Today, the car, as the classic predicted, has become not a luxury, but a means of transportation. On the one hand, cars have changed the way of life of people, and on the other hand, they have caused a number of negative processes. In our review, 15 interesting and funny facts, one way or another related to cars.
1. Drunk sleep in the car
In many US states, a person who falls asleep drunk in a parked car is criminally liable.
2. The car as a rescue from the bear
Residents of the Canadian city of Churchill never close the doors of their cars so that passers-by can, if necessary, hide from the bear.
3. Special place for the ignition key
In all Porsche cars the ignition key is always on the left. This was done because the cars of this brand were originally racing, and this allowed drivers to save a few seconds at the start.
4. The most reliable engines
Since the Indy racing series cars switched to Honda engines, not a single case of engine failure was recorded.
5. Fatal number
If you press the remote control button remote control car more than 256 times in a row (while the car must be out of range of the device), the remote control may lose synchronization with the car and stop working.
6. The most durable cars
Almost 3/4 of the cars that were produced Rolls Royce throughout the history of the company, are still actively used.
7. Cars and war
In 1941, almost 3 million cars rolled off the assembly line in the United States. But with the beginning of World War II, almost everything automotive production switched to release military equipment. As a result, only 139 vehicles were produced during the four years of the war.
8. Highest car mileage
Taxi driver from Greece recorded the highest mileage on Mercedes car- The car has traveled almost 5 million kilometers. He gave his car to the museum and got a new one.
9. The slowest crash
Bridget Driscoll of the UK was the first victim car accident. She was hit by a car that was moving at a speed of 6.5 km/h.
10. Headlights on
In many European countries car headlights should not be turned off even during the day.
11. Natural car air conditioning
In order to instantly cool your hot in the sun hot car, you need to lower the window on one side and open / close the door opposite several times.
12. Green car advertising
6 Norway has very strict regulations regarding the advertising of "environmentally friendly" cars. The country's official position is that "green" cars do nothing good for the environment. They just do less damage. environment than other cars.13. Flamethrowers for a car
Motorists will be interested to learn about.The car is a great invention of mankind, which made the world more accessible, and desires more possible. This is a luxury, and a means of transportation, and an integral part of the image, style and character of the owner. The world of cars is infinitely diverse, interesting, amazing and full of many interesting facts that sometimes reveal this world from a completely surprising and unexpected side.
Well forgotten old?
An electric car that is gaining popularity on modern roads and has almost become a familiar new era in the automotive industry, not so new. First self-propelled machine, which managed to accelerate at a distance of 1 km to hundreds of km / h, was on electric run, and it happened back in 1899. Two electric motors, which managed to accelerate the wheels to such an incredible speed for their time, were located in their hubs.
It was a sports car, the body for which was assembled from aluminum and tungsten at Rothschildet Fils. The alloy was called patrinium. Behind the wheel was the Belgian Camille Zhenatzi, who was both a race car driver and the author of a design that he called in a very peculiar way - “unsatisfied” (French La Jamais-Contente).
Marketing Genius
Notorious Steve Jobs all my life I have been driving exclusively Mercedes SL 55AMG cars, changing them at least once every six months. An interesting fact - they never had license plates. At the same time, he did not violate traffic laws, because in California, when purchasing a new car, the owner has six months to register. When the deadline came to an end, Steve handed over his Mercedes-Benz back to the salon with which he had an agreement, and instead took the new SL 55. The mutual benefit was obvious - after the return, the car driven by the marketing genius was sold for more than a brand new one from conveyor.
Cars weren't the first vehicles to get their own registration numbers. For the first time in history, they were issued to horse-drawn carts. For the first time, the number was hung on his car by a German businessman who lives in Munich and wished to mark the car donated to his wife in a special way. The numbers and initials of the beloved woman were printed on the number. With a difference of a year or two, this example was followed first by Paris, and then by New York and the capital of Great Britain. In modern license plates issued in Russia, it is allowed to use only those alphabetic characters that are present in both the Latin alphabet and Cyrillic. There are not so many of them - only 12.
The subtleties of translation
When exporting cars to other countries, oddities are not uncommon due to their special sound in the local language. So, when delivering Lada Kalina to Finland, it was found out that the word "Kalina" in the Finnish language sounds like something rumbling, making crackling and rattling (which, by the way, is very much in line with the opinion of many Russian motorists about specifications the first batch of this product). So that the manufacturer's image does not suffer, and this does not affect sales, the car was technically renamed for this country into a short and correct Lada 119.
Exhaust pipe symphony
The sound emitted by the exhaust pipe is not just noise. This is a whole orchestra under the control of a conductor's baton - a tachometer needle. Serious specialists are engaged in tuning the sound of some brands of sports cars. For example, the exhaust emitted by the Audi RS4 was created by highly professional recording studio specialists. The voice ensemble of the car is made according to all the rules - deep and powerful lower bass, strong tenor sound in the center and clear soprano at the top.
Manufacturers sports cars AC Cobra went further and patented the "music" of the exhaust pipes of their offspring. According to the technical director of this company, the sound of the exhaust system of a car is its most important recognizable characteristic, second only to design, because technical specifications different sports cars (acceleration time and maximum developed speed) are not much different from each other.
The fastest truck
Record speed developed truck, owned by Ford, rolled off the assembly line in 1941, designed to put out fires. In 1995, it was bought by US citizen, fire driver Shannon Seidel.
Shannon spent almost 4 years refining, tuning and improving the car, doing this in a fire garage owned by the Hawaiian government. In 1998, the work was completed, and its result was a record that is absolute up to today- 655 km / h developed a fire truck, called the Hawaiian eagle. Ten years later, the Hawaiian Eagle was put up for auction with a starting price of $55,000.
tricycle midget
The smallest mass-produced car rolled off the assembly line in 1962 in the UK. The length of the Peel P50 was only 134 cm, had a “height” of 120 cm and did not reach 1 cm to a meter wide. Body material - fiberglass. Three existing wheels could accelerate the car to 64 km / h. And here reverse gear was not in the car, so it could only be driven forward. However, with a car weighing 59 kg, it was not a problem to simply lift it on one side, holding the bumper with your hand, and deploy it. However, the Peel P50 never found its mass consumer. There were very few people who wanted to buy a minicar, and therefore, after 3 years, it was discontinued.
Surpass Yourself
As you know, the record for carrying capacity and size truck belongs to Belarusians with their famous BelAZ. Model 75710 was capable of holding 450 tons, but this record was also broken. The new BelAZ is equipped with 8 wheels, two diesel engines and a load capacity of 810 tons! By speed characteristics he, of course, is far from the Hawaiian eagle, but 64 km / h for such a supermachine is a very decent speed!
Brief interesting facts about cars and cars
- Especially for SUV owners who live in a clean urban area and are unable to justify the main purpose of their car, in England they produce spray cans with rural mud. The products are in demand.
- In wide famous Volkswagen beetle washer food windshield was carried out not from the electrical system of the car, but on the basis of pressure supplied from the spare wheel located under the hood. For this reason, the spare tire always had to be over-inflated for normal driving.
- Drunk driving is considered a violation of the rules and is punishable by law. But not in Uruguay. In this country, when you get into a road accident, being drunk is considered a mitigating circumstance.
- Porsche cars usually have the ignition key to the left of the steering wheel, which is why they got the nickname left-handed cars. This feature is a tribute to a tradition dating back to the Le Mans daily races. Drivers started outside the cars, they needed to run to them, jump into the cabin, start the engine and start moving. The location of the ignition key on the left side saved a fraction of a second.
- Raikkonen, who later became a Formula 1 racing star, started driving a used Lada car, which he once saved from inevitable disposal, and then loved, cherished, cherished and considered perfection itself! And she answered him with the same love, almost never failed and did not break.
- Wipers were invented by a woman.
- A windshield that does not shatter into small pieces was an accidental invention of the chemist Benedictus, who dropped a nitrocellulose flask. Seeing that it cracked, but did not crumble, he made a brilliant conclusion!
- Hong Kong has the most cars in the world Rolls Royce per capita.
- Every day, 14 Ferraris leave the factory assembly line.
- Of all the city cars ever sold, the highest price paid was for the Bugatti Rovale. It was in 1931, and the amount was 8.7 million dollars.
- The weight of the largest limousine is 22934kg. This is Mitnight Rider, which can accommodate 4 dozen passengers, has three separate rooms for their accommodation and even a bar.
- Airbags not only do not always save passengers from death in an accident, but sometimes become its cause. According to statistics, this happens in 1 case in 22 lives saved by them.
- A liter of coffee costs 8 times the same amount of gasoline.
- If a road were built from the Earth to the Sun, then road trip would last 150 years.
- According to opinion polls, 56% of car owners wash their cars no more than once a month, and 16% never.
- In Shanghai, you will not find red cars, they are prohibited here.
- More deer die on the roads than from hunters' bullets.
- The average speed of cars falls from year to year. So, over the decade that has passed from 1972 to 1982, it has decreased from 96 km / h to 27 km / h.
- In the US, the number of residents of all ages, including babies, and cars are equal.
- The largest amount of the fine was issued in Switzerland and amounted to 1 million. USD It was a punishment for speeding up to 290 km/h. The amount is determined by the salary of the violator, since in this state fines are differentiated precisely according to this indicator.
- Parking at a red traffic light within the life of the driver lasts about 2 weeks.
- sports car Aston Martin Vantage produces an exhaust sound at peak altitudes that can be heard for 6 km.
- Between the road surface and the bottom racing car on high speeds an area is created so low pressure that can lift the manhole cover. Such cases with unfortunate consequences have occurred, so on modern racetracks, covers are welded to the rim.
- record trip in reverse was undertaken from New York to Los Angeles and amounted to more than 11 thousand km.
- The oval wheels in old photographs are just an illusion, due to the speed of vintage cameras with shutters on the shutter. But at that time it was perceived as a symbol of speed and swiftness. Subsequently, oval wheels moved to the pages of comics.
- The Mercedes logo depicts three rays, symbolizing the success of the company's products on water, land and in the sky.
- A Scottish physicist who invented radar was stopped by the police and fined for his invention. His indignation knew no bounds.
Just 20 years ago…
- Price navigation system was $ 3,000 and was available exclusively for premium cars.
- Airbags were also more rare and were installed in the amount of four pieces on the most expensive and prestigious cars.
- Only three types of crossovers were produced worldwide. You could choose between Toyota, Lexus and Honda.
- Despite the use of heavier alloys for the production of the body, the cars were much lighter due to their small size and unpretentious "stuffing".
- Almost no one thought to save on fuel.
- At the peak of popularity were American-made cars.
- Cars, the power of which reached 300 hp. and above were very rare, and their cost started from $ 60,000.
- Korean-made cars were among the most unreliable, unattractive in appearance and unclaimed by buyers.
will help you look at the usual means of transportation in a different way. Today city roads are filled with cars different brands, colors. They are comfortable and easy to manage. But it wasn't always like that. What were the first cars? What speed did you develop? Entertaining historical and modern facts more about cars.
- In 1885 Karl Benz patented the invention - the first machine with gasoline engine . She had three wheels, a T-handle and a 1.7 liter engine. Three years later, his wife made the first trip by car between cities, the speed reached 16 km / h. At the same time, Karl began mass production of cars.
- The first license plates were issued to horse-drawn vehicles. Car plate numbers appeared in 1899 in Germany (Munich). IN Russian Empire five years later, the first license plate was issued, it happened in Riga. The letters on the number appeared due to the desire of the German businessman to make a gift to his beloved. He agreed that they would be allowed to put the wife's initials before the numbers. Today in Russia, only those letters (12 pieces) that are in both Latin and Cyrillic are used in numbers.
- The smallest car model was released in 2011. In Great Britain. She is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Pell P50 is 104cm wide, 137cm long and weighs 59kg. This single car has a speed of 80 km/h.
- The most long car- it's a limousine. The length is 30 meters! The car has 26 wheels, it folds in half and has two control cabins at either end. Inside there is a swimming pool, a bed, and on the roof there is a platform for a helicopter.
- There are many expensive cars, but the most-most remains the Ferrari 250 GTO, 1963. 36 of them left the assembly line, the cost was $ 18,000, it was possible to buy only with the permission of the owner of the plant. The record was set in 2008 when the car was sold at auction for 15.7 million euros.
- In Porsche cars, the ignition key is to the left of the steering wheel. In real cars, this is a tribute to a tradition that originates from the Le Mans races. This arrangement of the key made it possible to start the car faster. After all, then the driver had to run to the car, jump into it and start it.
- AC Cobra is confident that in addition to original design, important feature sports cars - the sound of work exhaust pipe. Therefore, the company filed a patent for the sound of the exhaust system of its sports cars.
- Sound exhaust gases Aston Martin Vantage can be heard at a distance of 6,000 meters, if the car is running in afterburner mode for maximum speed engine (about 7000).
- Hong Kong has more cars Rolls-Royce per inhabitant than anywhere else. There is the legendary "Phantom", which was released in 1934. That's what James Bond drove. Most of the machines are made exclusively for the customer. The cost of just one bumper badge is $5,000. Three-quarters of all machines that have ever been built are still in good condition and in use.
- Off-road vehicle owners in the UK buy dirt to smear the car and justify its purpose.
- Airbags in a car deploy at a speed of 2 km per second, the process takes 40 milliseconds. According to studies, airbags increase the chances of survival by 20-25%.
- The mechanic Adolf Kegress worked for Emperor Nicholas II. He took care of the king's fleet and improved the cars. To improve cross-country ability snowy roads the inventor came up with half-tracked carriages. Skis were added to the front wheels, and caterpillars were mounted instead of the rear ones.. In 1914, the designer patented his invention. The tracked Rolls-Royce was designed by Kegress. V. Lenin went to Gorki on it. Now it is exhibited in the Moscow Museum "Gorki Leninskie".
Facts about luxury cars.
The automotive industry is full of strange, entertaining and downright funny cases Today we would like to present you with 25 of the most outstanding "cases" in one way or another related to luxury cars.
1. mercedes benz W125 has developed the highest recorded speed on the autobahn in Germany - 432 km / h. It happened in 1938.
2. The 1950 Cadillac El Dorado was equipped with a minibar located in the glove box.
Convenient, albeit not very appropriate.
3. When Audi start to produce cars in India, the company was forced to equip the cars with a new horn that could withstand almost continuous operation.
Super beep.
4. Daniel Craig was given a free Aston Martin after filming as James Bond.
Aston Martin for Daniel.
5. You can't file for bankruptcy in Dubai. Instead, people migrate out of the country, leaving their sports cars in the airport parking lot. Now this parking lot is just full of abandoned sports cars.
Cemetery of luxury cars.
6.Tesla Model S does not really produce any emissions, this has been tested on an indoor track.
Tesla Model S in person.
Young Enzo Ferrari.
12. When Jai Singh, the Maharaja of Alwar, visited the Rolls-Royce showroom in London, the salesman felt that he did not have enough money for such a car. The offended Maharaja bought ten Rolls-Royces, sent them back to India, where he used the cars as garbage trucks.
Nice garbage truck.
13. BMW engine The M5 is so quiet that the sound of a supposedly running engine plays through the speakers to let the driver know the engine is running.
The BMW M5 engine is very quiet.
14. BMW had to change the GPS warning system in their cars when it turned out that male drivers did not perceive commands played by a female voice.
GPS alert system.
15. When top speed at 408 km/h Bugatti Veyron will use up the entire supply of fuel (with a 26-liter tank) in just over 10 minutes.
Gluttonous Bugatti Veyron.
16. The Lamborghini driven by Batman in the Christopher Nolan trilogy is a Murcielago model.
Lamborghini Murcielago for a superhero.
17. The police in Dubai give out Lamborghini, Ferrari and Bentley so they can intercept local fast cars in sports cars.
Here is the car park.
18. Bill Gates was brought a Porsche 959 supercar before the car was legal in the US. The car was confiscated by the authorities for more than a decade before the laws changed.
Porsche 959 for Billy.
19. In Skyfall, the Aston Martin was actually a 3D printed model because the director didn't want to ruin the real car.
Skyfall coordinates.
20. British businessman Gerald Mellin committed suicide by tightening a rope around his neck and the other end on a tree. After that, he abruptly started from a place in his Aston Martin.
We are thrilled when we select them from websites, specialty markets or luxury salons. We enjoy their speed, comfort, and beauty, and hate to break them. We often spend more time with them than with our beloved family. What can I say - today we simply cannot imagine our life without them. We offer you a selection of facts about cars, many of which are very interesting.
Numbers, numbers, numbers...
1. There are currently 1 billion cars on Earth.
2. 165,000 cars are produced daily in the world.
3. The smell of a new car is made up of fifty volatile organic compounds.
4. It will take you no more than 6 months to travel by car to the moon if you move at a speed of 95 km / h.
5. In luxury car will include at least 19 young ladies.
6. An average car consists of 30,000 parts.
7. 75% of Rolls-Royce cars ever made are still on the road. different countries peace.
8. The average American spends 38 hours a year in traffic jams.
9. The chance of dying in a car accident is 1 in 5,000.
10. From 2008 to 2014, drivers in Turkmenistan were given 120 liters of gasoline a month free of charge.
11. Car with the most high mileage traveled a total of 4,586,630 kilometers.
12. Most fast car in the world - Bugatti Veyron Super Sport at a speed of 431 km/h. We are talking, of course, about cars that are operated on public roads.
13. Every car spends 95% of its life in a parking lot.
14. During an accident, 40% of drivers never press the brake pedal.
Facts, facts, facts...
1. While in prison, Hitler applied to the Mercedes office with a request to issue a loan to buy a car.
2. Volkswagen Group owns Audi, Bentley, Porsche, Bugatti, Ducati and Lamborghini.
3. The first car accident happened in 1891 in Ohio, USA.
4. Foreigners are convinced that in Russia riding dirty car considered a criminal offence.
5. Car crashes are the #1 cause of death for American youth under the age of 35.
6. Los Angeles has more cars than people.
7. The creator of cruise control was blind.
8. In 1941, Henry Ford made a car... out of soybeans.
9. In New York, cars are not allowed to honk - except in extreme situations.
10. When a Volvo engineer developed three-point harness security, the company decided to open a patent for this invention for general free use. This saves one life every 6 minutes.
11. In the early 20th century, horses were causing so much pollution through their feces that cars were considered an "environmentally friendly" alternative. 
12. Sunday lunch can be placed under the hood of a car, and if you drive long enough, it will have time to fully cook.
