The car was first offered for sale in 1887.

The first car produced in quantity was the Curved Dash Oldsmobile, which debuted in 1901 and sold for a whopping $650. Oldsmobile manufactured 425 of them that first year.

The first traffic signal was installed in Cleveland, Ohio and was operated by an officer from a nearby booth.

By 1913 there were more than a million cars registered in the United States.

There are today approximately 14 million register cars in Australia.

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The best-selling car for all time in the United States is the Toyota Corolla.

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