Showing posts with label Car World Records. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Car World Records. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
F1 Race Car vs Cool Mountain Road
A cool video of a Red Bull Formula 1 car racing up the highest motorable road in the world in northern India's Kashmir state. This is a world record for the world's highest run by a Formula 1 car at 18,380 feet. Spectacular car....spectacular scenery! Enjoy the video.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Oldest car 'La Marquise' sold for $4.2 million
The world’s oldest car 'La Marquise' sold for auction yesterday for a cool $4.6 million. The 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trépardoux was originally estimated to be worth approx $2 million.Cool cars don't always have to be new super cars!
The 3-wheeled water powered car, known as ”La Marquise,” predates the “birth of the automobile,” when Karl Benz was granted the first patents to build a gasoline-powered car in 1886. La Marquise, which was officially billed as the “oldest running motor car,” could carry four people at a speed of 37 mph.
Only 20 “La Marquise” cars were produced and only 6 are left in existence. The one that just sold at auction was also in the world’s first automobile race in 1887.
In order to drive the world’s oldest car, you had to heat the water reservoir with coal, wood, or paper for about a half an hour before enough steam was built up to propel the car. The recent buyer, who decided to stay anonymous, is only the fifth person to own the car in the last 127 years. The car was last sold in 2007 for $3.5 million.
The 3-wheeled water powered car, known as ”La Marquise,” predates the “birth of the automobile,” when Karl Benz was granted the first patents to build a gasoline-powered car in 1886. La Marquise, which was officially billed as the “oldest running motor car,” could carry four people at a speed of 37 mph.
Only 20 “La Marquise” cars were produced and only 6 are left in existence. The one that just sold at auction was also in the world’s first automobile race in 1887.
In order to drive the world’s oldest car, you had to heat the water reservoir with coal, wood, or paper for about a half an hour before enough steam was built up to propel the car. The recent buyer, who decided to stay anonymous, is only the fifth person to own the car in the last 127 years. The car was last sold in 2007 for $3.5 million.
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