Did you know that cars are the most recycled consumer product in the world? We look at some interesting facts and figures from the automotive world.

Globally

2 220 000 000: the number of search results on Google using the word CARS (within 0,85 seconds)

1.2 billion: the number of vehicles on the roads of the world

1.3: the number of people for every car in the US

6.75: the number of people for every car in China. If China were to have as many cars per capita as the US, its fleet alone would amount to approximately one billion cars.

1.73 billion metric tons: the volume of carbon dioxide released by cars into the atmosphere every year. That's equal to burning all the coal in a fully-loaded coal train that stretches 489 240,576 kilometres! Such a train can wrap 12 times around the earth at the equator.

2.2 billion: the number of tyres fitted every year. Motorists fit a new set of tyres on average every 2 years. More than half of the earth’s rubber production is used for tyres.

34-billion barrels: the world’s annual oil consumption. Every 169 litres of crude oil produce 73 litres of petrol, 36 litres of diesel, 20 litres of jet fuel and heavy fuel oil, 6 litres of propene and 34 litres of other products such as butane, asphalt and sulphur.

12 027 860: the number of registered vehicles in South Africa.

11.3-billion litres of petrol and 9.1-billion litres of diesel: the annual South African consumption.

R94.4-billion: the income government derives from fuel taxes and levies.

48th in the world: South Africa’s ranking on fossil fuel dependency.

12 240 766: licensed drivers that are registered in South Africa.

13.55 years: the average age of our car parc.