Just about everyone nowadays owns a car. It may not be the best car, but it does get you from point A to point B. However, with the advancement of technology, there are new types of cars and concepts that are thought up just about every day.

1. Things You Do Not Know About Cars

2. Just about everyone nowadays owns a car.

3. It may not be the best car, but it does get
you from point A to point B.

4. However, with the advancement of
technology, there are new types of cars and
concepts that are thought up just about
every day.

5. Foreign Cars

6. A lot of people lately would much rather buy
a car that was built here in the United States
instead of buying a foreign vehicle.

7. However, foreign cars have been a part of
our society since 1914, with Rolls Royce
being the first one.

8. Around the 1930's Rolls Royce set up their
own manufacturing plant here in the U.S.and
Volkswagen was the first to send their cars to
the U.S. in volume.

9. The first Honda Accord didn't make its
appearance in the U.S. until 1982.

10. Alternative fuel sources are nothing new.

11. The first concept of an electric vehicle was
designed in the 1830's by Hungarian, Ányos
Jedlik.

12. This idea leads to the inventing of an electric
powered carriage by Robert Anderson of
Scotland, a small prototype was designed
and built by Professor Stratingh Groningen
and Christopher Becker in Holland in 1835.

13. Ever since, there has been a continual
interest in developing an electric vehicle for
consumers.

14. The concept didn't really take off in the
U.S.until about the 1970's.

15. Steering Cars

16. Steering wheels weren't in cars until 1894.

17. Before the steering wheel, cars were steered
using a tiller.

18. A tiller, or till, was a lever that was attached
to a rudder post; it is most commonly found
on boats as a way of steering.

19. It wasn't until Alfred Vacheron participated
in the Paris-Rouen race, that a steering
wheel was attached to a vehicle.

20. Of course, since 1894 steering wheels have
changed a lot due to the advancement of
technology.

21. Steering wheels are now used for more for
just controlling your car, they can now turn
on and off the radio, change temperatures,
adjust cruise control and they can even be
used to answer your phone.

22. Building a car can, on average, take about 25
hours.

23. This of course depends on the type of car
that is being made.

24. Most cars go through an assembly line and
are built piece by piece.

25. There are at least 30,000 parts for one
average car.

26. About 10 of the 25 hours that it takes to
build one car is spent on painting the vehicle.

27. So, the next time you buy a vehicle, think
about all of the time, parts, work and history
that went into making your car.

28. These are just a few facts about motorized
vehicles that not everyone knows.

29. Remember to protect yourself and your car
by having insurance.

30. There are a lot of different car insurance
policies for you to compare.

31. Remember it is the law to have insurance for
cars; this fact shouldn't be surprising to you.