Facts About Cars – 25 Fun Car Facts To WOW You!

Are you curious to learn some weird and wonderful facts about cars?

If so, excellent! You are in exactly the right place my friend…

It’s time to chat about car facts.

Let’s dive right in…

Facts about Cars

1 – Cars are the second most expensive thing you’ll buy in your lifetime.

2 – The average car will last for 11 years and 10 months before it needs to be replaced.

3 – There is a 1-in-4 chance that your next car purchase will be an SUV or truck.

4 – In 2017, there were 3,700 fatal accidents involving cars.

5 – Automakers don’t always disclose how much fuel their cars actually use on the sticker price as this can vary depending on driving conditions and other factors like weather.

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6. A new hybrid vehicle costs from $21,000 but can save you up to $7,400 over five years in gas money.

7 – Electric vehicles now make up about 1% of all cars sold each year with more people choosing them because they’re cheaper to run and maintain than traditional gasoline powered vehicles.

8 – There are two types of airbags – frontal airbags designed to protect drivers from hitting steering wheels or dashboards during collisions while side impact airbags work by cushioning passengers’ heads if they hit an object such as a door frame or window during a collision which is why side impact airbags have become standard equipment in newer models of passenger vehicles today.

9 – A new car will lose up to 20% of its value as soon as it leaves the lot.

10 – Toyota is one of the top three manufacturers in terms of market share; Honda and Ford rank in fourth and fifth place, respectively.

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11 – The first car was built in 1885 by Karl Benz.

12 – There are more than one billion cars on the road today.

13 – The average car is driven 12,000 miles per year.

14 – Americans spend more time commuting by car than any other industrialized nation.

15 – In 2011, there were 3,129 traffic fatalities involving pedestrians and cyclists – an increase of 10% from 2010 to 2011.

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16 – In 2012, 537 people died as a result of distracted driving (texting or talking) while behind the wheel.

17 – In order for an electric vehicle to get 200 miles worth of power from solar panels, it would take up an area of land equal to 3 football fields.

18 – It takes around 100 million barrels of oil annually just to keep all the world’s cars running.

19 – A Ford Model T cost $850 when it was first released in 1908; adjusted for inflation that would be about $18,500 today (That’s not including maintenance).

20 – Americans spend an average of 40 hours per year stuck in traffic.

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21 – You should get rid of your old car if it’s costing more than $300 per month to maintain.

22 – The first car was powered by coal.

23 – In the 1920’s, cars were more popular than horses.

24 – Cars are responsible for 10% of all global warming. Cars produce more carbon dioxide than airplanes.

25 – Car accidents are one of the leading causes of death in America (after heart disease and cancer).

The average car weighs about 3,000 pounds.

In 2012, the most popular color of car was black with 26% of all new vehicles sold being that color while white had 20% and gray had 15%.

Gold came in fourth place with 7%. Silver is also a popular color for cars coming in at fifth place with 6%.

When it comes to buying a new car or leasing one, you should consider whether it will be worth your money over time by considering how much value it will lose over its lifetime when compared with buying a cheaper model and then trading it in at 80% of its original value after three years.

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