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1. The Michelin Man is also known as Bibendum and when he was created in 1898, he used to smoke and drink.

2. Your next beer can could end up in a BMW, Audi or Jag – Alcan estimates the 90% of automotive aluminium is recycled.

3. It takes 18 Cows to trim the interior of a Rolls Royce and 17 days to sew the leather together.

4. The average consumption of a Formula One car is about 75 litres of petrol per 100kms.

5. Number Plates in most of Australia are still made in prisons, only ACT and Tasmania get theirs from private companies.

6. There are 120 fixed speed camera locations in VIC, the state government has budgeted $500 million revenue from these and on-the-spot fines this year.

7. Peugeot started by making salt & pepper grinders, bicycle & umbrella frames, it switched to cars in 1889, starting with steam power.

8. Ford’s backing of Geelong’s AFL team is believed to be the longest running sports sponsorship of its kind, dating back to 1925 when the Model T used to be assembled there.

9. A car is stolen every 7 minutes somewhere in Australia.

10. In Abu Dhabi last year Saeed-Abdel-Ghaffar-Khouri paid $15.7 million for the local number plate with the number 1 on it!