Ten Interesting Car Facts

Interesting facts on car or the car industry that you might know or not know, so read on!

1. The First Japanese car in the United States was the Honda Accord manufactured in November 1982.

2. The first car used lever instead of steering wheel

3. An airbag takes only 40 milliseconds to inflate after an accident.

4. Ferrari only sells about 14 cars every day.

5. The world's longest traffic hold-up was between Paris and Lyon on the French Autoroute in 1980. it was about 110 miles long.

6. Tata breaks the world records by producing the world's cheapest car, Tata Nano.

7. Windshield wipers were introduced by a woman.

8. The Mclaren F1 was once the fastest car in the world, with 627hp brake horsepower rating.

9. Toyota Corolla has held the record of selling 30 million models before being replaced through Toyota Yaris in 2007. This has been one of the most incredible sales rates in the history of Toyota cars.

10. One of the widest car traveling roads in the world have been the Monumental Axis in Brazil with some of the greater spaces coming over for 160 cars that can drive side by side.

An Event You Woudn't Want To Miss!

Calling all performance cars/supercars lovers and enthusiasts!!

Be prepared for the upcoming JPM Hills Climb Time Challenge 09 that is taking place next week!

This event is an opportunity for supercars and performance car owners to put their vehicles to the test, and let me assure all of you that you will be seeing cars from brands such as Porsche, Ferrari, Nissan, Lotus, Aston Martin, Lamborghini and many more!

These car owners will be doing either the uphill climb or downhill descents, as well as Forest-One Time Attack obstacle competition.

Let me give you a sneak peek of the cars they bring in for the event's press conference:

Are you a fan of this sexy red Ferrari?

Or, are you more into this sporty Lamborghini?

For me, this is my favourite.

If you are not really into these two brands, i'm sure one of these would be.

Now, imagine you are at the hills side, where 80-100 supercars/performance cars ranging from different brands gathered for a race. That means, you would see all Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Lamborghini and etc in various different colours and designs all at one go! Don't you think it's amazing?

Come and see for yourself, and you would be getting a breeze of fresh air too as it's held in Bukit Tinggi. Here are the details:

Event Name: JPM Motorsport Hills Climb Time Challenge 09
Organizer:JP Performance Motorsport
Location :Berjaya Hills Resort, Bukit Tinggi
Date:9th till 11th October 2009

See you guys there next week!