*Today's interesting facts*  🚗 cars

 

 

 

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 ðŸ”·The average car has 30,000 parts.

🔷It costs US$8,876 per year to own and maintain an average car in the U.S. That's US$443,800 in 50 years

 ðŸ”·The word “car” is from the Latin carrum, which originally meant a “two-wheeled Celtic war chariot.” The Latin is further derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kers- “to run

🔷The world's fastest street-legal production car is the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, at 267 mph (431 km/h)

🔷There are 1 billion cars currently in use on earth.

🔷More men than women die each year in car accidents, most likely because men typically drive more miles than women and are more likely to engage in riskier driving practices.

 ðŸ”·During a car crash, 40% of drivers never even hit the brakes.

🔷A car is stolen in the United States every 45 seconds

 ðŸ”·The best selling car of all time is the Toyota Corolla, with over 30 million sales since 2009. One Corolla is sold every 40 seconds around the world.[

🔷95% of a car's lifetime is spent parked.

 ðŸ”·Volkswagen owns twelve well-known car brands from 7 European countries

Including Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commerical Vehicles, Scania and MAN.

🔷Approximately 75% of the cars that Rolls Royce has produced in its history are still on the road

🔷Texting while driving increases the chances of a crash by 23 times.

 ðŸ”·Most new cars fake engine noise through speakers. They are quite silent otherwise.

🔷The odds of dying in a car accident are around 1 in 5,000

🔷Traffic accidents kill 1.25 million people per year.

 ðŸ”·In the early years of the 20th century, horses were causing so much pollution with their poop that cars were seen as the "green" alternative.

🔷Airbags move at up to 4500 miles per hour and deploy within 40 milliseconds of a crash. They are designed to deploy at an impact speed of 19 miles per hour

 ðŸ”·The average American spends about 38 hours a year stuck in traffic.

🔷In 1924, half the cars in the world were Fords.

🔷92% of all new sold cars in Brazil

use ethanol as fuel, which is produced from sugar cane.

 ðŸ”·When the car radio was introduced, some states wanted to ban it arguing that it could distract drivers and cause accidents.

 ðŸ”·35% of the world's population drives on the left side of the road.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷The "new car smell" is composed of over 50 volatile organic compounds.