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- The 1st automobile racetrack in the US was the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
which consists of 3 million cobblestones.
- In its 1st year the VW Beetle sold only 330 cars in the United States.
- Women spend more than $65 million on new cars and trucks, influence 80
percent of all new car purchases, and will buy 60 percent of new cars in 2001.
- In 1916, 55 percent of the cars in the world were Model T Fords, a record
that has never been beaten.
- 135 million cars travel the nation's roads and interstates each day.
- The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
- One seventh of the new auto/truck sales in the US are in Southern
California.
- The average 1999 model year automobile cost $5,674 per year to own and
operate.
- In the 1970's cars were scrapped almost twice as often as small trucks,
but over the years cars have become more durable and in 1999 the scrappage
rate was almost equal.
- The city with the most Rolls Royce's per capita is Hong Kong.
- Windshield wipers were invented by a woman.
- The brake light in the rear windows was put there after a suggestion by
Elizabeth Dole.
- The first person to win the Indianapolis 500 at a speed of over 100 MPH
without a relief driver was Billy Arnold who won in 1930 with an average speed
of 100.448 MPH.
- The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for
automobiles. At the time, the most known player on the market was the
Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
- In 2002 30% of the cars sold were SUVs.
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