Amazing Automotive World Records

Nov 16, 2024

Today is National World Records Day and we’re excited to share with you some of the most incredible world records involving all things automotive. From fastest car to longest jump and more, we’ve got plenty of fascinating historic moments to peruse. Some records might be possible to break if you worked hard, but others require an immense amount of driving experience, finesse with your vehicle, and then some. There are some very skilled and creative people on this list, check it out!

Largest Loop-de-Loop in a Car

This record was first set in 2015 and then broken again in 2019, both by the impressive British Stunt Driver, Terry Grant, during the Riyadh Season Festival in Saudi Arabia. The drive required a 360-degree loop of 19.08 meters in diameter on round one, followed four years later by the same loop at 19.49 meters.

Tightest Parallel Parking

One of the most difficult things for new drivers to pass on their driver’s test is parallel parking. Sounds like stunt driver Alastair Moffatt could teach most of us a thing or two, though, as he broke not one but two records for parallel parking! His first record park was fitting his car into a space just 8.6cm longer than his car; he then broke his own record in 2015 by shimmying in a Fiat 500C into a space just 7.5cm longer than the car!

Most Countries Visited By Car

Fellow roadtrippers, the time has come to set your personal best bar even higher! German driver Gunther Holtorf spent 26 years between 1988 and 2014 all around the world for a grand total of 180 countries visited! Following in his footsteps is the impressive record of most countries visited in one continuous car journey which is a whopping 111 countries, set by both Jim Rogers and Paige Parker from the US.

World’s Longest Car

Michael Dezer of Dezerland Action Park in Orlando broke world records with an impressive 100+ foot 26-wheel long limousine, constructed from parts restored from the original record breaking vehicle. This unique vehicle has been dubbed “The American Dream”; it features a swimming pool with diving board, a helipad, putting green, and can accommodate 75 passengers, as well as being driveable from both ends of the vehicle. The current record was won in 2022, breaking the original 1986 record by an extremely small margin.

Most Stickers On a Car

We’ve all seen at least a wild car or two during our travels that appear to be covered fender to fender in stickers. But we can surely bet that no matter how many they have, they haven’t bested the record set by a group in Lithuania! With an impressive 14,637 different stickers and just under 24 hours time, six students worked together to cover a Nissan X-trail entirely with stickers and broke the world record. Their work was then proudly on display at a local shopping mall block.

Winner of the World’s Longest Custom Banana Car

You can count that sentence among things we’d never thought we’d say in our lives! What began as a custom car project in 2009 eventually blossomed into a record breaking four-wheel drive road-worthy banana. Creator Steve Braithwait started constructing his Big Banana Car based on a 1993 Ford F-150 Pickup Truck, and he worked tirelessly to construct the banana for 2 years utilizing chicken wife and polyurethane sculpting foam. The finished banana car broke records in 2011 for longest (and only!) four-wheel drive banana car.

Learn more about world records featuring cars with this cool video from CarWow on Youtube.