Facts about cars
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Classic Aston Martin car was acquired for one million dollars
Classic car market does not seem at all affected by the crisis. Aston Martin DB4 GT cars manufactured in 1963, in superb condition, was sold for one million dollars at an auction organized last weekend, the American city of Phoenix, in Arizona. The beautiful Aston Martin DB4 GT coupe ...
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The first hybrid Ferrari will be launched in March 2010
Luca di Montezemolo, Fiat's chairman, announced that Ferrari will unveil at the Geneva Motor Show, a hybrid version of the model 599 GTB Fiorano - a first for the most famous sports car manufacturer. Ferrari enters into the world of car manufacturers that use hybrid propulsion systems. Obviously, Ferarri ...
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interesting motorcycle facts
The German inventor Gottlieb Daimler is generally credited with building the first practical motorcycle in 1885. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that in 2000, 631 motorcyclists were saved by wearing their helmet. Motorcycles and scooters are, on average, about twice as fuel efficient as cars. Up to eight motorbikes ...
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Interesting Facts about Car Airbags
The airbag Inventor is considered the American Allen Breed . Breed invented his first sensor and safety system in 1968: this was the world's first electromechanical automotive air bag system of its kind. Air bags comprise two major types: frontal air bags built into the steering wheel ...
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Interesting facts about Volkswagen Cars
Volkswagen means "people's car" in German. In 1947, Volkswagen signed a deal to export cars to the Netherlands, and it was then that the car, now known as the Volkswagen Beetle became, available to the general public. The Volkswagen Golf has been around since 1974 . The predecessor to the Volkswagen Golf ...
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Interesting facts about Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari is the founder of the Ferrari range of cars . Apart from the mobile, Ferrari also has perfumes, sunglasses and laptop computers under its brand name. The horse icon was designed by a Turin based company Cerrato and was engraved by Incerti for Ferrari Scaglietti ...
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Interesting facts about Mercedes Benz
The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz's and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”. Mercedes have won 35 Grand Prix titles as constructor. The Mercedes ...
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Interesting Car Facts
The first known automobile was built in 1668, it was a two foot long steam powered model constructed by Ferdinand Verbiest, a Belgian Jesuit preis Initially cars were steered with a tiller. Steering wheels were first introduced in 1898 by a Panhard & Levassor model. The first car for ...
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Interesting facts about Bugatti
Bugatti was founded in Molsheim (1909), France, as a manufacturer of high performance automobiles by Ettore Bugatti, an Italian man described as an eccentric genius. With the price tag of ≈ € 1.28 million ≈ £1,14 million$1,70 million Bugatti Veyron is the most expensive car in ...