For the past 15 years, four car manufacturers have been fighting over the title for fastest car, with Koenigsegg starting the challenge back in 2004. Their ‘CCR’ can went up to 387,866 km/h. The Bugatti Veyron beat the record, being the first car in history surpassing the 400 km/h mark.
An American manufacturer built the Aero Ultimate with a speed of 412,28 km/h, followed by the Hennessey Venom GT (non-official record of 435,31 km/h) and Koenigsegg Agera 447,19 km/h).
All records were broken in September 2019, with the Bugatti Chiron going up to an impressive 490,484 km/h (and sold at €2,4 million, in case anyone was wondering).
Bugatti also holds the record of most expensive car. For the occasion of its 110th anniversary, the manufacturer revealed an ultra-luxurius ‘black car’, with a price tag of €16,7 million, a 16 cylindre engine and horsepower of 1500.
The Peel P50 is the smallest car in the world, with just three tyres and measuring 1.37 metres in length. It was produced on the Isle of Man between 1962 and 1964 following the vision of Cyril Cannell. It can transport one person with luggage, going at a speed of 61 km/h.
. Manufacturers stopped producing the car in 1964, after a total of 50. To date, only 27 remain, making it one of the rarest vehicles in the world.
In 1992, collector and carmaker for television and film Jay Ohrberg created a rather unusual limousine, to say the least. It is an impressive 30.5 metres long and has no less than 26 tyres, two engines, a jacuzzi and a heliport..
Whilst Volkswagen is the most sold in Luxembourg, the Asian and American markets are dominated by the Toyota Corola, with 1.02 million of them sold in 2019.
If you think being stuck in Luxembourg traffic each and every morning is bad, think again. An enormous traffic jam was recorded in China in 2010. It spread over 100km and lasted a total of twelve days. The express road G110 linking Beijing and Zhangjakou was blocked due to an increase and heavy weight vehicles and maintenance works. With no possibility to turn back, drivers had no other option but staying stuck in the longest traffic jam ever recorded.
