The Supercar Registry - You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

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Black was the best-selling car color in 2018, according to used-car retailer CarMax, accounting for 22.3% of cars sold. White is next at 19.3%, followed by gray (17.6%), and silver (14.6%).

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An example of market dominance was the Ford Model T. In 1916, 55% of all the cars in the world were Model T Fords.

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The automobile industry employs 9.9 million Americans, or about 5.1% of private-sector employment, according to the Auto Alliance. Michigan and Ohio employ the most workers in the auto industry.

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11-26-2020 10:54 PM

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First speeding ticket: On Jan. 28, 1896, Walter Arnold was arrested for driving four times the speed limit in the countryside of Kent in England. Arnold was ticketed for driving at the hair-raising speed of 8 miles an hour and had to pay a fine of 1 shilling, plus other costs. The London resident was nabbed by a police officer on a bicycle.

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11-26-2020 10:55 PM

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A modern Formula 1 car can drive upside down in a tunnel at 120 miles per hour. F1 cars, whose average top speed is 233 miles per hour, produce around 3.5 gravitational forces when cornering. That means they have enough aerodynamic downforce to drive upside down in a tunnel.

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11-26-2020 10:56 PM

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A car crash typically occurs within an average of three seconds after a driver is distracted. Up to 80% of all automobile crashes involve some form of driver distraction.

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11-26-2020 10:58 PM

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About 65% of the world's motorists drive on the right side of the road.

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11-26-2020 11:01 PM

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The odds of dying in a car accident are 1-5,000. Those odds are a lot worse than perishing in a plane crash, which are 1-11 million.

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11-26-2020 11:02 PM

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Mechanical engineer Ralph Teetor, who lost his eyesight at age 5, invented cruise control in 1948, inspired to do so by his lawyer. Teetor designed a device that used magnets and springs to control the speed of an automobile.

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