Old drivers will be at a loss for words when encountering these car trivia!

1. Where is the place with the most classic cars in the world?

To get straight to the point, the place with the most classic cars in the world is Havana, the capital of Cuba. It is said that experienced drivers who come here will be confused because they cannot recognize the classic cars on the street.

But in fact, Cubans drive classic cars not because of love, but more out of helplessness, because they had no new cars "before" and could only drive old cars! Because as early as 1961, the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba due to the victory of the Cuban revolution and imposed an "economic blockade" on Cuba.

Due to the economic blockade, Cuba’s classic cars have nowhere to go and nowhere to come from, forming a situation of self-destruction. Most of them were produced in the 1950s, with a total of more than 70,000 vehicles.

Includes brands such as Pontiac, Plymouth, Dodge and Chevrolet. Some of the more "fashionable" models are used to rent at tourist attractions for sightseeing or special occasions such as weddings, while more are used as taxis or for ordinary household use.

2. Why were Japanese cars in the 1980s and 1990s so weak in power?

This starts from 1950-1970. During these 20 years, the number of traffic accident deaths in Japan was rising every year. At this time, Japanese manufacturers were engaged in a horsepower competition, and then These manufacturers were called to "drink tea", and there was only a short period of time where they could not compete with each other.

But in 1987, an "unrestrained" 300-horsepower Nissan 300ZX was born, and then it seemed that it realized that the superiors would impose penalties, so it silently changed it to 280 horsepower, which led to The subsequent manufacturers unanimously accepted this "unwritten" gentleman's agreement.

Having said that, some Japanese "magic cars" were fooled by this regulation back then, especially Toyota's "Bull Demon King" Supra, "Japanese God of War" GT-R, and "Lancer" EVO, fortunately, today's car enthusiasts have saved their "blooming hearts". There are many examples of crazy people who have to change to a thousand horsepower, so you can see the shadow of these magic cars in many straight races.

3. Why did Japanese car speedometers in the 1990s show 180km/h?

In Japan at that time, in addition to this "gentleman's agreement", there was also a maximum speed limit of 180km/h. regulations, but it is limited to domestically sold models, so we see that the maximum speed of the model at that time also stopped at 180km/h, so the EVO, GT-R, Supra and other models mentioned above all have explosive performance Chance.

4. The United States cannot live with "car lights" for more than half a century!

In 1939, U.S. law stipulated that all cars could only use two 7-inch round headlights. If you wanted to get a share of the U.S. market, you had to do this. Even buses were "double-eyed" lamp".

Until 1957, the birth of the second type of car lights was allowed. The new car lights changed the "double-eye lights" into "four-eye lights". Is this really a joke? This is not an unlimited limit. You must know that by 1968, the U.S. government even said that when the headlights are on, "streaking" is required, and even the lampshades are not allowed. However, some manufacturers have a bold idea: hidden headlights.