27+ Interesting Facts About Cars for Kids

If you know the character of Lightning McQueen, chances are you like reading interesting facts about cars and watching related movies. We love cars and rely on them, and in turn, they shape our world in various ways. They are a fascinating subject, making us wonder about the possibilities of automobile engineering and its evolution. Cars symbolise freedom, engineering masterpieces, and often unexpected sources of wonder. If you like reading about them, you are in the right place. In this blog, you will discover interesting facts and figures about cars. Let’s begin.

20 Fun Facts About Cars

Cars are more than just metal. They are emotions for many people who work hard day and night to save money for such a big investment. Moreover, some people like to purchase and store vintage and classic cars for the sake of old times. 

1. The smallest car ever made was the Peel P50. These cars were so small that they could fit in a washing machine.
2. The Bugatti Chiron can go from 0 to 60 mph in just a blink of an eye.
3. Modern cars have more computing power than the Apollo 11 spacecraft.
4. Electric cars don’t have gearboxes which means that there is one less thing to worry about.
5. There are people who collect miniatures of cars which may include thousands of limited-edition ones. 

6. Approx 30,000 parts are used to build a car.
7. Automatic vehicles are driven by 95 per cent of Americans.
8. The least popular car colour is purple and the most common car colour is white.
9. In an average car, there is about 50 pounds of copper wiring.
10. In the whole world, Toyota is the largest manufacturing company.

11. A maximum of 14 cars a day are manufactured by Ferrari.
12. Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car of all time.
13. Lock your doors, people! In the United States, a car is stolen every 45 seconds.
14. The word “Horsepower” was invented to compare steam engines with horses. So, the next time you are bragging about a car’s horsepower, remember that you are basically saying it is as strong as a bunch of horses. 
15. Tesla Model Y is the world’s best-selling car.

16. The longest-living car was 82 years old.
17. In the future, automatic cars will need a license for driving on open roads.
18. The maximum speed of a car during the early years was around 1769 was 4 km per hour.
19. Hitler begged for a car loan when he was in jail from Mercedes-Benz.
20. Volkswagen owns companies like Audi.

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10 Weird Facts about Cars

1. Every year 60 million cars are produced.
2. Around the world, 1 Billion cars are currently in use.
3. It would take less than a month to get to the moon via car.
4. The first car accident took place in 1891.
5. A typical car spends 95 per cent of its life parked up.

6. The check engine light is just the car’s way of saying, I am bored.
7. The smell of a “new car” is a compound of 50 chemicals.
8. San Marino has the highest number of cars per capita, with about 1.2.
9. Car accumulates more crumbs, hair, and mysterious gunk than a vacuum cleaner ever could.
10. Cars are 80% recyclable.

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