Monday, July 25, 2011

Largest Hybrid Vehicle Parade: Hybrids On Parade set world record (Video)

MADISON, Wis., USA -- 208 vehicles took part in Hybrids On Parade, organized by Paul Cooley, traveling a 2.1-mile loop from sponsor Smart Motors on Madison's West Side and setting the new world record for the Largest parade of hybrid cars.

  Photo: 208 vehicles took part in Hybrids On Parade, which broke a Guinness world record. Photo: Samara Kalk ( enlarge photo )

  The previous Guinness world record for the
largest parade of hybrid cars was 140 during and event organised by Toyota Belgium (Belgium) at Tervuren, Belgium.

Guinness World Records also recognized the Largest parade of camping vehicles (RVs), set by 672 camping vehicles (RVs) which took part in a parade organised by the Camper Club La Granda at Canelli, Italy .

   Hybrid enthusiasts were there from Ohio, Florida, Texas, Colorado, Georgia and Quebec, said Paul Cooley, Smart Motors' showroom manager, who organized the event.

  According to the Wisconsin State Journal:
"The parade consisted mostly of second-generation Priuses produced for the 2004 to 2009 model years.

 "There were newer and older Priuses, along with the occasional Toyota Camry, Honda Insight or Civic, Ford Escape SUV, and Lexus. Touted as the "quietest parade ever," some of the vehicles honked their horns on the route."
Monday, July 25, 2011