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unusual facts about The Cars


We Must Obey

It was released on May 8, 2007 and features a cover of The Cars classic song "Moving in Stereo".


4 Out of 5 Doctors

According to band member Jeff Severson, the Doctors toured with Hall & Oates, Ritchie Blackmore, and Pat Travers, and opened for The Clash, The Cars, Cyndi Lauper, Steppenwolf, Jim Carroll, and others.

Blue Tip

"Blue Tip" is a song by the American rock band The Cars from their 2011 album Move Like This.

Dangerous Toys

It was produced by Roy Thomas Baker, who had produced albums for several major rock artists (The Cars, Queen, Journey).

Doggy Bag

Two singles released: The first single "Thank You", which samples The Cars' song "I'm Not the One", and "Take Ya Home" was released as the second single.

Don't Lose My Number

Their suggestions allow Collins to parody several other music videos of the time, including videos by Michael Jackson, David Lee Roth ("California Girls"), Elton John, The Police ("Every Breath You Take"), and The Cars ("You Might Think"), as well as movies such as Mad Max 2 and various samurai movies and Westerns.

Greg Hawkes

Since 2001 Hawkes has been playing and experimenting with the ukulele, including renditions of The Cars songs My Best Friend's Girl, Drive, Tonight She Comes, and You Might Think.

Little Darlings

The film was notable for having a contemporary pop soundtrack, with music by artists like Blondie, Rickie Lee Jones, Supertramp, The Cars, and Iain Matthews.

Littleton, Massachusetts

Greg Hawkes, keyboardist for the 1970s-1980s New Wave group, The Cars, lived in Littleton during the band's early years before moving to Lincoln.

Strawpeople

Many albums also featured covers of songs such as The Cars' Drive, John Hiatt’s Have a Little Faith in Me and The Church’s Under the Milky Way.


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1975 Spanish Grand Prix

This, and rumors that the Guardia Civil would seize the cars which were in the paddock, which was at Montjuïc Stadium, forced the drivers to call off the strike.

2010 Hungaroring GP2 Series round

The cars had barely finished forming up for the second time when pole-sitter Sam Bird waved his arms in the air, forcing him to join Valsecchi and fellow grid-staller Adrian Zaugg of Trident in starting from the pit exit.

2010 Indianapolis 500

After the traditional starting command by Mari Hulman George, the pace car, driven by Robin Roberts, led the cars through the pace laps, followed by a special two-seater car driven by Michael Andretti and carrying Mark Wahlberg.

Aleko

In some export markets, including France & Germany, the cars were advertised as the Lada Aleko, and diesel engines from Ford and Indenor could be delivered in addition to the standard petrol engines.

Andrea Moda Formula

Now named the Andrea Moda S921 the chassis was fitted with Judd V10 engines but the cars were not ready for the start of the season.

Automobiles Marathon

The cars were derived from a design by Hans Trippel with a silhouette not unlike that of the Porsche 356, and it has been suggested that the manufacturer’s founder, Bernard Denis, dreamed of producing a French Porsche equivalent.

Bédélia

Manufacturing rights were obtained by a dealer, a Monsieur Binet in 1920 and he had an updated version of the cars made for him by Mahieux of Levallois-Perret, Seine.

Belleville funicular tramway

The infrastructure of the funicular tramway was demolished, the cars were sold for scrap, and for many months were held somewhere in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

Black Adder 6

Its design was derived from such vintage Bentleys as "Old Number 1" and the "Napier-Railton Special." The cars of Bentley's 1920–1930s racing era, when the marque competed in such races as Le Mans and Brooklands, were further inspiration for its Brooklands boat-tail aluminum body.

Canadian Aviation Regulations

Part V (Airworthiness) of the CARs is uniquely numbered to match the US FAA FARs parts as well as the EASA and JAA regulations.

Chapel Emmanuel Railroad Car

Seven of the cars were built by the Barney and Smith Car Company of Dayton, Ohio and travelled from town to town, mainly in the sparsely populated western states and territories, under the direction of the American Baptist Publication Society.

Charente-Maritime

Just outside the city is a factory for the French engineering giant Alstom, where the TGV, the cars for the Paris and other metros are manufactured.

Chevron Cars

The Chevron Cars television ads have been parodied in several television shows, including Robot Chicken, the animated comedy Family Guy (episode "Deep Throats"), and a MADtv sketch in which one of the cars gets fitted with a bomb and explodes after asking questions about the ticking.

Cosmic Girl

The cars on the video are a black Ferrari F355 berlinetta, a purple Lamborghini Diablo SE30 and a red Ferrari F40.

Cristian David

In October 2008, it emerged that the Romanian Police, a part of his ministry, had signed contracts to purchase Dacia Logans for some €70,000 each, with the opposition PD-L calling for his resignation and asserting that the police bought the cars for €12,000 under his PD-L predecessor.

Crouch Cars

The cars were still expensive, and so in 1923 the Economic 10/4 10 hp model was announced at £250, using a four-cylinder Dorman side-valve engine of 1200 cc.

Davie Brown Entertainment

Meyer was responsible for the branded entertainment deal between Mini Cooper and Paramount Pictures to feature the cars in the 2003 remake of the movie "The Italian Job," starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, and Edward Norton.

Dodge Magnum

By the latter half of the 1978 season, Petty and Neil Bonnett (the two top Mopar teams) gave up on the cars inconsistent performance and switched to Chevrolets, leaving independent drivers Buddy Arrington (who bought a few of Petty's Magnums, along with some parts) and Frank Warren, and C&W singer Marty Robbins to soldier on without any substantial (Chrysler did provide sheet metal and some engine parts to teams driving Magnums) factory support.

FAS Lane Racing

Stoddard formed his own team with the remaining crew members and purchased the cars and equipment from Mark Simo's No Fear Racing.

Foss Reservoir

The cars, a 1952 Chevrolet and a blue 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, each contained three sets of skeletal human remains.

Gibson Motorsport

In 2000 the cars were sponsored by K-Mart with Richards winning in Canberra and the pair finishing 3rd at Bathurst.

Jaguar E-Type

The cars were entered in various races but, unlike the C-Type and D-Type racing cars, they did not win at Le Mans or Sebring but were reasonably successful in private hands and in smaller races.

Kishigawa Line

Some of the cars have been repainted with the design by industrial designer Eiji Mitooka, who designed the type 9200 "MOMO" tram of Okayama Electric Tramway and trains of JR Kyushu including the 800 Series Shinkansen while others are still in the Nankai livery.

La Dawri

In 1956 Keen had used Abner Doble as a consultant in the development of the cars steam engine.

Lancia Stratos

Unfortunately one of the cars was destroyed in Zeltweg, when it caught fire due to overheating problems.

Lounge car

The cars were often operated by the Pullman Company, and in other cases by the railroad directly as part of the dining car department (on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway the Fred Harvey Company manned the food concession).

McLaren M20

When McLaren designed their replacement for 1971's M8Fs, one of the team's primary goals was to improve the cooling structure of the cars in order to allow their racing drivers, Denny Hulme and Peter Revson, more comfort during races.

NASCAR diecast

The cars never printed The NASCAR Winston Cup Series or Bud Pole award logos on the car except on some cars, which would be mounted on A black platform base.

NASCAR SimRacing

The game includes all of the 2004 NEXTEL Cup Series tracks including Pocono Raceway as an unlockable like in NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup The game cover features the cars of Ryan Newman, Ron Hornaday, and the Craftsman Truck Series truck of Chad Chaffin on the cover.

New York, Westchester and Boston Railway

Their pantographs were removed and the cars were hauled by a steam locomotive to bring workers from the city of Houston to the shipyards in Pasadena to build liberty ships.

Ocasek

Ric Ocasek (born 1949), American musician and music producer, leading band member of The Cars

Osella

In the early years, most of the work was done by interim designers like Giorgio Valentini or Tony Southgate, but frequently Enzo Osella himself also worked on the cars.

Pacific Electric

In The Simpsons episode titled "Postcards from the Wedge" that aired March 14, 2010 on Fox, the film shown at the beginning of the episode is based on GM's promo films from the 1950s; in addition, the cars from the abandoned Springfield Subway are modeled after the PE cars.

PacWest Racing

The PacWest team's two cars were the cars used by main characters Jimmy Bly (#18) and Joe Tanto (#17) in the 2001 action movie Driven.

Patent encumbrance of large automotive NiMH batteries

In her 2007 book Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America, Sherry Boschert argues that large-format NiMH batteries (i.e., 25 amp-hours or more) are commercially viable but that Cobasys would only accept very large orders (more than 10,000) for these batteries.

Peter McLeod

The change to Group A touring car regulations for the 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship forced McLeod, and others such as Allan Moffat, to abandon the RX-7 as the cars would have to revert to running the standard 12A motor, would have no aerodynamic aids and would generally be uncompetitive.

Redbird trains

An episode of CSI: NY titled "The Deep" used these cars as part of the story line, and even featured well-replicated underwater shots of mock ups of the cars.

Renault Sport

In 1979, the Marreau brothers arrived at second place in the cars category at the Rally Dakar driving a Sinpar-prepared 4L 4x4.

Seashore Trolley Museum

In the 1950s, a diesel-powered electric generator was used to allow the cars to move under their own power.

Taxi Rider

Rather than opting for the semi-realistic approach of Crazy Taxi, the cars and people in the game are rendered in a super deformed style similar to the Choro Q video games (some of which were also developed by Tamsoft).

Team Racing Auto Circuit

Some of the cars that were scheduled to compete included the Chevrolet Corvette, the Dodge Viper, and the Ford Mustang.

Toyota Aygo

The decision to produce the cars was made on July 12, 2001, when the presidents of Toyota and PSA Peugeot Citroën, Fujio Cho and Jean-Martin Folz respectively, decided to produce a small car to share development costs.

Van Diemen

The cars for the L2 class were not Van Diemen built but a West WX10 and later WR1000.

Volkswagen Group New Small Family platform

Future plants in Kaluga, Russia, and Pune, India, could add a further 262,000 of the cars to the forecast total on their local markets.

Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup

The cars feature VW's DSG twin shaft, dual clutch automatic transmission and have height adjustable Sachs race suspension.

The cars were 2009 Volkswagen Jettas that were modified by the factory for the series.