Weird, strange & generally surprising car facts
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All industries have "not many people know that" facts and the world of cars is no different.
Autocar - 2/48
Vive La France
Alexandre Louis - 3/48
Volvo’s false start
Peter Froese - 4/48
Model T rules the world
Ford Motor Company - 5/48
Mighty Michigan
Detroit Public Library - 6/48
Record breaker
Autocar - 7/48
Titanic’s car
RM Sothebys - 8/48
Mass prediction
Autocar - 9/48
Electric first
Autocar - 10/48
1066 and all that
Autocar - 11/48
Samsung’s cars
Samsung - 12/48
Ford’s robots
Ford Motor Company - 13/48
Hitler’s cars
Autocar - 14/48
First electric cars
Autocar - 15/48
Lamborghini’s tractors
Lamborghini Trattori - 16/48
Opel’s shark attack
Autocar - 17/48
Fordlandia
Wikimedia - 18/48
Jaguar & SS Cars
Autocar - 19/48
Mercedes-Benz
Autocar - 20/48
Renault’s topless American dream
FCA - 21/48
The only metric everyone agrees on
Autocar - 22/48
Lightweight Porsche
Autocar - 23/48
Peugeot created the Porsche 911
Porsche - 24/48
The energy polarizer
Highway Patrol - 25/48
The origins of Alfa Romeo
Autocar - 26/48
A road-going dodgem
Autocar - 27/48
Ford aerospace
Wikimedia - 28/48
Messerschmitt’s cars
Autocar - 29/48
Twenty’s plenty
Autocar - 30/48
See the light
Autocar - 31/48
Tesla’s Easter Eggs
Tesla - 32/48
Autocar road tests the Top Gear electric car
Autocar - 33/48
BMW’s British brand-fest
Autocar - 34/48
Ford owned Rover?
Autocar - 35/48
Nicked by a rally driver
Netherlands Nationaal Archief - 36/48
Toy rubber
Autocar - 37/48
Rover donors for exotic cars
Autocar - 38/48
Volvo’s first concept car
Volvo Cars - 39/48
V8-powered Citroën
Autocar - 40/48
The Wolseley
The Wolseley - 41/48
Puttering Along
Volkswagen - 42/48
A Minor matter
Autocar - 43/48
Rotary club
Citroen - 44/48
21st century Jeep woody
Autocar - 45/48
Straight-six Saab
Autocar - 46/48
Road safety
Autocar - 47/48
Speed kills?
Audi - 48/48
Jaguar’s Daimler
Jaguar Cars