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19 interesting facts about Tata Nano, which Zoomcar lets you rent for as low as Rs 19/hour! 1. Only 3 bolts in the wheel: Most of the small cars have 4, but Nano gets only 3, which was deemed adequate for its size and power. 2. Non open-able boot: Fixed rear door helps save money otherwise required to be spent on open- close mechanisms, lock etc. 3. Fuel insert from within the bonnet: To fuel up, one needs to open front bonnet. Though this is little inconvenient, it helps save money (No need for a lid and locking mechanism and extra body work) 4. Single wiper: Nano gets a single wiper that sweeps entire screen 5. Dashboard at the center: Center mounted console makes it easier to export. Only steering wheel need to be moved left based on market or right while console can stay where it is 6. Power window buttons at the center: Top variants get power windows, but the buttons are housed in between front two seats- th...

13 Fascinating Facts about the Jaguar Brand The Jaguar brand makes luxury cars that many of us wished we owned. When we see a Jaguar car driving down the road, we automatically stop and stare at its beautifully designed exterior and wish we were seated in the interior. However, there is much we do not know about this fascinating brand that was founded by Sir William Lyons and William Walmsley, in which we are about to discover. Get the Facts: 1. Jaguar was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922. 2. The company originally made motorcycle sidecars before developing passenger cars. 3. In 1935, the  SS Jaguar  name first appeared on a 2.5-litre saloon and sports models of which were the SS 90 and SS 100. ( Photo shown: 1935 SS90 ) 5. The name changed from Swallow Sidecar Company to Jaguar Cars Ltd, in 1945. 6. In 1948, The XK120 was a breakthrough both for Jaguar and post-WWII sports cars. 7. In the late 1950s, Mark 2 became one of the most recogniza...

Quick: what comes to your mind when I say "Ferrari"? A line of gorgeous (and exorbitantly priced) supercars? Formula One racing? How about mule-shoeing, World War I flying ace, and the H1N1 virus? Let's take a look at Neatorama's Top 10 Neat Facts About Ferrari: 1. A Ten-Year-Old Boy's Love of Racing Enzo Ferrari, racing for Alfa Romeo (Image: Ferrari) In 1908, Enzo Ferrari's father took him and his older brother to a race in Bologna. There, he became smitten with racing and wanted to become a race car driver. Ferrari's dream became reality in 1919, when he made his racing debut at the age of 21. 2. Enzo Ferrari was a Mule Shoer During World War I, Enzo was a blacksmith and mule-shoer for the Italian army. 3. The H1N1 Connection If you think that the current H1N1/Swine Flu is a new thing, think again: the Influenza virus H1N1 that you hear about all over the news today is the descendant of the virus responsible for the  1918 Spanish Flu pa...

13 Amazing Facts You Never Knew About Audi Vorsprung Durch Technik, Advancing through technology… with a long confusing history. Audi is currently enjoying the longest period of profitability and stability in the company’s history. With outstanding cars like the R8 and beastly RS7, that’s good news for all of us. Of course, the road to get to this point has been anything but smooth. In fact, you might say it was a road ridden with bomb craters, rocks, snow, and gravel. Of course that’s also why Audi brought us cool stuff like quattro all-wheel-drive. Audi has taken on many forms since it was founded over 100-years-ago, and was even completely dormant for a few years following World War II. It’s been absorbed, sold-off, and merged almost more times than we can count, but it’s still here. Here’s how it all came to be. 13. THE NAME AUDI IS THE LATIN FOR “HEAR” August Horch founded his first car company, A. Horch & Cie. in 1899. But just 10 years later, Horch was...

21 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BMW Bayerische Motorenwerke was formed on March 7, 1916 as BFW — Bayerische Flugzeugwerke — and promptly started making airplane engines. Over the years, the company has set records for altitude and speed, built their very own Lamborghini, and made a building shaped like an engine. To celebrate the company's 98th birthday, we dug deep, and found 21 things you probably didn't know about BMW. expand slideshow to fullscreen   SHARE ON FACEBOOK   PIN IT ON PINTEREST 1. One of the first things BMW did (before they were even really BMW) was build the Red Baron's favorite airplane engines. During WWI, there was a massive shortage of cutting edge airplane engines. So a little company called  Rapp Motor  merged with  Otto Werke , an airplane maker just up the street in Munich, combining forces to satisfy the war effort's needs. Otto Werke was run by the son of  the guy who invented four cycle en...