"Wind up!" - the smallest car in the world

One of the biggest problems of the modern metropolis are the many-meter jams. People buying a car want to become more mobile, move freely from one place to another and not depend on the city transport, but because of the presence on the streets of a huge number of cars creating multi-meter jams, it becomes impossible. One of the reasons for the traffic jams can become dimensional cars, so today it is much more convenient to have a brisk machine of small dimensions.

The smallest serial cars

European machines, unlike the American ones, have always been more elegant. Perhaps this is a consequence of the fact that the streets of Strictly Light are less wide, and the larger dimensions of cars will create inconvenience when parking and generally when driving through the streets of cities. As early as 1962, the smallest car in the world was produced in the UK - it's Pill P50. It had a length of 134 cm, a height of 120 cm and a 99-centimeter width. We hung this miracle car only 59 kg. He had 3 wheels, one door, one headlight and one windshield wiper. A total of 59 such cars were produced. This car was intended only for one passenger and a small baggage with the size of a suitcase. To date, the Peel P50 is the smallest car in the world, produced serially. In the 60s of the last century, it could be purchased for 199 pounds sterling. However, today these cars, and there are only about two dozen of them, are considered a rarity, and their cost at the auction is from 30-50 thousand pounds.

List of the smallest serial cars

In addition to the English Peel Engineering Company, other world car manufacturers also began to produce mobile cars serially. Today, the top-ten of the smallest cars in the world has the following appearance:

• Peel P50;
• Mitsuoka MC-1;
• Mercedes SMART ForTwo;
• Suzuki Twin;
• Fiat Seicento;
• Citroen C1;
• Chevrolet Spark;
• Peugeot 107;
• Toyota iQ ;
• Aston Martin Cygnet.

These compact cars are very convenient for driving in large metropolitan areas. By the way, the first two in the list are meant for one passenger, all the others for two.

The smallest non-production car

Considering the Peel P50 photo it is impossible to imagine that in the world there is a car designed for adults that would be smaller in size than this English car. However, this is possible. The smallest car in the world - "Wind Up!", Which translates from English as "clockwork", was invented by an English designer, or rather inventor Perry Watkins. Its dimensions are simply amazing: the length is 129 and a half centimeters, the width is 66 cm, the height is only 99 centimeters. He has everything necessary to ensure that during the inspection there are no problems. There are lights, mirrors, wipers, - everything is arranged here as it should be for an ordinary car, allowed for operation on a public road. "Wind up!" Is designed for one person - the driver, but it's difficult to judge about his comfort in such a tight environment, but judging by the smiling Watkins in the photo, he likes to be in the booth of his unique brainchild, which is included in the famous book of records of Arthur Guinness as the most unusual and smallest The car in the world.