AUTOMOBILE

Interesting Facts about Automobile


1)The fuel mileage of an IndyCar Series car is less than 2 miles per gallon. That means that a car burns approximately 1.3 gallons of fuel per 2.5-mile lap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway


2)Austin, Herbert (1866-1941), Baron Austin of Longbridge, designed and built some of the first automobiles in the United Kingdom.


3)Sometime around the year 1478, Leonardo da Vinci drew out his plans for the world's first self-propelled vehicle. More than 500 years later (in 2004), the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence, Italy, built a working model of Leonardo's invention.


4The fuel pump in a NHRA Top Fuel Dragster has a flow rate of about 65 gallons of fuel per minute. To give you a better idea of how much fuel that is, just think of eight bathroom showers heads running simultaneously.


5)Air bag is an inflatable automobile safety device that helps protect a driver or passenger in a collision. An air bag is most effective used with lap and shoulder belts.


6)The Acabion GTBO can reach a top speed of 342 mph (550 kph). If it were able to sustain that driving speed, the Acabion GTBO could cover the approximately 870 miles (1,400 kilometers) between Atlanta, Ga., and New York City in slightly more than two and a half hours.


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