14 Incredible Automotive Industry Superlatives

Here's a definitive list of all the extremes of the automotive industry. We've got the lightest cars, most powerful engines, widest tracks, and tallest trucks - the list makes for fascinating reading

Darren Cassey

16 Feb 2016

14 Incredible Automotive Industry Superlatives

Longest car ever: 2016 Mercedes-Maybach Pullman (6.5 metres)

Shortest car ever: 1962 Peel P50 (1.3 metres)

Widest car currently on sale: Lamborghini Aventador (2.0 metres)

Widest pickup truck ever: 2009 Dodge Ram 3500 (2.4 metres)

Lowest ever car: 1956 Lotus Eleven (0.8 metres)

Widest front track on a pickup truck: Ford F-150 SVT Raptor (1.9 metres)

Widest rear track on a car: 2014 BMW i8 (1.7 metres)

Heaviest car currently on sale: Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended Wheelbase (2745kg)

Lightest car currently on sale: Ariel Atom (456kg)

Biggest engine in a car currently on sale: Dodge SRT Viper (8.4-litre V10)

Most powerful N/A petrol engine: 2013 Ferrari LaFerrari (6.3-litre V12)

Most torque ever made in a car: 2011 Hennessey Venom GT (1155lb ft)

Highest top speed for an N/A engine: 1992 McLaren F1 (243mph)

Best selling model: Toyota Corolla (Over 39 million sales since 1966)

Comments

I read the title fast and thought it said “Super-laxitives”

That would’ve made Mr. Regular very happy.

My Honda gave me irregular bowel movements onto my pants.

I was seriously about to the same thing

well, that would explain the corolla

Isn’t the best selling model a Ford f150?

Only in the US

Maybe, if they meant to include trucks too

Maybe in America but the rest of the world no

Its sells at a faster rate (vehicles/year), but the total number of vehicles sold is still higher for the corolla

But the ultimate question is:
Which is the most fun car (ever made or currently on sale, another question)

That is different for everyone.

Its the Smz microcar.. it’s been proven to be the greatest vehicle ever made :D

Lemme call my friend Alex from CT he’ll set you proper on that.

Depends on your definition of what a “fun” car is. And even to two people who have the same definition of “fun”, their ideas of the most fun car ever would be different. The superlatives in this post refer to tangible figures like weight, power and size. Fun is too abstract a concept to consistently measure.

Not to be that guy, but I’m pretty sure the Raptor pictured isn’t a 2010..

Yeah it’s a 2017 I think

The LaF produces 789bhp but the Zonda Revolution produces 800bhp. I might be wrong . If you’re talking about road cars only or current cars only then I’m wrong

Well if we’re talking current cars i think the FXXK LaF makes 848 hp.

Some other cool facts would be like most power per liter or per cylinder. Most power for height of wing(lol) stuff like that. Just a suggestion haha, great write up tho!

and it is now time for wheezebeck to make his monthly appearance on car throttle lol

So I guess 2009 Dodge RAM 3500 is a basically supercar, isn’t it?

Don’t hate me, I’m going.

The Rolls is heavier than my RAM. How is that even possible???

Leather seats,TVs,champagne holders,6.75litre v12 etc…etc…

It weighs 23 KG more than my truck. I feel fat. LoL

Does your Ram have a greek tile floor, and an artisan italian fire place, or a body made of egyptian steel, and an interior stitched with pure stranded diamond?