What would you do with $20 billion net worth? The Sultan of Brunei’s Hassanal Bolkiah owns 7,000 high-performance cars, cumulatively valued at over $5 billion earning the title of the biggest car collector in the world. His luxurious car collection includes 574 Benz, 452 Ferraris, 209 BMWs, 179 Jaguars, 382 Bentleys, 134 Koenigseggs, a slew of […]
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There is a car fuelled by coffee beans called ‘Car-puccino’. It can reportedly reach 60 mph and achieve 1 mile per 56 espressos. The modified car works by heating the coffee granules in a charcoal fire, when then break down into carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The hydrogen is then filtered and combusted in the engine. […]
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The fastest car in the world, powered by two jet engines Thrust SSC, is the only vehicle documented so far that reached the velocity higher than the speed of sound. It drove as fast as 1,227.9 km/h (763 mph), which is 1.02 Mach, on 15 October 1997 in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA.
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Hughie Thompson, John Weston and Richard Steel from UK were the three people that made the longest bus journey ever documented. They covered 87,367 km (54,289 miles) through 18 countries in a red London Routemaster double-decker bus. They travelled through London, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai, Lahore, Bombay, Singapore, Perth, Sydney, Rio, Santiago, Los Angeles, […]
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The fastest speed reached by a vehicle, where powered is transferred trough its wheels to the ground, was 737.8 km/h (458.4 mph). It was achieved by the turbine-powered Vesco Turbinator, driven by Don Vesco, at Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA on 18 October 2001.
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The first and only circumnavigation by an amphibious vehicle was done by Ben Carlin from Australia. He did it in a modified Ford GPA amphibious jeep called Half-Safe, finishing on 8 May 1958. It took him over ten years to finish his journey, including a three-year break in England, to repair the car and raise […]
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The highest average speed achieved for an electric vehicle is 495.140 km/h (307.666 mi/h) over a two-way flying mile by Venturi Buckeye Bullet 2 designed and built by engineering students at The Ohio State University, driven by Roger Schroer at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA on 24 August 2010.
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The first successful petrol-driven car, the Motorwagen, built by Karl Friedrich Benz was built in late 1885. The three-wheeler weighed 254 kg (560 lb) and could reach a speed of 13-16 km/h (8-10 mph). Its single-cylinder engine delivered 0.63 kW (0.85 hp) at 400 rpm. It was patented on 29 January 1886. Its first 1-km […]
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Some people think that ABS system can slow down a car even on such slippery surfaces as ice or snow. It will always help to keep control of your vehicle and aid you to steer it around obstacles, but it is not always the case for decreasing the stopping distance. It turns out that on […]
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Did you know, that the fastest crash speed that did not cause the death of the driver happened at the speed of 579 km/h (360 mph)? It may sound improbable, but it actually happened when Donald Campbell crashed his car ‘Bluebird’ when he was trying to set a new land speed record at Bonneville, USA. […]
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