Automobile

Volkswagen controls twelve well-known automotive brands from seven European countries.

Automobile

The Latin word "car" derives from the word "chorus" which means two-wheel wagon.

Automobile

An airbag just takes 40 milliseconds for a vehicle to deflate.

Automobile

The only comfort was a hand-stitched leather bench seat and a polished wooden floor.

Automobile

The automobile is the most recycled commodity in the world.

Automobile

That some of the Japanese car manufacturers established in the overseas countries export back to Japan.

Automobile

Car crashes cost $518 billion worldwide and each nation costs one to two percent of its annual GDP.

Automobile

Car crashes are the ninth leading cause of death and constitute 2.2% of all deaths worldwide.

Automobile

The Flatmobile is the lowest streetcar in the world at just 19 cm long.

Automobile

One of the four cars in the world is from China.

Automobile Facts

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

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

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

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

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

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Ferrari manufactures a maximum of 14 cars a day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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