It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
20
The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
36
Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
1
Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
56
More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
55
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
120
