Interesting Automobile Trivia: Share Your Knowledge Here

[350Z]

• In 1924 a Ford automobile cost $265.

And 800 used to cost approx. 80,000 bucks when it was launched a couple of decades ago.

Drive Safe,
350Z

 

[Zinam]

• The first auto insurance policy is purchased in Westfield, MA, in 1897.

• The first Porsche 911 was introduced in 1964 and generated a power output of 130 bhp.

 

[Aditya]

And 800 used to cost approx. 80,000 bucks when it was launched a couple of decades ago.

I thought the initial Marutis were priced around 40K?

 

[Zinam]

Guys pour in more facts! Few from my end!

• Top fuel dragsters accelerate at up to 5g from standing start. The nitromethane injection produces 6000 BHP.

• In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!

 

[Aditya]

The first Indian to own an automobile in India was Tata!!

 

[350Z]

I thought the initial Marutis were priced around 40K?

That was the latest I could recall.

The first Indian to own an automobile in India was Tata!!

Same has been posted earlier.

Drive Safe,
350Z

 

[Zinam]

Few more!

• There were only 107 models of the Ford GT40 made of which only 7 were road cars.

• The fastest time for removing a car engine, and replacing it is 42 seconds for a Ford Escort, on 21 November 1985.

 

[Aditya]

Same has been posted earlier.

Looks like I am not reading my own posts!!
Me dumbo!!
Sorry about that.

 

[Zinam]

• The first auto insurance policy was purchased in in 1897 in Westfield, MA.

• Tata breaks the world records by producing the world's cheapest car, Tata Nano.

• Windshield wipers were introduced by a woman.

 

[cooldhaya]

Windshield wipers i had heard it before somewhere!!


TATA man, kudos to Ratan Tata for making the dream come true!!

 

[Aditya]

[*]Windshield wipers were introduced by a woman.

I think the patent was taken by a woman named Mary Anderson.

 

[Zinam]

Yes Aditya you are right.

Here are few more interesting facts!

• The first self-propelled car was invented by Nicolas Cugnot in 1769. It was designed with three wheels and an engine in the front along with the boiler. The car was able to run at a speed of 6 km/h. The first self-propelled car was first used by French Army to move cannons.

• In the late 18th century, Issac de Rivaz designed several successful steam-powered cars. Then in 1807 he designed the internal combustion engine that used a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen to generate power. He then developed a car using this engine.

 

[RSM]

Excellent thread. Rated 5 star.

 

[Zinam]

Thanks RSM!

Here are few more facts.

• The first known automobile was built in 1668, it was a two foot long steam powered model constructed by Ferdinand Verbiest, a Belgian Jesuit preist.

• Luxembourg has the most crowded roads in Europe with 570 cars per 1,000 people.

 

[Aditya]

Power windows were first seen in cars in 1946!!