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Fun Car Facts
DID YOU KNOW?...
Mercedes Benz cars are named after Mercedes Jellinek, an Austrian girl
About a quarter of the world still drives on the left, and the
countries that do are mostly old British colonies.
There are more than 16,400 parking metres in Manhatten, New York.
Traffic jams are nothing new. In 45 BC, Rome banned all vehicles
from within the city - and in other cities vehicles, including
horses, were allowed only at night... because of traffic jams.
The city with the most Rolls Royce's per capita is Hong Kong.
On average a human being spends two weeks of their entire lives waiting for traffic lights to change
On Oct. 22, 1999, White Lightning Electric Streamliner, an electiric car owned by Dempsey's World Record Associates, achieved a record speed 245.951 m.p.h. at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA. The car was driven by Patrick Rummerfield (USA).
Please don't try to break any world records when driving our rental cars!
