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- As of 2003 the best selling car of all time is the Toyota Corolla |
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| - You can go from Europe to America in 4 hours on the Concorde. In 1900, the same trip took 7 to 10 days by boat. |
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| - The 32 mile Channel Tunnel cost $12billion, it is the worlds largest privately financed engineering endeavor. |
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| - In the UK it become compulsory to wear seat belts in the front seats of your car in 1983. |
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| -The largest producer of passenger cars is Japan with 8.3 million vehicles p/y. The largest in Europe is Germany with 5.1m.. |
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| - The earliest mechanical transportation system, the cart was used in 3500BC - the first wheeled vehicles in history. |
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| - Dr. von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle were co-inventors of the jet engine. Each one knew nothing of the other's work. |
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| - In 1934 Englishmen, Percy Shaw invented cats eyes or roads reflectors, at the age of 23. |
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| - The Golden Gate bridge was considered impossible to build, due to persistent fog, 60mph winds and strong ocean currents. |
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- In 1534, Charles I of Spain ordered the first survey of a proposed canal route through the Isthmus of Panama. Three centuries passed before the first construction was started on the Panama Canal. |
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| - Mobile Phones were first invented in1947. Although not sold commercially until 1983, AT&T came up with the idea. |
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| - The First self-propelled road vehicle was invented by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot in 1769. |
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| - Ralph Teetor, a prolific (blind) inventor, invented cruise control. He built his first car, a one-cylinder, by the age of 12. |
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| - The First self-propelled road vehicle was invented by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot in 1769. |
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| - One of aviation's greatest designers, Russian-born Igor Sikorsky began work on helicopters as early as 1910. By 1940, Sikorsky's successful VS-300 had become the model for all modern single-rotor helicopters |
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| - In 1679 Blaise Pascal invented the first public bus - horse-drawn, regular route, schedule, and fare system |
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| - In 1973, the GM research team invented the first car safety air bags that were first offered in a Chevrolet as an option |
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| - Charles Goodyear invented the vucanisation process in 1839, however, the first patented rubber tyre was by Robert Thomson in 1845. |
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| - In 1929, American Paul Galvin invented the first car radio. Consumers had to purchase the radios separately. Galvin coined the name "Motorola" for the company's new products combining the idea of motion and radio |
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| - Today, 96% of all paved roads and streets in the U.S. - almost two million miles - are surfaced with asphalt. |
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| - Karl Benz was a German engineer who designed and built the world's first automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine. |
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| - The average size of an engine made by Honda is 540cc. The smallest capacity produced is 20cc. |
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| - As of 2003 Japanese car brands held an 11.4% market share of new car sales as of 2003. |
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| - The world's most dangerous place to drive is South Korea with 80.33 per 1000 road users compared to the UK figure of 12.73 per 1000, according to the German Federal Highways Research Institute, 1998. |
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| - In 1821, Englishman, Julius Griffiths was the first person to patent a passenger road locomotive. |
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| - Charles Hall discovered electrolytic production of aluminum which brought the metal into wide commercial use. |
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| - Francis W. Davis invented power steering. In the 1920s, He developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering. Power steering became commercially available by 1951. |
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| - As of 2003 Japanese car brands held an 11.4% market share of new car sales as of 2003. |
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| - Claude Ruggieri, an Italian engineer, rocketed small animals into space as early as 1806. The payloads were recovered by parachute. |
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| - Fila the italian shoe producer have marketed a Ferrari-insipred shoe costing 130 Euros. |
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| - A UK company car driver travels on average 11,400 business miles per, each car cost an average 25,800 euros. |
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| - In 1832, W. H. James invented a rudimentary three-speed transmission. Panhard and Levassor are credited with the invention of the modern transmission - installed in their 1895 Panhard. |
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| - Edward Acheson invented carborundum, the hardest man-made surface was needed to bring about the industrial age. |
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| - The ancient Chinese had once fastened a myriad of small rockets to a wooden chair, where they positioned their emperor. In their attempt to reach the heavens, the chair (and the emperor) disappeared in a cloud of fire and smoke. |
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| - Odometer In 1854, Samuel McKeen of Nova Scotia designed the first version of the odometer, a device that measures mileage driven. His was attached to the side of a carriage and measured the miles with the turning of the wheels. |
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