Fun Automotive Facts
For years cars and trucks have been a passion and hobby for millions of Americans. Some call them fanatics others call them enthusiasts. Here are some fun facts collected by automotive world:
-The first automobile racetrack in the US was the Indianapolis Motor Speedway which consists of 3 million cobblestones.
-In its first year the VW Beetle sold only 330 cars in the United States.
-Women spend more than $65 million on new cars and trucks, influence 80 percent of all new car purchases, and bought 60 percent of new cars in 2001.
-In 1916, 55 percent of the cars in the world were Model T Fords, a record that has never been beaten.
-135 million cars travel the nation’s roads and interstates each day.
-The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
-One seventh of the new auto/truck sales in the US are in Southern California.
-The average 1999 model year automobile cost $5,674 per year to own and operate.
-In the 1970′s cars were scrapped almost twice as often as small trucks, but over the years cars have become more durable and in 1999 the scrappage rate was almost equal.
