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The #Mercedes SLR #McLaren had 37 patents created for its use of #carbon fibre #OMGfacts #cars


The #Rolls-Royce hood ornament is called the Spirit of Ecstacy #OMGfacts #cars


The #Bugatti #Veyron’s gearbox took 50 engineers five years to perfect #OMGfacts #cars


The original black-suited Stig from #TopGear was #F1 tester Perry McCarthy #OMGfacts #cars


Steve McQueen’s #Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso was sold at auction for ?1,168,850 on Aug 2007 #OMGfacts #cars


The #AstonMartin DB5 driven by S. Connery in #JamesBond Goldfinger and Thunderball was sold at auction in 2006 for more than ?1m #OMGfacts


Only 16 factory authorised right-hand drive prototype De Lorean DMC-12s were made for use in the #UK #OMGfacts #cars


The #Bugatti #Veyron is named after French #racing driver Pierre Veyron who won the 24 hour race at Le Mans for Bugatti in 1939 #OMGfacts


The #Bugatti #Veyron takes ten seconds to stop from its top speed of 253mph #OMGfacts #cars


The fastest production #car in the world is the 257mph SSC Ultimate Aero #OMGfacts


The propeller blades in low inertia turbochargers can spin at up to 250,000rpm #OMGfacts


Record for most cannon rolls of #car in film was set during filming #JamesBond Casino Royale when #AstonMartin was rolled 7 times #OMGfacts


David #Beckham’s first #car was a #Ford Escort #OMGfacts


The 195mph #Nissan GT-R is the fastest production #car ever built by a Japanese carmaker #OMGfacts


The fastest production #car around the Nurburgring is the Radical SR8 #OMGfacts


The #engine bay of a #McLaren #F1 road #car is #gold plated because it’s the best material for reflecting heat #OMGfacts


The paint on #Ferrari F40 is so thin you can see carbon fibre weave through it. More layers would have added undesirable weight #OMGfacts


The acronym K.I.T.T. (the #car from Knight Rider) stands for Knight Industries Two Thousand #OMGfacts


The #car driven by Steve McQueen in Bullitt is a dark ‘Highland Green’ 1968 #Ford #Mustang GT 390 CID Fastback #OMGfacts


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