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Random Car Facts
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I've heard a bunch of stuff. The older ones I know for a fact used Ford engines, and I believe I have also heard that new ones were either were Ford motors (which slip has confirmed as false), and that they were based off the modular engines.
Mod motors I've heard more than once.
Mod motors I've heard more than once.
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- SaftyJoe
Dragging this up,
Having the ignition by the gear lever means that the car is locked in reverse when the ignition is switched off, instead of locking the steering column like most (all) other cars.
Makes the cars much harder to steal by towing them away, and also, even if the car is hot-wired, it'll only go in backwards. It also means that, in the unlikely event that the key is turned to the lock position whilst driving you still have steering.
Having the ignition by the gear lever means that the car is locked in reverse when the ignition is switched off, instead of locking the steering column like most (all) other cars.
Makes the cars much harder to steal by towing them away, and also, even if the car is hot-wired, it'll only go in backwards. It also means that, in the unlikely event that the key is turned to the lock position whilst driving you still have steering.
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I've got a few:
- The Toyota GT-One was homologated because the rules said the mandatory road car had to have a luggage compartment big enough for a suitcase. Toyota's response? An empty fuel tank. And it passed.
- The Chevrolet Cavalier (badged and sold as a Toyota in Japan) raced in the GT300 class in the JGTC in the late 90's.
- The Porsche 911 was supposed to be named the '901', yet Peugeot had a licencing agreement for naming cars with three digits and an '0' in the middle.
- The multifunction dash display in R34 Skyline GT-Rs had a subscription-based TV tuner pre-installed. Driving above 5 km/h, the image disappears yet the audio still plays through the speakers.
- Wiesmann's logo is a gecko, apparently to show how their cars stick to the road like a gecko sticks to a wall.
- Mitsubishi used the Lancer Evolution IIIs AWD system, engine and transmission as a basis for the HyperGear Sports R, a sports variant of the Mitsubishi RVR, otherwise known as an Eagle Summit.
- The Californian-spec 1980 Corvette had a 305 ci. V8, pushing out a mere 180 HP and was mated to a 3-speed automatic transmission.
- The Lada Niva (or 4x4 as it's officially marketed) started production in 1977 and, in one form or another, has remained in production ever since.
- The Vector M12 uses turn signals from a first gen Mazda Miata/MX-5.
- The transmission in a Mercedes-Benz SLS is the exact same as the Ferrari California's.
- In order for the Peugeot 206 to be viable for rallying, the overall length needed to be increased. The result was simply adding extended front and rear bumpers to a regular 206 and selling it as a 'GT' model.
- All Aston Martin models since the DB9 have a pen mounted in the dashboard. Also, the crystal key fob is referred to as an 'Emotion Control Unit' by Aston themselves.
- The Toyota GT-One was homologated because the rules said the mandatory road car had to have a luggage compartment big enough for a suitcase. Toyota's response? An empty fuel tank. And it passed.
- The Chevrolet Cavalier (badged and sold as a Toyota in Japan) raced in the GT300 class in the JGTC in the late 90's.
- The Porsche 911 was supposed to be named the '901', yet Peugeot had a licencing agreement for naming cars with three digits and an '0' in the middle.
- The multifunction dash display in R34 Skyline GT-Rs had a subscription-based TV tuner pre-installed. Driving above 5 km/h, the image disappears yet the audio still plays through the speakers.
- Wiesmann's logo is a gecko, apparently to show how their cars stick to the road like a gecko sticks to a wall.
- Mitsubishi used the Lancer Evolution IIIs AWD system, engine and transmission as a basis for the HyperGear Sports R, a sports variant of the Mitsubishi RVR, otherwise known as an Eagle Summit.
- The Californian-spec 1980 Corvette had a 305 ci. V8, pushing out a mere 180 HP and was mated to a 3-speed automatic transmission.
- The Lada Niva (or 4x4 as it's officially marketed) started production in 1977 and, in one form or another, has remained in production ever since.
- The Vector M12 uses turn signals from a first gen Mazda Miata/MX-5.
- The transmission in a Mercedes-Benz SLS is the exact same as the Ferrari California's.
- In order for the Peugeot 206 to be viable for rallying, the overall length needed to be increased. The result was simply adding extended front and rear bumpers to a regular 206 and selling it as a 'GT' model.
- All Aston Martin models since the DB9 have a pen mounted in the dashboard. Also, the crystal key fob is referred to as an 'Emotion Control Unit' by Aston themselves.
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Don't know if its been said already but the reason the Nismo (and Nissan) Works teams uses the number 23 is because in Japanese 23 is said as NI-San
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What's sad is, I speak fluent Japanese and never noticed that.
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Wait a minute, that's actually true?
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Volvo invented the modern seat belt
The average car has four wheels
The fastest front wheel drive to lap the nurburgring is the renault Megane rs
The average car has four wheels
The fastest front wheel drive to lap the nurburgring is the renault Megane rs
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I believe so. Contrary to what you might think, she's also eligible to vote in general elections. As far as we know, though, she has never exercised this right.
Steering and spare?
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- Reikeimaru08
- Contrary to popular belief, an engine never "explodes", it just sort of combusts with the fuel =P
- The AE86 was used by Kraft racing for a little while in the GT300 class, it was popular but sadly not that great, so it was abandoned for a new MR-S.
Heck it was in GT2 and loads of fun! Bring it back PD!
- The AE86 was used by Kraft racing for a little while in the GT300 class, it was popular but sadly not that great, so it was abandoned for a new MR-S.
Heck it was in GT2 and loads of fun! Bring it back PD!
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Jeremy's Maserati from the cheap italian supercars challenge blew into pieces
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It blew out, and that's as close as it gets aside from the engine catching on fire, so yeah good enough though for a blowout 
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The fuel inside the engine actually explodes only during/after detonation and the knocking sound is the result of the shockwave. Any other time the fuel combusts (at under 20 m/s at that), hence "internal combustion".
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In the early '70s, Chevrolet built several Corvette-based concept cars powered by rotary engines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Aerovette
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Aerovette
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The GT-86(BRZ/FR-S) has a bore and stroke of 86mm. This means a Fiat 500 has a 1570L displacement. No, wait...
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Since when do driving and the desire to be a president matter to eachother? 
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Since when do driving and the desire to be a president matter to eachother?
'Merica.
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