Whether it’ s steam, solar power, or coffee, there’ s more than enough out-of-this world auto trivia to share. Keep reading— we’ re serving another fresh plate of interesting and zany car facts!
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Whether it’ s steam, solar power, or coffee, there’ s more than enough out-of-this world auto trivia to share. Keep reading— we’ re serving another fresh plate of interesting and zany car facts!
WORDS BY ANTONINA JOSON
Each car has approximately 22.7 kg of copper wiring inside.
There’ s about 23 kg of copper wires in the average petrol-powered car. EVs, on the other hand, have three or four times the amount of copper used for the rotor induction motor. Copper is a highly conductive element, which makes it perfect for high-speed data wires.
The world’ s largest car collection has 7,000 cars!
The world’ s largest private collection of cars belongs to the 29th monarch of Brunei, Sultan Hassnal Bolkiah. His collection of 7,000 cars includes hundreds of Bentleys, Ferraris, BMWs, and even more luxury vehicles. The Sultan even holds the Guinness World Record for the largest private collection of Rolls-Royce, with an estimated 500-600 vehicles. The entire collection is reportedly worth USD $ 5 billion( AUD $ 7 billion).
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Gas gauges were added to cars in 1922.
The first car was invented before the turn of the 20th century but didn’ t come with gas gauges until 1922, a full thirty-five years later. These gas gauges were mechanical and were an invention of convenience. Earlier methods of measuring gas used a ruler or a“ fuel stick” that drivers would dip in their gas tanks. The problem was that not every driver owned their own fuel stick, prompting car manufacturers to think of a more convenient solution.
The world’ s longest parade of classic cars had over 3,000 vehicles.
In May 2026, 3,596 vehicles in Oklahoma, USA gathered to break the world record. Not only did citizens of the state break a world record, they did so while celebrating the 100th anniversary of the USA’ s famous Route 66 highway.
The world’ s fastest tyre change took less than two seconds.
On the tracks of Formula 1, the Aston Martin Red Bull team broke the world’ s fastest pitstop record with 1.82 seconds. The team won the DHL Fastest Pit Stop award while their driver, Max Verstappen won the Brazil Grand Prix 2019.
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