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Friday, June 26, 2009

Peel: World's Smallest Car.


The Peel P50 is a three-wheeled microcar manufactured by the Manx Peel currently holds the record for the smallest-ever automobile to go into production. It was first designed and manufactured around 1965.


Some features of Peel:-
· It is 54 inches (1,372 mm) long and 41 inches (1,041 mm) wide.
· It has an unladen weight of 59 kilograms (130 lb).
· The P50 used a 49 cc with a top speed of approximately 61 kilometres per hour.
· The car initially manufactured had no reverse gear.
· Designed as a "city car" for Ripley's by the London-based Peel Engineering Company.
· It costs about 25,000 U.S. dollars to produce.
· The Peel P50 is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the smallest road legal car ever produced.
Nano might be the world’s cheapest car, but the world’s smallest car is Peel 50 !!




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