The World's Smallest Cars

Generally, a small car or city car has a long dimension of 3.495 m, 1.55 m width, and height of 1.5 m with 2.38 m of the wheel base. However, with increasing congestion in large cities encourage car manufacturers to develop a number of mini vehicles.

Vehicles that use three or four wheels is able to run normally, The difference only on its mini size. Just imagine the dimensions of length not exceeding 1.5 m, in width is also less than 1.5 m, and height is lower than 1.4 m. Using the unique machine that was equivalent with a small capacity motorcycle engines, and some even smaller. Here are five of the world's smallest cars that can be drove on the street:

1. Peel P50

Peel P50 claimed to be the smallest car in the world today, made by a British firm Peel Engineering. The car is worth 10,722 U.S. dollars or about Rp. 96 million it has dimensions of length 1.37 m, 1.04 m width, and height of 1.2 meters, and weight 59 kg.

As reported by the Daily Mail (30/1), car maker Paul Harris said the P50 Peel is the smallest car ever produced and the owner can be parked beside the desk in the office. In fact, Peel P50 which uses three wheels that can go into the elevator to the right without the driver should be out of the car.

Peel P50 only has one door on the left side, the wipers, and headlights. Behind the front hood is a single-cylinder engine technology with a capacity of 49 cc and powered 3.35 hp and torque 4.2 Nm. P50 drove up to a maximum speed of 72 km/hour with fuel consumption of 55.5 km/liter.

2. Peel Trident

Peel Trident Engineering company still made the difference only has a slightly larger dimensions. Trident is the dimension of length 1.829 m and 1.067 m wide with a height of 1.295 meters. Just like Peel P50, Trident is also able to carry only one passenger only, so size is really compact.

But unlike P50 Peel, Trident is much more environmentally friendly because the engine-driven electric motor-powered 3 Kw. To recharge the battery once, Trident can travel as far as 80 km.

3. Wind Up

Wind Up has only a high 1.04 m, 1.29 m long and 0.6 m wide. Size as it was a toy car. Unlike the Peel P50 and Peel Trident, Wind-up is not mass produced but made by the Germans, Perry Watkins. Because of its tiny size, the Wind received an award from the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest four-wheel vehicles in the world.

Wind Up mini car has a top speed of 60 km/hour. Tires, motorcycle tires. The engine is 150 cc motorcycle with an automatic transmission.

4. Lumeneo Smera

The electric car was made a French citizen with a range of costs Rp. 300 million and was produced in bulk. Lumeneo SMERA has a length of 2.38 m, 0.8 meter width, and height of 1.45 meters, and 1.7 m distance between the wheels.

What's interesting is the wide body design is a super-slim, but so Lumeneo Smera electric car can still be fitted with two seats.

5. Kandi Coco

Kandi Coco is a Chinese-made car that is claimed to be present to compete with India's Tata Nano. As driving is a small electric motor that Kandi Coco is only able to go with a top speed of 40 km/hour.

This car is automatic transmission, four wheel already carry embedded disc brakes, and interior MP3 port is already there. The price in China was 10,599 U.S. dollars. *** [FROM VARIOUS SOURCE | OVI | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 03022012]

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