Posted: 28 Mar 2012 09:38 AM PDT
    Peel P50Smart ForTwo, a mini car with a length of 2696 mm, width 1560 mm and 1540 mm height is no longer the smallest car in duni currently being sold commercially. Means, it also abolished the Tata Nano, Toyota and Aston Martin Cygnet iO as a small car in the world.
    Peel P50
    The world’s smallest car is a Peel P50 with a length of just 1270 mm and 1041 mm wide and weighs only 59 kg which is created in the 1960s. Has long been true! But now, a replica version appeared in the UK and by Ripley’s Believe it or Not is also claimed as the world’s smallest production car.
    The original Peel P50 is made on the Isle of Man from 1962 to 1965 by the Peel Engineering Company (PEC), is micro car three wheels with one door, one headlight and one cleaner (wiper) windshield. 49 cc engine is paired with 3-speed transmission.
    The highest attainable speed of 61 km / h and had no reverse gear. This car was designed by Cyril Cannel, business owners with their original PEC is a maker of fiber and motor boats or shield fairing for a motorcycle.
    P50 is designed to contain only one adult, plus a bag to carry shopping. Described, only 50 units produced the original Peel and then sold 199 pound sterling, or nearly USD 3 million.
    Fact, the tiny cars are now bought by a collector of 100,000 pounds or USD 1.5 billion. That’s why a company founded by Gary Hilman and Faizal Khan in 2010 and named his company brought him back to the Peel Engineering Company in 2010. PEC long disbanded in 1974.
    Replication
    The new PEC replicas P50 produces a limited basis. Updates on the P50 offers electric motors. Nevertheless, 49 cc petrol engine versions remain. Gasoline engine used type 4-stroke produces 2.5 kW power and 4.2 Nm of torque paired with a CVT and claims fuel consumption of 50 km / liter.
    For the electric version uses a DC motor without borstel (brushless) that produces 2.5 kW but greater torque, which is 14.4 Nm, also with the CVT. The battery can be removed and only 30 km distance. The highest speed of the two models of 65 km / h.
    Trident Capsules
    In addition to P50, the new PEC also make another replica, the Trident-shaped capsules or bubbles. This vehicle was originally built in 1965 until 1966 and sold 190 pounds, also produced a limited basis.
    Such as P50, is a native Tirdent micro car three wheel 49 cc engine and can speed 60 km / h. 1.820mm length and width of 1067 mm is designed for two seats. One can be removed and used for groceries.
    Latest Trident obtain the same driving source selection with P50 but 36 pounds heavier, reaching 99 kg. PEC made the same specifications with the original two cars, but the capsule form is more aerodynamic.
    According to PEC, P50 and Trident replica road legal use in the UK and EU. Micro car is categorized as a three wheeled moped. In the United States are classified as motor-driven bicycle. PEC also makes the P50 a special message in accordance with the Specifications on the street legal in some countries.
     
     
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