The Forbes magazine has recently released the list of the most expensive cars of the year 2011, basing on the prices received from car manufactures. All the cars which have been named in the list have luxurious interior and futuristic design. The cheapest car in the list was Ferrari F70, which cost $870,000. On the very top of the list is a car, powered by a 16-cylinder engine delivering a total horse... 

Racing began soon after the construction of the first successful petrol-fueled autos; before that time people raced in other vehicles such as horse-drawn buggies. The first race ever organized, by the chief editor of Paris publication Le Vélocipède, Monsieur Fossier, was on April 28 1887 and ran 2 kilometers from Neuilly Bridge to the Bois de Boulogne. It was won by Georges Bouton, in a car he had... 

In 1897, Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek, traveled from his home in Nice, France to purchase a car from the Daimler factory in Cannstatt, Germany. On his return to the French Riviera, his sporting Daimler Phoenix caused such a sensation that he decided to enter it into a local touring competition, under the name of “Mercedes” after his favourite 9 year old daughter. Realising the business...