List of automotive superlatives

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Automobiles are frequently judged in their industry by many superlatives: the smallest, largest, fastest, lightest, best-selling, and so on. They vary greatly in size, engine displacement, power, price, and many other traits.

In order to keep the entries relevant, the list (except for the firsts section) is limited to automobiles built after World War II, and lists superlatives for earlier vehicles separately. The list is also limited to production road cars that:

  1. are constructed principally for retail sale to consumers, for their personal use, and to transport people on public roads (no commercial or industrial vehicles are eligible);
  2. have had 20 or more instances made by the original vehicle manufacturer, and offered for commercial sale to the public in new condition (cars modified by either professional tuners or individuals are not eligible); and;
  3. are street-legal in their intended markets, and capable of passing any official tests or inspections required to be granted this status.

[edit] Vehicle dimensions

[edit] Overall

[edit] Wheelbase

[edit] Track

[edit] Curb Weight

Commercial

      • Current Commercial - 5,300 kg (11,684 lb) - Unimog U5000 Long Wheelbase
      • Commercial Pickup truck - 6,577 kg (14,500 lb) - 2003-8 (for the 2004-8 model years) International CXT
  • Lightest
    • Current production car - 600 kg (1,323 lb) - Tata Nano
    • Current production racecar - 456 kg (1,005 lb) - Ariel Atom
    • Production car - 59 kg (130 lb) - 1962-65 Peel P50

[edit] Engines

[edit] Engine displacement

[edit] Smallest

  • Current production car - 624 cubic centimetres (38.1 cu in) - 2008 Tata Nano
  • Production car - 49 cubic centimetres (3.0 cu in) - 1962-65 Peel P50

[edit] Largest

  • Current production car - 8,390 cubic centimetres (512.0 cu in) V10 Dodge SRT Viper
  • Production car - 13,503 cubic centimetres (824.0 cu in) I6 1912-18 Pierce-Arrow Model 6-66 Raceabout and 1912-14 Peerless Model 6-60
  • Current limited production car - 11,553 cubic centimetres (705.0 cu in) V8 Nelson Racing Engines 705 HEMI BBC Pump Gas Warrior
  • Limited production car - 28,300 cubic centimetres (1,727.0 cu in) I4 1911 Fiat S76 two-seat racer

[edit] Power

[edit] Highest power

[edit] Highest specific power (power-to-weight ratio)

[edit] Highest specific engine output (power/unit displacement)

[edit] Torque

[edit] Highest torque

[edit] Highest specific torque (torque/unit displacement)

The mean effective pressure (MEP) is a useful comparison tool, giving the average cylinder pressure exerted on the piston.

[edit] Economy

USA measurements
  • Highest USA EPA mileage - 48 mpg-US (4.9 L/100 km; 58 mpg-imp)/60 mpg-US (3.9 L/100 km; 72 mpg-imp) - 2001 Honda Insight 5-speed
    • Note: in 2007 the EPA changed its measurement standards, changing the rating to 48 mpg-US (4.9 L/100 km; 58 mpg-imp)/58 mpg-US (4.1 L/100 km; 70 mpg-imp)
  • Lowest USA EPA mileage - 6 mpg-US (39 L/100 km; 7.2 mpg-imp)/10 mpg-US (24 L/100 km; 12 mpg-imp) - 1986-1990 Lamborghini Countach
European Union measurements
  • Lowest EU fuel consumption - 2.99 L/100 km (94.5 mpg-imp; 78.7 mpg-US) - 1999 Volkswagen Lupo 1.2 TDI / 2001 Audi A2 1.2 TDI
  • Highest EU fuel consumption - 24.1 L/100 km (11.7 mpg-imp; 9.76 mpg-US) combined city/hwy 2008 Bugatti Veyron 16.4
  • Longest 90% range - 1,658 km (1,030 mi) - 2010 Volkswagen Passat 77 kW TDI BlueMotion with 6-speed manual and 70 L (15.4 imp gal; 18.5 US gal) fuel tank, calculated by using extra-urban Euro cycle mileage of 3.8 L/100 km (74 mpg-imp; 62 mpg-US)[citation needed]

[edit] Price

See also: most expensive cars sold in auction

[edit] Performance

See also: Fastest production car

[edit] Acceleration

[edit] Top speed

[edit] Highest Redline

[edit] Sales

See also:
List of bestselling vehicle nameplates,
List of automobile sales by model,
Bestselling cars of all time
  • Best-selling models:
    • Best-selling vehicle nameplate - Toyota Corolla (more than 32,000,000 sold in nine generations since 1966) - Ford F-Series(33,900,000 sold in twelve generations since 1948, as of May 2010)
    • Best-selling single model - Volkswagen Beetle (21,529,464 of the same basic design sold worldwide between 1938 and 2003)
    • Best single-year sales - 1.36 million - 2005 Toyota Corolla[19]
    • Best single-month sales - 126,905 - July 2005 Ford F-Series[20]

[edit] Firsts

Mostly full-production vehicles are listed here. Many were preceded by racing-only cars. This list mainly includes developments that lead to widespread adoption across the automotive industry.

[edit] Industry

[edit] Engine types

[edit] Engine technologies

engine configuration & other miscellaneous fundamental construction details
Wankel engines
valvetrain
multi-valve engines
variable valve timing (VVT)
aspiration
fuel systems
fuel injection (FI)
ignition systems
general miscellany

[edit] Hybrid vehicles

[edit] Body

[edit] Transmission

[edit] Layout

[edit] Suspension

[edit] Brakes

[edit] Driver-aids

[edit] Passive Restraint

[edit] Active restraint

[edit] Tires

[edit] Lighting

[edit] Electrical system

[edit] Climate control

  • First exhaust system heat - 1917 (???)
  • First cooling system heat - 1926 (???) (Cadillac also lists heat as an option for $32 in the 1926 model year although it is not clear what the source is)
  • First automobile air conditioning - 1939 (for the 1940 model year) Packard
  • First automatic climate control - 1963 (for the 1964 model year) Cadillac
  • First heated seats - 1965 (for the 1966 model year) Cadillac
  • First digital climate control - 1975 Rolls-Royce Camargue
  • First ventilated seats - 1998 Saab 9-5

[edit] In-car entertainment

[edit] Other

[edit] Pre-War

  • Best-selling pre-war vehicle - Ford Model-T (15,000,000 sold between 1908 and 1928)
  • Least-expensive - US$125 ($1,736 in 2012) – 1922 Briggs & Stratton Flyer
  • Least-expensive full-featured automobile - US$300 ($3,938 in 2012) - 1926-27 (for the 1927 model year) Ford Model-T
  • Fastest pre-war stock production vehicle - Cord Automobile - 1937 supercharged 812 Beverly sedan 173 km/h (107.66 mph) - September 1937 at the Bonneville Salt Flats
  • Fastest pre-war vehicle - Railton Mobil Special - 2-SC Napier Lion V-12 - 595 km/h (369.740 mph) - Driver John Cobb on August,23 1939 at the Bonneville Salt Flats
  • Longest pre-war production - 6,096 mm (240.0 in) - 1933-35 (for the 1934-35 model years) Cadillac V-16
  • Longest pre-war limited production - 6,400 mm (252.0 in) 1927-33 Bugatti Royale
  • Longest pre-war production wheelbase - 3,912 mm (154.0 in) - 1933-37 (for the 1934-37 model years) Cadillac V-16
  • Longest pre-war limited production wheelbase - 4,572 mm (180.0 in) 1927 Bugatti Royale Prototype
  • Widest pre-war - 2,100 mm (82.7 in) 1938-43 Mercedes-Benz 770 W150 (armoured)
  • Widest pre-war Front Track - 1,626 mm (64.0 in) - 1938-43 Mercedes-Benz 770 W150
  • Widest pre-war Rear Track - 1,676 mm (66.0 in) - 1938-43 Mercedes-Benz 770 W150
  • Heaviest pre-war Curb Weight - 4,800 kg (10,582 lb) - 1938-43 Mercedes-Benz 770 W150 (armoured)
  • Largest pre-war limited production car inline-four engine 28.3 L (1,727 cu in) 1911 Fiat S76 two-seat racer
  • Largest pre-war Straight-6 - 21,112 cc (1,288 cu in) - 1905 Panhard et Levassor 50 CV
  • Largest pre-war limited production Straight-8 - 14,726 cc (899 cu in) - 1927 Bugatti Royale
  • Largest pre-war V8 - 14,700 cc (897 cu in) - 1910-12 De Dion-Bouton
  • Largest pre-war V12 - 11,310 cc (690 cu in) - 1935-38 Hispano-Suiza J12
  • Largest pre-war V16 - 8,048 cc (491 cu in) - 1930-33 (for the 1931-33 model years) Marmon Series 16

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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