Newsletter / Did you know?

1. An airbag moves up to 4500 mph within a second when triggered. A
force of 200g is generated. They are designed to explode at an impact
speed of 19 mph. The bag inflates within 40 milliseconds of a crash.

2. The worlds longest traffic hold up was 110 miles long, between Paris
and Lyon on the French Autoroute in 1980. A more recent contender for
the title was a 100 mile long traffic jam, near Hamburg in Germany in
1993.

3. In 1924 a Ford automobile cost $265.

4. The worlds smallest production car is a Peel P50, 1962-1965, 53"
long and 39" wide, weighing 130 pounds, top speed is 38 mph and in there
are only 20 left in the world.