25 Interesting Car Statistics You Didn't Know
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May 14, 2013
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Like any real project car is never finished, a real car enthusiast's car knowledge is never complete. Always hungry for new information about gas mileage, fast cars, car sales, and how much a one horsepower actually translates to in watts, we were poking around and selected some nuggets about rides that we thought you guys would be interested. Learn something knew with these 25 Interesting Car Statistics You Didn't Know.
There are approximately 300 million cars on the road in America.
The fastest speed clocked on the autobahn was 268.8 miles per hour.
When you add a teenager to your policy, the average cost goes up 156 percent.
Automobiles are the most recycled consumer product in the world.
Drivers kill more big game than hunters.
Irvin Gordon has driven more than 3,000,000 miles in his 1966 Volvo P1800S.
It takes 9.4 seconds for the 1980 Ferrari Mondial to get to 60 mph from a dead stop.
NASCAR cars get about 4.5 mpg.
Up 13 percent from 2011, 14.5 million cars were sold last year.
Goodyear makes more than 100,000 tires for NASCAR in a season.
The Ford F-Series has been the best-selling vehicle in America for 31 years, including 645,000 last year.
The 2002 Lingenfelter Corvette gets to 60 mph in 1.97 seconds. And it's street-legal.
New airbags cost about $1,000. On the black market, you can get them for $50-200.
Gas in Turkey is $9.89 per gallon.
The 1994 Honda Accord has been the most stolen car in America four years in a row.
One horsepower is equal to 746 Watts.
Stolen cars have approximately a 60-65 percent recovery rate.
Stolen motorcycles have approximately a 25-30 percent recovery rate.
The maximum weight for a U.S. semi truck and full trailer is 80,000 pounds.
The 23.8 mpg average in America last year was the best ever.
Semi trucks get an estimated 6.5 mpg diesel.
The Hennessey Venom GT is technically the fastest car in the world at 265.7 mph.
Seventy-nine percent of 16-34-year-olds say they do not send emails or texts while driving.
Spartanburg, SC has the lowest average price of gas right now at 3.178.
Under 21 drunk driving fatalities have declined 57 percent from 1991 to 2011 (1,249 in '11)
