Automobile Facts

Hong Kong has more Rolls-Royce cars per capita than any other country in the world, according to a source.

Vehicles from Mercedes-Benz are assembled worldwide in 30 countries.

Every year, over $60 billion worth of car maintenance goes unperformed.

It takes half an ounce of gas to start a car.

The first cars did not have steering wheels. They were operated by a lever.

Ferrari manufactures a maximum of 14 cars a day.

Honda is the first Japanese carmaker to open a plant in the U.S. in the early 1980s.

Daihatsu, Nissan, Suzuki, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Isuzu, and Honda are all Japanese car makers.

The rubber used in the tires on a car is vulcanized.

Toyota's first car factory (now the Honsha Plant) was built in Koromo-Cho.

China produces almost a quarter of the world’s total cars.

In 1980, Japan became the world’s leading auto producer.