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A typical vehicle spends 95% of its lifetime parked and only 5% actually driving on the road.

Long before gas engines, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built a steam-powered, self-propelled tricycle in 1769 that weighed 8,000 pounds and was intended to haul cannons.

Every year, an estimated $60 billion in necessary car maintenance goes unperformed by owners. car*facts

Approximately 90% of drivers admit to singing while they are behind the wheel.

Most American car horns are standardized to honk in the key of F . A typical vehicle spends 95% of its lifetime

The average car is composed of approximately 30,000 individual parts .

The 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen is widely considered the first modern automobile. Bertha Benz famously took it on the first long-distance road trip (60 miles) in 1888 to prove its practicality. Approximately 90% of drivers admit to singing while

Airbags deploy within just 40 milliseconds of a collision, inflating at speeds of up to 4,500 MPH .