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<\/a>Red Cherys ripe for the picking, fresh off the factory floor.<\/p><\/div>\n
Largest producer of vehicles:<\/b> Toyota <\/a>\u00a0managed to break General Motors\u2019 77-year run back in 2008 and the two companies have been fighting it out for top spot ever since. Toyota is the current record holder\u2026 at least according to the official book.<\/p>\n Tightest parallel parking of two cars:<\/b>\u00a0 Two Chinese drivers parked their cars in a space that was just 42 cm longer than the combined length of their cars.\u00a0 The make and model of the cars is unknown, but I\u2019m guessing they were little hatchbacks.<\/p>\n Biggest engine in a current production car:<\/b> Chrysler\u2019s <\/a>SRT Viper has a whopping 8.39-litre V10 powerplant. This adds up to 640 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque.\u00a0 This vehicle can do the 0\u201360 mph sprint in less than 3.5 seconds (the official Chrysler website claims \u201clow threes\u201d). It does the reverse (60\u20130 mph) in 106 feet.\u00a0 Top speed is 206 mph. \u00a0Translating this into SI units, we get 470.72 kW for the power, 813 Nm for the torque and 331.52 km\/h for the top speed.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to even think about its fuel economy.\u00a0 Let\u2019s just say that it\u2019s not for the frugal driver.<\/p>\n First folding car:<\/b> The Hiriko Fold, which is a two-seater that folds its chassis so three of them can park in the space needed for a normal four-door saloon.\u00a0 Not in general production yet.<\/p>\n The Honda FCX Clarity – a hydrogen-powered beauty.<\/p><\/div>\n First hydrogen powered car:<\/b> The Honda<\/a> FCX has the honour of being the first vehicle powered by hydrogen technology, as it came out in 2002.\u00a0 Because of the super-low emissions, hydrogen fuel technology is the newest and sexiest kid on the sustainable motoring block.\u00a0 This Honda is in production somewhere in the world, but both Honda and Toyota are thinking about pumping out a few more.<\/p>\n Average amount of time the typical commuter spends stuck in traffic in a year:<\/b> 38 hours.<\/p>\n Kilometres put on the clock by all driverless cars combined:<\/b> 300,000 km.\u00a0 All these have been part of the testing process of the driverless cars being worked on by Google.\u00a0 They haven\u2019t been in any major incidents so far during all this trial period.\u00a0 I still don\u2019t like them.\u00a0 If I\u2019m going to just sit there and do nothing during a commute, I\u2019ll take a bus instead.<\/p>\n Smallest roadworthy car:<\/b> a homemade job measuring 63.5 cm high, 65.4 cm wide and 1.26 m long.\u00a0 It might be road legal (in the USA, at least) but can barely fit a passenger and is rather short on safety features.<\/p>\n Longest motor racing circuit:<\/b> The (in)famous N\u00fcrburgring.<\/p>\n Fastest drift:<\/b> A Polish driver in a Toyota GTR 86 <\/a>managed to drift safely at 217.97 km\/h.\u00a0 The car in question had been modified to the eyeballs, so don\u2019t try this at home if you have a Toyota 86.<\/p>\n Happy driving,<\/p>\n<\/a>