30 Innovative Car Trivia Questions and Answers

Reviewed by Stefanie Zaldarriaga, Author·Updated Sep 2025·4 min read

Rev your engines with Car Trivia! From classic muscle cars and luxury rides to racing legends and automotive history, these questions will test how much you know about the world of cars. Perfect for car enthusiasts, casual drivers, or anyone who loves the thrill of the open road, this trivia will take you from the Model T to modern supercars.

1Who is credited with building the first modern automobile?
2Who was the first person to drive an internal combustion engine-powered car on a long-distance journey?
3Who built an early automobile powered by steam as early as 1769?
4What is the world record for the highest vehicle mileage by a single owner in one car?
5What is the world’s shortest street-legal car ever produced?
6When was the first speeding ticket issued, and what was the offender’s speed?
7Which car won the title of fastest production car in its time, reaching 267.857 mph?
8Which car had nearly 55% global market penetration in 1916?
9What was the first automobile to feature a gas-powered engine patent?
10Who received the first U.S. patent for an automobile, and in what year?
11Which car holds the fastest recorded speed for a single-engine, unblown car?
12Which early automobile was powered by a gas (coal gas) engine and made a test run near Paris in 1863?
13What invention made windshield cleaning effortless for drivers, patented in 1903?
14Which car reached a production top speed of 217 mph between 1992 and 1993?
15What term for cars comes from a Latin word meaning “two-wheeled Celtic war chariot”?
16What was the first car mass-produced using assembly line techniques?
17What company invented the three-point seatbelt in 1959?
18What car is considered the first true muscle car?
19What was the first Japanese car company to establish manufacturing in the U.S.?
20What is the world’s best-selling car model of all time?
21Which car was the first to be called a “supercar”?
22What car introduced airbags as standard equipment?
23Which car famously appeared in the film Back to the Future?
24What car holds the Nürburgring production car lap record (as of 2023)?
25What was the first car to feature a turbocharged engine?
26What car company produced the Beetle, one of the most famous cars in history?
27Which car company created the luxury brand Lexus?
28What electric car became the world’s best-seller in the 2010s?
29What country produces the most cars annually?
30What country consumes the most gas every year?