.
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Jan 29, 2017
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Did you know that frontal airbags reduce a risk of fatality during a car crash by 29 percent on average? The fatality reduction in frontal crashes is larger for belted drivers (52 percent) compared with unbelted drivers (21 percent).
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Jan 28, 2017
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It may be of an interest for some of you, that the tank-to-wheel energy efficiency is 18% for the petrol and 22% for the diesel cars. All the rest is being used up by all the other components of your car and mostly lost as heat.
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Jan 27, 2017
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Some people claim that women are worse drivers and that they cause more accidents than men. However, the statistics say that it is actually the opposite – women tend to be safer drivers, and they generate fewer crashes than the opposite sex.
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Jan 27, 2017
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Did you know that Toyota Corolla is the most produced car in the world so far? There are already more than 40 million of these vehicles produced and it is still growing. Although there have been already eleventh generations of this model and the design has been evolving through many different looks, varying greatly from […]
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Jan 25, 2017
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In Luxembourg, there are 647 cars per 1,000 citizens. It makes that country to have the highest rate of car ownership in the world. The second country in that category is Iceland, followed by New Zealand, Italy and Canada.
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Jan 24, 2017
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The risk of a casualty crash approximately doubles with each 5km/h increase in speed on a 60km/h speed limited road, or with each 10km/h increase in speed on 110km/h roads. So think twice before you push your foot too hard on the accelerator pedal, because you are not risking losing just your money for the […]
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