We’ve just had an end-of-year flick through our Top Gear maths book. It seems that the last 31,556,926 seconds (that’s a year for you non-pendulum peerers) have provided some cracking stats.
We’ve compiled the best big numbers, small numbers and ridiculous numbers for your pleasure… so if you’re arithmophobic, I wouldn’t go any further.
But if you’ve got any more, feel free to drop us a digital note at the normal address: editor@topgear.com.
The number of insects that met their death against the front of cars this year in the US alone.
The number Range Rover Evoques ordered before it was launched earlier this year.
The time it took the McLaren MP4-12C to complete a lap around the Top Gear Test Track. They were so happy that they baked a time cake.
The 15,000,000th Ford Fiesta rolled off the production line this year.
The total number of pit stops for the year. We’re not making it up, 22 were Drive Throughs and four stop-go penalties.
The time it takes a Koeneigsegg Agera R to go from 0-200-0 mph.
The range of Ford’s new Econetic Focus if driven at the claimed 83.1mpg.
The time Toyota set around the Nurburgring in its EV race car.
The number of gallons of fuel wasted in traffic jams in the USA this year.
The number of World Rally Championships that Sebastien Loeb has now won.
The average speed Mark Higgins achieved on his 19 min 56.67 sec record breaking lap around the Isle of Man TT course. He also had this massive 150mph ‘moment’.
The time the Mégane RS 265 Trophy took out of its predecessor the Megane R26.R around the Nürburgring
The speed Juha Kankkunen managed on ice in a Bentley Continental SuperSport Convertible.
The distance our American TG presenter, Tanner Foust, managed to jump in a car.
The amount paid for a 1957 Ferrari 250 TR at auction in August.
The length of the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, the longest roadway bridge over water… in the world.
The number of overtaking manoeuvres (most in World Championship history)
The cost of insuring a McLaren F1 for a magazine feature.
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What do you think?
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