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The Volvo YCC ("Your Concept Car") [1] was a concept car made by Volvo Cars presented at the 2004 Geneva Motor Show, with the stated goal of meeting the particular needs of female drivers. In order to do so, Volvo assembled a design team entirely made up of women, around October 2001.
Automotive superlatives include attributes such as the smallest, largest, fastest, lightest, best-selling, and so on.. This list (except for the firsts section) is limited to automobiles built after World War II, and lists superlatives for earlier vehicles separately.
The summary chart includes the five largest worldwide automotive manufacturing groups as of 2017 by number of vehicles produced. Those same groups held the top 5 positions 2007 to 2019; Hyundai Motor Group had a lower rank until it took the fifth spot in 2007 from the at that time split German-American auto manufacturer DaimlerChrysler, while Ford became surpassed by Honda in 2020, and even ...
Extreme sports cars (2002–present) E-Type UK (2019–present) F. Fering Technologies (2019–present) Foers (car brand) (1977–present) Forseven (2022–present) Frontline Developments (1991–present) FRS Sports Cars (2011–present) Furore Cars (2011–present) G. Gardner Douglas Sports Cars (1990–present) Gentry (car brand) (1973 ...
10 longest sedans (ceased production) (21st century onwards) Parent company of marque Model name Body style Class Length of longest version Years in Production Image Daimler AG: Maybach 62 / 62 S: 4-door sedan Ultra-luxury car 242.95 in (6.171 m) [11] 2002-2012 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: Rolls-Royce Phantom VII EWB: 4-door sedan Ultra-luxury car
First production car [55] Peugeot Type 15: 1897 6 kW (8 hp; 8 PS) Peugeot's first in-house engine [56] Daimler Phoenix 1899 17 kW (23 hp; 23 PS) First four-cylinder road car [57] Mercedes 35 HP: 1901 26 kW (35 hp; 35 PS) Originally designed as a race car, developed for road use [58] Mercedes Simplex: 1902 33 kW (44 hp; 45 PS)
In the UK, the Locomotives on Highways Act 1896 replaced the hugely restrictive Locomotive Acts of 1861, 1865 and 1878 (the so-called Red Flag acts) thereby finally freeing up the automotive industry in the UK (and, incidentally, was also the origin of the celebrations of the first London to Brighton Veteran Car Run). Knight had been convicted ...
Three 1937 cars to George VI, one landaulet, one limousine, one "shooting bus" [11] Two 1939 cars to George VI, two landaulets [note 6] [11] 1940 car to George VI, limousine [note 6] [11] Two 1941 cars to George VI, armour-plated limousines; rigid front axle with semi-elliptic springs 24 [9] 1936–1940 straight-6, 3317 cc 80 110 overhead valve