The world’s most expensive car, Mercedes Benz CLK LM (198mph) was sold for the highest price ever in the car industry at 786,592 Euros. This was way back in 1997 when the car first hit European markets. In addition to this high price, the car was ranked as the second fastest car in 1997.

The leading high speed production car all over the world before and after 2000 is the SSC Ultimate Aero car travelling at a maximum speed of 257mph.The car is also remembered as being the highest fuel guzzler of all time between 1993 and 2000.There is no other production car in the world that has been able to match the record set by this car.

Japanese carmakers who are known to rank second in producing the fastest cars after Germany has their fastest car of all time being Nissan GT-R.The car has a record speed in Japan at 195mph.In addition to the car’s great speed, the Nissan GT-R car is also remembered for being the most stable racing car in the world.

Ever heard of gold plating on a car engine? McLaren’s F1 road car has its engine bay plated with pure gold. This s due to the fact that gold is the best known heat reflecting metal in the world. Since this is generally a racing car therefore it heats up quite fast and the excess heat is reflected using gold.

The legendary Porsche 911 was previously badged and labeled as 901 before they was a huge disagreement with Peugeot who had been a long time using “0” in numbering its models. In addition to this, the Porsche 911 GT2 is known in the history of cars as being the first model in Porsche 911 to cross the 200mph mark.

Bugatti, the fastest car as of now had the gearbox of its Veyron model constructed by not less than 50 engineers. This gearbox holds the record for being one of the most complicated transmissions in cars. The knowledge of repairing the gearbox is only known to the 50 engineers who constructed the gearbox.

The Aston Martin DB5 used in the James Bond films (Thunder ball and Gold finder) and driven by Sean Connery holds record for being the most expensive car sold at an auction in 2006.The car was sold for an amazing 1 million Euros. Among the most amazing features of the car include in built machine guns, automated oil slick ejector(s) and tyre slashers.

The London motor fair began back in 1895 November and has been on going till today. The first motor fair was organized by Sir Everlyn Ellis, a founder member of RAC.The first show had only five cars with the total people turn out being slightly under 500 people.

The longest limousine in the world is 100 feet long. The limousine also doubles as the world’s longest car and was built in Burbank, California by Jay Oberg. Among the most exclusive features of the limousine are a water-bed (King size) and a fully complete swimming pool that has a diving board.

The use of inertia turbochargers in boosting a car’s fuel efficiency and speed has turbines that have the ability of spinning at 250,000rpm.This is the highest revolution rate all over the world.

Important facts about cars
Electric cars have swept all over the car industry causing a great competition especially after their successful introduction in late 2005.What most people do not know is that the history of electric cars dates back to 1880s.The first electric car in the world was built in 1891 by William Morrison. However the glory of these cars was short-lived as they were displaced by Ford cars in 1908.

Scrapping junk cars is ultimately the best way to dispose off your junk car as of now. This is one of the upcoming trends in the car industry. However this trend is not as new as most people take it to be. This is because of the fact that car scrapping existed long time ago but it was then referred to as recycling. The practice of recycling cars was done away with after the world’s main car manufacturers; Toyota started using reusable materials in making the cars.

USA ranks top in the list on countries that have the most number of cars in the world. The ratio of cars to people stands at 765 cars in every 1000 people. Luxembourg ranks second with a ration of 686 cars in every 1000 people. Malaysia follows closely with 641 cars in every 1000 people.

Most car manufacturers in the world today are resulting to using carbon fiber as opposed to steel in the manufacture of car frames. Very few people apart from the manufacturers are aware of the fact that carbon fibers are equally strong just like steel and also are 60 times light as compared to steel.

The earliest plastic bodied car was manufactured by Ford manufacturers and it was referred to as soybean car. However until now, it has never been established the plastic materials used by the legendary Henry Ford in manufacturing the car. However according to sources in the manufacturer’s camp, the design of the plastic car was mainly soybean fibers.

One of the wheels used by trucks used in purposeful built mining has a height of about 3.7 meters. These wheels are also the most expensive wheels all over the world. The replacement of any of these wheels goes for a minimum of about $6,000.The main reason behind their design is due to the fact that these trucks carry very heavy loads.

Car manufacturers and other players in the car industry have embarked on a research to manufacture car fuel using waste materials. These materials include saw dust, used baby diapers, waste chocolate bars, coffee grounds and cow dung. In addition to this, they also intend to recycle plastics and come up with a standard gasoline to be used in running cars.

The longest servicing and oldest car model that is still in the market now is the Toyota Corolla Compact. The first introduction of this model in the market was in 1966 and since then it has undergone at least 10 redesigns in only 4.5 decades. The car model has sold over 32 million cars in its manufacturing plants found in 16 countries all over the world.

The world’s fastest car, Thrust SSC has an unbroken speed record of 763 mph.This translates to about 1,228 kmph. The car is also known as being the first ground car to be able to break the sound barrier. Plans are still underway to improve this first car and come up with another one that is set to break the first record with a speed of 1000mph.

The world racing record was broken in 1911 May 30 by Ray Harroun using his Marmon Wasp car. He drove alone through out the race unlike his competitors who had co-drivers with them. His car was unique in that it had been built in a streamlined design with only the driver’s sitting capacity in the cabin.