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They may not be for everyone but small cars have satisfied a niche
of the auto market for a while now. Here's an infographic on some
of the very smallest cars that are already street legal and hail from
different countries around the globe. Also, learn some intriguing
facts about the tiniest cars known to man!
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The Reva G-Wiz (India)
The G-Wiz is a city car made by
REVA Electric Car Company
(RECC) in Bangalore, India,
currently the world's leading
electric car manufacturing
company.
In 2004 GoinGreen of the UK entered into an agreement with
RECC to import REVA cars and market them under the G-Wiz
moniker.
Price: ,
From around $12,000
The Ford Ka (United States)
It may not look like it, but the
popular Ford Ka is actually
smaller than the BMW Mini
Cooper.
Ford's CEO, Alan Mulally, stated in 2009 that the
Fakt
company would not be taking the Ka to the U.S., as
he didn't think American buyers would accept a
Ford model smaller than the Fiesta.
Price:
From around $16,500
The Kandi Coco (United States)
The Kandi Coco is an
electric two-person car
and arrived in the U.S.
in February 2009.
FACT
The Kandi is available to Oklahoma residents for
less than $900 thanks to a combination of federal
and state tax credits.
From $865
The Tango (United States)
The tango, created by Commuter
Cars, has two electric motors, one
for each rear wheel, that allow it
to go from zero to 60 in less than
four seconds.
Fact)
Price:
George Clooney was the first person to purchase
a Tango, and Google co-founder Sergey Brin is
an investor and purchased three Tangos.
$121,000
The Daihatsu Copen (Japan)
The Daihatsu Copen is a
Japanese two-seater that
has been around since 2001 ,
however, it is only available
in Europe and Japan.
The Copen featured on the UK show, Top Gear,
where presenter, James May, attempted to find the
best convertible car.
Price:
Around $22,000
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The Lumeneo Smera (France)
The Lumeneo Smera is a
French built electric car
powered by a 144 volt
lithium-ion battery
system.
Fact
According to manufacturers, the car can go up to
60 mph in 8 seconds.
Price:
$33,000
The EIBiI Norge Buddy Cab (Norway)
The ElBil Norge Buddy Cab is
a Norwegian electric car and
is the sixth generation of a
model called the Kewet, first
developed in 1991.
During the first five generations over 1000
-electric vehicles were produced and sold in
eighteen countries.
Price:
From around $25,000
The Smart Fortwo (Germany)
The Smart Fortwo is a
rear-engined two-seater city
car manufactured by Daimler
AG, first introduced at the
1998 Paris Motor Show as the
Smart City Coupé.
The Smart car allows back-in parking in otherwise
parallel parking zones; its length of 2.5 m equals the
width of a truck or a regular parking slot, allowing
two Smarts to park in a space for a single car.
Price:
From around Sl 2,500
Quick Facts about Small Cars
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The Peel Mini car holds the title in the Guinness Book of World
Records as the smallest car of all time — and has held this
position since its production in the 1960's,
1 9 teenage girls in India beat a world record in 2010 by being the
most number of people to squeeze into a standard Smart Car.
Texan Austin Coulson used a baby's pram and a quad bike to
construct the world's smallest roadworthy car in 2013.The
vehicle measures just 63.5cm high, 65.41 cm wide and
126.47cm long.
Coulson beat the record made by Perry Watkins in the UK in 2009
who constructed the then smallest roadworthy car out of an old
Postman Pat coin-in-the slot children's ride.
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