Today we are surrounded by a lot of different cars. Without this vehicle, it is hard to imagine a modern man.
There are some facts from the history of the automotive industryAnd people associated with it, you did not know. We will consider them together.
1. The first car drawing made by Leonardo da Vinci.
2. The company Mercedes is named after the founder's daughter - Mercedes-Benz. What about Logo Mercedes - it's a three-beam star, which symbolizes the company's progress in three areas - in the air, on land and on water. The company manufactures engines for ships, planes and cars.
3. In 1925-34 years the Eiffel Tower was advertising medium. Founder Citroën Group - André Citroën rented the tower to advertise their group.
4. Volkswagen Beetle (Beetle) - the ancestor of the subspecies vehicles like buggies. This name comes from the diminutive form of the English word «bug», «buggy» - «bug". In 1968, there were buggies, which combined the chassis Volkswagen Beetle and original open body.
5. Famous Steve Jobs traveled only by car brand Mercedes-Benz SL 55 AMG, moreover without license plates. In California, the law under which the installation room is given for six months. The inventor of the "Yabloko" signed a contract with the dealership, and every six months he took a new Mercedes, plus the old return.
6. Earlier, on the 24-hour race of Le Mans drivers we had to run to their cars, jump on them and start a movement. For a quick start, the ignition key is on the left. This tradition has passed on many cars, Porsche
7. To adjust the exhaust Audi RS4 were involved specialists of professional recording studio. They made it sound exhaust system. It goes like this: deep bass below, powerful tenor in the middle and eccentric soprano top.
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