I present the Bond Minicar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4ZKOPmeU7c
Up to the mid sixties, some 25.000 of these were sold.
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 13:22, Reply)
Found a really cute, rare little car on this site
germancarsforsaleblog.com/1963-messerschmitt-kr201-roadster/
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 14:09, Reply)
If you want real cuteness and rarity, the Brütsch mopetta is the micro car for you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=efjCsccgtoc
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 14:25, Reply)
Invacar
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 15:04, Reply)
If I had the space, I'd love to have one.
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 16:49, Reply)
Invacars were build by AC, the same lunatics that buildt the insanely fast (for its time) Cobra.
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 17:15, Reply)
Which also had a 200cc engine and no reverse gear, so parking had to be done carefully to avoid getting stuck in the car due to the door being the whole front of the car.
When I was very young it was known to carry the whole family of 6!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_Kabine
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 22:59, Reply)
I remember seeing something fairly recently about tiny cars you can drive in France without a full licence, and younger than 17.
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 16:06, Reply)
No, they finally did away with that loophole
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-sex-age-consent-15-b1832457.html
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 16:23, Reply)
www.aixam.com/
anyone over 14 can drive a "voiture sans permis"
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 16:25, Reply)
and I see one regularly in the carpark of the Dean Forest Railway - I think it belongs to a volunteer but I've never worked out whose it is.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_Bug
In the case of the bug, I think it was a response to the petrol shortages of the 70s, but the minicar predates those... perhaps prompted by rationing?
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 16:46, Reply)
But just after the war, everything was in short supply. Cars were considered a rare luxury. Cars were build for export, and the few sold in Britain had an enormous purchase tax levied on them. That, combined with hefty road fund tax and insurance, left even modest cars out of reach of the plebs. Three wheelers however, were classified as motorbikes.
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 17:22, Reply)
OTOH I appreciate the 3 decimal places of accuracy.
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 18:47, Reply)
that you should accept the Euro delimeter.
(, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 20:06, Reply)