The largest parade of quadbikes (ATVs) is 1,870 and was organised by the Rocky Mountain ATV Jamboree in Richfield, Utah, USA, on 16 September 2009. 1,947 ATV’s were at the start of the parade, however, only 1,870 finished it.
The largest parade of Nissan cars consisted of 225 vehicles in an event organised by Skylineowners.com (UK) at the Silverstone Race Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, UK, on 11 April 2010. The parade completed two full laps of the circuit at an average speed of 15-20 mph (24-32 km/h), achieving a distance of 3.5 mi (5.63 km) in total. 246 cars turned up on the day but for various reasons only 225 could be counted towards the record.
A parade of 317 motorcycles and sidecars took place at Beijing Goldenport International Motor Park, Beijing, China, on 13 June 2004. The event was organised by Bullfroggies Beijing Sidecar Club.
The largest parade of mopeds consisted of 1,237 mopeds and was achieved on an event organised by De Bromvliegers (Netherlands) between Veghel and Zijtaart in The Netherlands, on 23 August 2009. De Bromvliegers also organized the previous record attempt.
The largest parade of snowmobiles consisted of 820 snowmobiles which completed a 46.6 km (29 mile) course at Roseau, Minnesota, USA, on 21 February 2004, during the 6th Annual Frostbite Days event arranged by the Roseau County Trailblazers Snowmobile Club.
The largest parade of Subaru cars involved 371 vehicles and was organized by Subaru of America (USA) in Itasca, Illinois, USA, on 13 July 2013. The attempt brought Subaru owners from 11 states, and beat Subaru of America’s 339 vehicle record from 2009. The event also raised money for two Chicagoland charities: no-kill animal shelter PAWS Chicago and military support organization Salute, Inc.
The largest parade of Steyr tractors featured 1,338 vehicles, and was achieved by Franz Fischinger (Austria), in Weissenkirchen, Austria, on 02 July 2011. Mr. Fischinger has held this record previously.
The largest parallel bars display was achieved by 343 participants at an event organised by Turnverein Sulz (Switzerland) in Sulz, Switzerland, on 16 May 2010. 33 gymnastics clubs were involved in the attempt.
The largest parafoil parachute ever flown has a span of 43.6 m. (143 ft.) giving it a surface area of 700 sq. m. (7,500 sq. ft.), nearly one and a half times the size of the wings of a Boeing 747. Essentially a parachute that is ‘inflated’ by air pressure as it descends, the parafoil was developed by NASA to bring its X-38 spacecraft back to the surface after re-entering the atmosphere. Most paragliders, which are also parafoils, have a surface area of between 25
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The record for the largest parade of Willys vehicles was 353 achieved by Juan Carlos Ospina (Colombia) and Willys Colombia group in Armenia, Bogota on the 7 February 2006.