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Volvo initially took little interest in Gordon's high-mileage car. He had written to the company twice, once after 250,000 mi (400,000 km) and again after 500,000 mi (800,000 km), only receiving a cursory response. [1]
A 1966 Volvo P1800S and its owner Irv Gordon (1940–2018) of East Patchogue, New York, have the Guinness world record for highest mileage. Gordon began driving the car in 1966, and in 1987 the car reached the one million mile mark. In 1998, it was registered as the vehicle with the highest certified mileage driven by the original owner in non ...
Some car manufacturers support a "high mileage" club. For example, Toyota, Honda, Land Rover, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz have a "High Mileage Award" program in which owners who drive 250,000 kilometres (160,000 mi), 500,000 kilometres (310,000 mi), 750,000 kilometres (470,000 mi), and 1,000,000 kilometres (620,000 mi) are awarded with a ...
The multi-million-dollar Mercedes-AMG One hypercar set a new lap record for production cars at the Nürburgring with a time of 6:35.183. According to Mercedes, the lap was completed on October 28 ...
The following is a list of speed records for various types of vehicles. This list only presents the single greatest speed achieved in each broad record category; for ...
Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota, Honda and Nissan were the top five used car brands purchased in March 2024, accounting for 49% of all used cars sold at an average price of $23,089. This was 9% below the ...
The world record in Diesel efficiency was achieved by a team from the Universitat Politècnica de Valencia (Politechnical University of Valencia, Spain) in 2010 with 1396.8 kilometres per litre. In contrast, the most efficient production Diesel passenger cars achieve 60 mpg ‑US (4 L/100 km; 72 mpg ‑imp ), and some high-powered sports cars ...
However, there's lots of evidence to suggest that there is no better time to be buying a car. With decreased demand due to the uncertain economy, many dealers are offering special financing deals ...