14 Incredible Automotive Industry Superlatives
Here's a definitive list of all the extremes of the automotive industry. We've got the lightest cars, most powerful engines, widest tracks, and tallest trucks - the list makes for fascinating reading
Longest car ever: 2016 Mercedes-Maybach Pullman (6.5 metres)
Shortest car ever: 1962 Peel P50 (1.3 metres)
Widest car currently on sale: Lamborghini Aventador (2.0 metres)
Widest pickup truck ever: 2009 Dodge Ram 3500 (2.4 metres)
Lowest ever car: 1956 Lotus Eleven (0.8 metres)
Widest front track on a pickup truck: Ford F-150 SVT Raptor (1.9 metres)
Widest rear track on a car: 2014 BMW i8 (1.7 metres)
Heaviest car currently on sale: Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended Wheelbase (2745kg)
Lightest car currently on sale: Ariel Atom (456kg)
Biggest engine in a car currently on sale: Dodge SRT Viper (8.4-litre V10)
Most powerful N/A petrol engine: 2013 Ferrari LaFerrari (6.3-litre V12)
Most torque ever made in a car: 2011 Hennessey Venom GT (1155lb ft)
Highest top speed for an N/A engine: 1992 McLaren F1 (243mph)
Best selling model: Toyota Corolla (Over 39 million sales since 1966)
Comments
Dat Corolla got me though…
15: car most bought by people at CT- BMW M3
Please use SI system of measurement?
some of these really put things into perspective. i had no idea that an i8’s rear track was nearly as wide as a Raptor’s front track. or that a RR weighed that much (i knew it was heavy, but damn)
Honda could’ve the same power as the Laferarri. 789bhp : 6.3 liter = 125,24
125,25bhp x 2 liter = 250bhp the same amount of bhp as the S2000 N/A. So in fact the S2000 is equal in power.
That is called ‘specific’ power output.
Really nice artical Darren! Really enjoyed reading this! But you got one thing wrong, the Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended Wheelbase is not hte heavisest. The Hell cat is the heaviest of them all :)
Maybach pullman? More like pull alot judging by its length.
Can’t agree with the Corolla being the bestselling car. It includes eleven different generations, all different from each other. It is probably the bestselling nameplate, even if to add insult to injury, the tally includes Corollas sold under different names (Toyota Sprinter, Geo Prizm etc.). The bestselling model is the original VW Beetle, period.