The average car has 30,000 parts. Volkswagen owns Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Audi, Ducati and Porsche. The average American spends about 38 hours a year stuck in traffic. The first car accident occurred in 1891, in Ohio. The odds of dying in a car accident are around 1 in 5,000.
Car wrecks are the number one cause of death for Americans under 35. There are more cars than people in Los Angeles. The inventor of the cruise control was blind. The vehicle with the highest mileage covered a total of 2,850,000 miles (4,586,630 km). It is a criminal offense to drive around in a dirty car in Russia. In 1941, Henry Ford made a car out of soy beans. Most new cars fake engine noise through speakers. They are quite silent otherwise.