The brainchild of sir hugh beaver, the book was cofounded by twin brothers norris and. The model has now got into the record books with a mileage record that has been certified by the guinness book of world records. The first time we heard that our entry as the longest journey by car at this time 117 countries, 451231 km 280617 miles since october 16, 1984 nearly years was approved by the guinness publishing was on friday, june 20, 1997, as we had an interview at bbcs world service outlook at the bush house in the center of london. Kia niro sets guinness world record for fuel mileage.
Cardinal giuseppe caspar mezzofanti, born in 1774, spoke 38 languages and 40 dialects. Top five most impressive car related guinness world records. Im setting a new guinness world record, greatest mileage run daily in a year. Ship owners and operators now have the chance to take a more efficient approach to improving vessel operations and reducing costs. Guinness book of records highest mileage car youtube. Irv gordon talks about having the guinness record for the highest mileage vehicle with his volvo p1800. We work with leading global brands and businesses to break world records as part of. Although thats a bit of a mouthful, it simply means that the. The 10thcentury muslim polymath alfarabi was reputed to know 70 languages. The vehicle has a companyestimated 50 miles per gallon combined rating and uses the same new ecocar platform that is used as the basis of the hyundai ioniq.
Irvin gordons 1966 volvo p1800 still runs like a charm after almost 3 million miles and counting. Australia has the highest incidence of pet ownership in the world, with 64 per cent of the nations households owning pets. Coker completed her yearlong mileage record with 86,537 miles 9,268 km. To get the most from your frequent flier miles, book. Guinness world records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as the guinness book of records and in previous united states editions as the guinness book of world records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Six guinness world records from the world of travel. Top 50 weirdest guinness world records listafterlist. Irv drives his car on a daily basis and covers an estimated 140,000160,000 km 85,000100,000 miles. The record was verified by the world ultracycling association previously ultramarathon cycling association. On june 4, 2016, alicia searvogel became the first woman over 50 years of age to make an attempt the highest annual mileage record. On march 1940 pat hawkins set the world 1,000 mile record in perth, having ridden the 1,000.
Breaking the guinness book of world records by walking. Irv gordon, guinness world record holder who put 3. Honda sets guinness world record for fuel efficiency in. The most challenging experience was racing in three events totaling 107 miles in less than 29 hours. A 20 volkswagen passat tdi clean diesel set a guinness world record for lowest fuel consumption 48 u. With more than 15 million miles under his belt he is and this is according to the guinness book of records the most travelled person alive and one can safely assume the most travelled ever.
Guinness book of world records 2015 true pdf free download guinness world records 2015 mantesh torrent ebooks torrents books torrents the worlds largest bittorrent system guinness book guinness world english online world records ebooks cold hands holland bamboo knowledge. My favorite race experience was the long beach marathon in. In 1995, canadian sean shannon recited hamlets to be or not to be soliloquy. Kia niro sets arbitrary guinness world record for fuel. Anthony lehmann made it in to the guinness book of records when he told 549 jokes in one hour at the rhino room club, adelaide, south australia on 25 may 2005. The guinness book of world records certified cokers record at the end of her recordbreaking day at 76,233. Bhat run referenced in guinness world records 2004. The volvo with a worldrecord 3 million miles new york post. He made the guinness book of world records in 1998 at 1. Irving currently holds the guinness world record for the highest vehicle mileage on a personal car, with over 3,000,000 miles on his 1966 volvo. The highest recorded mileage for a car was 1,442,044 authenticated miles up to 25 jan 1993 for a 1963 volkswagen beetle owned by albert klein of pasadena, ca. Gordon, a 73yearold retired science teacher from patchogue, n. A 1966 volvo 1800s and its owner irv gordon of new york have the guinness world record for highest mileage. Breaking the guinness book of world records by walking active.
Hypermiling couple gets two entries in guiness world. One mans longest, fastest, highest journey inside the worlds most famous record book hardcover september 16, 2008 3. The guinness world record holder is a 1966 volvo p1800 owned by irvin gordon of long island, new york. What is the record for the most languages spoken by one. Here are just a few of truckings most fascinating world records. Gordon hit 500,000 miles in 1976 and celebrated a million miles in 1987 by driving around tavern on the green in central park. Here are the current highest mileage cars of all time. Gordon drove an estimated 85,000 to 100,000 miles per year in his volvo.
Australian records records set in australia and by. Between 15 may 2016 and 14 may 2017, amanda coker usa rode 86,573. Honda has claimed a new guinness world record, for the lowest fuel consumption all 24 contiguous eu countries all cars. Many riders clock massive mileskilometres on their odometer and we want to reward the welltravelled for their efforts with a free audicator indicator warning system the idea came to us when kawasaki sent us a press release about malcolm milne of south australia achieving more than 300,000km on the odometer on his 2007 kawasaki 1400gtr. Guinness book of world records news and information autoblog. The greatest and weirdest motoring world records motoring. Greatest distance cycled in a year wuca guinness world. Pembroke to great yarmouth is the traversal of the whole width of the island of wales and.
The guinness world record holder is gregg godfrey who completed the jump at the evel. Which car, according to the guinness book, has the highest mileage. The late irv gordon holds the guinness world record for the highest vehicle mileage. The feat that led guinness world records to recognise the aircraft as the most produced commercial jet in the world an accolade the aircraft had previously received in 2006 when the 5,000th model. Florida man drives most safe miles in a commercial truck. Irv drives his car on a daily basis and covers an estimated 140,000160,000 km 85,000 100,000 miles per year, thanks in part to being driven to numerous car shows and events in the usa and occasionally overseas. His record, however, pales in comparison to some from the past.
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