Interesting and Fun Facts About Used Cars

Vehicle specifications can be overwhelming to read sometimes, especially when the engine and torque combos are too many to ingest. You can take a break from researching about engine displacements by reading fun facts about used cars or cars in general, like the ones listed here.

Facts about the Corolla
The Toyota Corolla is the world’s best-selling car. In fact, more than 32.5 million units have been sold since it was launched in 1966. Eighty percent of those cars are still plying the world’s roads today, either as new vehicles or pre-owned units exported from Japan to other countries such as Tanzania. How is Toyota able to keep up with the world’s demands year after year? Statistically, a new Corolla is manufactured every 23 seconds, so you do the math.

Fun facts about used cars from Japan
Japan is the world’s leading auto manufacturer, where new models are launched left and right in quick succession. The Japanese tend to want the latest models every time (and it also gets expensive to keep cars more than two years old), so they trade in their cars for new ones. These low-mileage, good-as-new cars are what you can find in lists of Japanese cars for sale.

The regular motor vehicle inspection in Japan is called Shaken. This thorough car checkup makes sure that all cars in Japan are roadworthy. This is also part of the reason why the Japanese take extra care of their vehicles—which is why used cars from Japan are neat, well-maintained, and without dents or scratches.

Miscellaneous used car tidbits
In its lifetime, the average car will likely go through three different owners.
The most common color of used cars is silver. Next in the list is black, followed by white, red, blue, and gray. The rarest color is pink, though you’ll find plenty of pink and Hello Kitty-themed cars in Japan.
In the United States, six out of eight car purchases are used vehicles.
There are more automatic than manual-transmission cars in the secondhand-car market.
One of the greatest cars you can find in the used-car market is the Nissan GT-R, a sportscar that has garnered many awards including the 2009 International Car of the Year. In 2011 it made the Guiness World Record for having the fastest acceleration by a four-seater production car.

I hope you enjoyed these interesting and fun facts about used cars. How about you, do you know a fun fact about cars? Do share!