Top 7 Interesting Facts of Cars

1. The Lincoln Town car is the last US luxury car to still use body-on-frame construction, as opposed to a unibody frame, which allows it to be easily lengthened, explaining the car’s full domination of the limousine market.

2. When Oprah gave the audience cars back in 2004, they were not really free. They had to pay about $6,000 in federal and income taxes. Some people paid the taxes by taking out car loans; others traded their new Pontiacs for cheaper, less souped-up cars.

3. Norway has very strict rules on advertising cars as “green,” saying “cars can do nothing good for the environment except less damage than others.”

4. A Greek taxi driver has the highest recorded mileage to dateon a Mercedes. He donated his car to the museum, and he was gifted a new car.

5. Mr. Rodgers’ car was once stolen. The thief returned it back to him after he realized whose car it was.

6. Honda Prelude was the first mass produced car that featured a mechanical 4-wheel steering system. In its debut year it beat every car in the slalom test, including Porsche and Ferrari. 

7. In 2002 a car was reported running off the road in Surrey, England by multiple witnesses. Police arrived, but found no signs of a crash. After a careful search the car and driver were finally found but it was determined the accident occurred 5 months earlier.