20 Smallest Vehicles in The World

People are apparently obsessed with making things smaller and smaller and that applies to everything from technology to transportation and even houses. At least that's the way the nonsense goes, so here today we've put together a bunch of miniature cars for your enjoyment, some are so small they could only be driven by a toddler if toddlers had their license. drive. These are the 20

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's 20th car, Austin Coulson's DIY car, first, we have an extraordinary small vehicle, this is actually the

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and that's official, this tiny car is enough small and drivable enough to impress those old clipboards in the Guinness Book of World Records so you know it's real, this little car is the creation of a man named Austin Coulson from Phoenix, Arizona, it's a vehicle so small that it only measures 4 feet long and just over 2 feet high. and the car travels at a top speed of 25 mph and has a really cute license plate that says "I'm Big Now." I know this car doesn't really look roadworthy, but we also know it has to be in order for the Guinness Book.

Even to give it its title exactly, how does a small, very small, downright unsafe looking car accomplish such a thing? Apparently you just need to be licensed and registered in Texas. I'm not saying there aren't rigorous conditions to be roadworthy there, but but maybe all that freedom contributes to a different kind of road standard, who can say before continuing like this video? Hit the Subscribe button and click the notification bell right now or this centipede will crawl across your face when you're sleeping. It's time for the elegant theme. Is there a point where you can take minimalism too far?

Are we all getting pretty stupid? This is intended to be a mockup of a Chinese electric bicycle, but it is a unicycle. I know, it's silly, but what would a thing be like? so it even works where are all its parts why would you want to put this together? The questions are simply endless. My patience for this nonsense is not. However, what do you think? Go ahead and have all your thoughts on it in the comment box below using topic number 19, page 50, next we have this silly looking micro car from the 1960s that made novelty

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back then, it was all the rage and modern hipsters were getting into weird little bubble cars and stuff, the PE p50 is a mini three-wheeled vehicle that was manufactured between 1962 and 1965 by the Peele engineering company which was based in the man's hall in the United Kingdom.

In 2010, the Guinness Book named this little car the smallest production car ever created and I mean, just look. It's so ridiculously small it doesn't even look real anyway It was initially advertised in the 1960s saying it had enough room inside to fit an adult and a shopping bag, which, you know, seems practical, this little car it only has one door, one wiper and one headlight and came in a choice of colours, you could buy it in red, white or blue which is very patriotic I'm sure, and when it was made in 1963 it was sold today at 199 British Pounds Sterling, which translates to around £4,433.

You'd think there would be no such call for a novelty and impractical Noy car now, but Peele actually produced 50 examples of the p50 and at least 27 of them are believed to still exist; They rarely come on the market like most. Of them are in car collections, but one came up for auction in Soues in 2016 and sold for a surprising US$176,000. Number 18, the complete De Mobile in this tiny offering to the automotive world, was produced in Germany between 1950 and 1969 there were a few different types of small bottom mobiles and this particular one is the n type nicknamed the silver flea.

These were manufactured between February and June 1951 and it is believed that around 48 of the N type were produced during that time. a wooden frame that was often covered with sheets of plywood for the car's external panels which was then covered with synthetic leather. This type of material was commonly used for automobiles in the 1920s, but came back into use in post-war Germany in the 1950s because of the shortage of sheet metal during that time, also contributing to the fact that This material was extremely cheap to manufacture, as well as being much more widely available. However, naturally, making a car out of fabric has disadvantages: it's not durable compared to metal, nor does it To be honest, it looks especially cool, but it was a case of AAS needs and it worked for the time when it was called the silver flea because it was a version built with a hammered aluminum body and of course it was quite small so it pretty much fit the description.

Well, the silver flea was the beginning of a better body for the Typin Fundom mobile. Things became more consistent and more in line with what people expected from a vehicle, even if they were still very small. In fact, Bruce Mopa's number 17, next we have a very fun one. It looks like a small egg-shaped vehicle. This is the Bru Mopa. It's a single-seat car with three wheels that was built between 1956 and 1958. Only 14 of these Egon Brush-designed little things were made. This version was the smallest in a series. Of the microcars the company had produced, the vehicles are considered open roadsters, as they have one wheel at the front and, in some cases, are equipped with a removable folding hood.

They use a 50c engine with a three-speed gearbox and pull start. The Mopetta's top speed could reach a completely wild 22 mph. It had a fuel efficiency of approximately 92 m per gallon. Only five of the original 14 are known to have survived and there was a plan for these microcars to be manufactured and distributed by German Automobile. manufacturer Opel, but they never got any further in the process than printing the sales brochures, maybe there just isn't much demand for a Dolly Siiz Death Mobile Roadster that can travel as fast as a granny on a tricycle, huh, strange number 16, the Gagam mobile.

Dart, this microcar is called the Gaga mobile Dart, was developed in the 1950s in Australia and produced between 1959 and 1961 by the automobile company Buckle Motors in Sydney. The car itself was based on the mechanics and chassis of the Gaga mobile microcar that was Originally created in Bavaria, Germany, by a company called Hans Glass, this Australian version has a fiberglass body with an open sports car design of two-seater, but can you spot the deliberate mistake? That's right, it has no doors, but again it is very small and for driving. If you just hop into it like a go-kart, it has a tiny luggage compartment inside its nose and the entire vehicle only weighs 761 pounds, including its back-mounted two-stroke twin engine.

This cute little car was made in 300 and 400 cc options, you know, for those Daredevil guys, the dart was only made for a few years, but during that time they produced about 700 of these cars and naturally they are Very popular among collectors today. Number 15, the Shell Trident, next we have the slightly larger version of the Peele p50, remember that was the fun little single seater with room for a shopping bag that we saw earlier? They went really crazy with the design of this car and added an extra seat to the setup. This is the Peel Trident The Trident was another three-wheeled vehicle like its little brother, the p50, but the manufacturers seemed to realize they were missing out on all the Swinging 60s lovers and built this one with two seats that could follow the rhythm of all the hips. young couples who would really like to drive such a small, silly car together.

It had a complete overhaul before its production from 1965 to 1966. It featured a unique fiberglass shell and was called oil sprung wheels and a clear shell on top which was its bubble this bubble car had the option of two seats , but if you were traveling alone you could transform that second seat into a detachable shopping basket. It's the height of exciting things. This little car is only 73 inches long and 39 inches wide and weighs. only 330 lb small but cute and small one of the smallest cars in the world. It has appeared on many television shows which of course includes Top Gear in both the UK and the US.

Number 14, the Reliant Robin, this next car is one of the icons of British design may not It may not be the most beautiful nor the most practical nor even the most functional but the Reliant Robin has earned its place in the history books and in popular culture this three-wheeled vehicle became famous as the vehicle driven by Delboy in the classic series British sitcom Only Fools and Horses was initially produced by manufacturer Reliant between 1973 and 1981. This version was built with a 750 cc engine which was later upgraded to 850 cc in 1975. It was an extremely economical vehicle for the time and was affordable to buy and cheaper to run than many others and incredibly was still capable of reaching speeds of 70mph, later versions could even reach 85mph and remained popular even during the fuel crisis of the 1970s.

In 1989 , the Robin Reliant was revived and an all-new version of the three-wheeled Wonder would be produced this time, it featured a fiberglass body and hatchback design and they added a station wagon and station wagon version later in the line; Then on 19 1999, Reliant introduced the iiiiii brand. new panels and Vox all the Corsa headlights and then in 2000 they announced that the end of the road had come for the Reliant Robin. 65 limited editions were produced to mark the end of an era and these were the most elegant they had ever made. gold metallic paint jobs and red and gray leather interiors along with red carpets and walnut dashboards, everything was high spec and shiny and the asking price for these special final editions was 10,000 lb number 13, the asset vam below , we have another type of bubble car, this is the vetta, this car, like many others we have seen today, had the characteristic egg or bubble shape, this is how these cars in general became known as bubble cars, this one in particular is a micro car that was designed in Italy and then Li Ed for manufacturers in several different countries, these were made in Argentina, Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom, and the BMW Isetta that was built in 1955 was the first mass-produced automobile to achieve fuel consumption of 78 m per gallon. or 3 L every 100 km, crazy, more than 161,000 units of this vehicle were sold in 1954, the manufacturer VAM obtained the light license to produce the Isetta in France and developed a different body than the one the BMW version had had, but they kept the same engine.

Von's body was much rounder and egg-shaped, but the French called it a yogurt pot. There was also a convertible version and a luxury model that was introduced in 1957 and of which 500 units were built at that time, only one was registered. car that was built with a roadster body, this little vehicle set numerous records for the sub 250 CC class in 1957, number 12, the Renault twizzy, now we have a modern miniature car and tell me, is it just me or these new versions of things are simply way? Uglier and less attractive than its vintage counterparts, this looks like a really ugly toy languishing in the bargain bin as no kid wants to play with it.

The Renault Twizzy is a two-seater electric microcar. There are two models, the 45 and the. 80 and apparently these numbers also indicate the maximum speeds they can reach in kilometers per hour, although they were initially manufactured in Spain, production of this thing was moved to South Korea because apparently there was a greater demand for these vehicles in Asia, production ended . altogether in September 2023 and was replaced by the equally grotesque Duo G quadricycle mobilized when this vehicle first appeared. It was a concept car that was shown at the Frankfurt Motorcycle Show in 2009, then in March 2012 it was launched in France and shortly after. in the rest of Europe, but despite there being three models, none of them came with a battery pack, this had to be rented separately for a monthly fee, but what do you think of this incredibly unattractive vehicle?

Maybe you love it, go ahead and unleash all your fury. in the comments below because that's what they're there for, after all, number 11, the Corbin Sparrow originally known as Corbin Sparrow, this battery-powered single-passenger electric three-wheeled vehicle eventually became Meyers Motors nmg, These were designed for driving and getting around the city. and occurred during a period of time between 1999 andearly 2010s, they had previously only been built to order when they were manufactured by Corpo Motors. Small cars, or personal electric vehicles as they are actually known, were nicknamed Jelly Bean, which seems like a no-brainer. and the pizza butt, which is less obvious, but apparently it was because they were made for Domino's Pizza to use, they appeared in Austin Po's Golden Member and the movie Looper, they weren't actually a brilliantly cheap option, these things will give you they would be $29,995 and that's without tax or shipping and that was in 2008, number 10, the car friend lb Norge, if you want to drive a vehicle that looks like it might be better suited as a kids car ride at Disneyland, well, This is probably the kind of thing that would appeal to you, otherwise its purpose is actually baffling: These are the Buddy cars or as they used to be known, the Norwegian electric city cars, these vehicles were produced from 2005 to 2013 and are essentially a sixth generation of automobiles that were called the electric vehicle coet these were first developed and produced in Denmark and Germany back in 1991 those first five generations produced a total of around 1,000 electric vehicles these stubby cars were built with two doors and three seats and had a range of 12 to 37 miles but that also depends on the season you drive it and what type of driver you are, frankly although a 12m range is basically rubbish, the life expectancy of the batteries on these things it is about 20 000 km or about 12 1 12 000 thousand. lucky to even have the patience to drive it this far with these kinds of ranges to recharge the battery you need number nine, the marai, if the accolade of being the least roadworthy car in the world is really something to brag about, well , that's a question, but apparently the makers of the Mari, not the Toyota Mari, are apparently happy to have been approved by the clipboards in the big Guinness book.

Marai, a word that means future in Japanese, may or may not be the future of motorsports. I hope that's not because the car looks super small and really impractical. iCal to be honest, I mean, where do you put your shopping bag? I'm 6'4 tall, you know? So they made this ridiculous, naughty car to only be about 18 inches tall and this beat the previous record for a short car by a full 6 inches. The vehicle was created at a high school in Japan by a group of automotive engineering students and teachers in 2010. It runs on six batteries and uses the engine control parts of a Q.

The car and the switch console of a motorcycle, all the other parts from the chassis to the suspension, lights and steering system were produced in a number eight secondary school. The hle cabin. Next we have another bubble car from the late 1950s. Europe was just crazy about these tiny oddities for a short period of time, it would seem that the cockpit was another micro car where this time there were a few different models that were produced under license By some companies, the 150 model had 174 cc and 9.2 horsepower. single cylinder four stroke engine, this was the same one that powered the scooter designed by the same company, which gives you a great indication of the power this thing produced, I mean, not much, then in 1956 they brought in the model 153 which had . three wheels and the model 154 which had four wheels, both used 204c engines, but these engines were later reduced to 198 for insurance reasons.

These Little Gnome fun cars had a steel body and opened at the front, had a fabric sunroof and the neat inclusion of a reverse gear, yes many other types of bubble cars did not have the ability to reverse, how fun, the number seven, the tango. Now we have another more modern offering in the microcar space, and frankly, it's just as ugly as the rest. these modern and silly versions this is the Tango an electric car prototype designed by commuter cars an electric vehicle company based in Spokane Washington for some reason the main design element of this particular car is that it is especially narrow;

It's actually narrower than some motorcycles and is designed to be able to fit in just a quarter of a standard parking spot, it's so small that you can actually park it on its side, ideal I know and I guess if you live somewhere Parking is a nightmare, but how safe would you feel even jumping fences? along the highway on something that was ACH for a bean, huge trucks drive past you and can barely see you, that's the problem with some of these vehicles as they shrink to such an extent that they become less and less visible for the older ones.

Vehicle users and larger vehicles are still extremely common. The dangers associated with driving small, flimsy fiberglass minicars are greater than those of larger, beefier vehicles. Electric vehicles may also seem like the way to go, but some of these battery-powered vehicles come with a host of options. of new dangers, you know little things like spontaneous combustion, number six really is brilliant, the revi and now we have a gift for you, this is the most hated electric vehicle in the world, what an award, the revive that bears the name of Reva G whiz in the UK first arrived in 2001 when it was developed as a mini electric vehicle by Indian electric car maker Reva, later Mahindra electric.

These cars were sold around the world until 2012 but were mainly tarnished in the UK market classified as a Quadra bike which is a four-wheeled motorcycle that is powered by eight 6-volt lead acid batteries that can supposedly make the Genius G reaches speeds of 50 mph. The thing is nothing more than a flimsy, deadly box on wheels. An impact at 50 mph can actually be fatal, so why is it going so fast? Insanity, they most likely also have the worst handling and stability of anything on the road, aside from all the obvious and huge safety issues, these cars also look ridiculous, their junk is twisted, they leak. the rainwater and their paint job stank and many were strangely combined due to the mixed pain in the factories.

The manufacturers claim that two adults and two children can actually fit inside, but by all accounts two short people can fit in the front and good luck to anyone trying to do that. Get in the so-called back seats, this thing absolutely sucks and is one hell of a death trap, but what do you think of this mortally flimsy piece of trash? Go ahead and tell me all about it. Below, number five, the smart Mercedes 42. The Benz group has been producing all kinds of smart cars for years and they seem to be very popular. This is the Smart 42, a two-seat city car produced from 1998 to 2024, now in the third generation of this car.

Its engine is in the rear and it has a rear-wheel drive layout. The car was sold in 46 different countries around the world and sold a staggering 1.7 million in 2015. They are available in a three-door hatchback version or a two-door convertible. They make parking in tight spaces and city traffic much easier, but they're not as ideal if you have to transport extra people or things. However, this thing is so iconic that the Moma Museum of Modern Art in New York City added a first generation 42 to its permanent collection, so not only is it smart, it's apparently also art - who knew the number four ?

The Messer Schmid kr200, we now have a nice bubble car that was designed by the same company that made all the Nazi fighter planes. In World War II, it seems strange that what happened was that after World War II, M Schmidt, aop aircraft manufacturers were prohibited from making any more war equipment or, for that matter, any type of aircraft, so that changed their design skills. to road vehicles and with all the scarcity and also the fashions, fats and design of cars in the 50's, they made another one of those bubble cars that everyone enjoyed so much, the kr200 was also known as the cabin roller, which means scooter with a cabin in German almost 12,000 were built during the first year of production and it was essentially a runaway success, they made a bunch of them and then when West Germany joined NATO the company was allowed to start manufacturing manufacture airplanes once again and the number of cars their production immediately decreased to very few they finally ceased production of these microcars in 1964 number three the pagio vesa 400 this super cute little rear engine microcar was built in France between 1957 and 1961 there were three different versions that were created the Lux the GT and the tors launched this car with a lot of song and dance in Monaco where manufacturers acma invited three high profile racing drivers to launch the vesa 400.

These vehicles have two seats but Behind them is their luggage space or what they call optional cushion. What sounds like the height of car safety for kids in the '50s, this little car's top speed was recorded at 51.8 mph and it had a 0-40 mph acceleration rate in a whopping 23 seconds. Now I don't know about you, but I want one of these things number two, the electric Mia, now back to modern times. And a silly looking little electric vehicle. This is the electric Mia designed and manufactured in France. They came in three options: the Mia, the Mia L and the Mia U.

Previously, the K and the first configuration had three seats and sliding doors, the second had four seats and was built on a longer wheelbase and the third type It was a van with only a seat for the driver and a functional space behind. These strange looking little cartoon cars were produced. between June 2011 and were sold from 2012, unfortunately the company stopped production in December 2013 due to financial problems and then they liquidated the company, not the vehicles, although that could have been appropriate in March 2014, it was a decision short lived and very strange looking electric vehicle, number one, the unity one and finally this is the unity 1, a three seater electric city car.

Yes, like all the others, this is a Swedish offering with a central driver's seat and has been designed to contain two battery packs offering a standard range of 93m with the 12KW per hour drive or 186M range with a 24 Kow unit. They also estimate that this little round car can be charged to provide 200 feet of range in just 10 minutes, is lightweight and tips the scales at 1,300 pounds, can go from 0 to 62 mph in 9.9 seconds, the top speed of the Unity 1 It's 75 mph and has two different driving modes, depending on your needs, there's a city and a drive, and they're pretty autonomous. - self explanatory, it is packed with all the technology that modern vehicles have and you can sync everything and your grandmother for total connectivity.

Exciting stuff coming from the exciting world of small cars. Let me know what you think in the comments section below. the other interesting things that appear on the screen and see you next time