5 Of The Smallest Cars Of All Time!
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
- So as cities become more populated and congested the demand for small efficient vehicles are increasing.
We look at cars like the smart car and see it as tiny, but compared to these next 5 cars, it is pretty big.
So in this list ill be showing you 5 of the smallest cars of all time.
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5) Fuldamobil
Looking at its design you can straight away tell this car was built a long time ago.
Built in 1950 to 1969 by German company Elektromaschinenbau Fulda, which literally translates to Electric Machine Build.
This car is extremely rare, with only 123 ever built.
Despite the company having the word Electric in their name, the car wasn't electric.
It actually had a small petrol engine that produced about 10 horse power.
Not particularly much power but considering its tiny size and that its meant only for small trips around town, its was sufficient.
The 0-60 time doesn't exist as it had a top speed of only 50mph.
However all in all its a pretty cool car, and certainly looks quite fun to drive.
4) Autobianchi Bianchina
This thing in my opinion looks incredibly beautiful.
As you probably have guessed it is an Italian made car, and was based upon the original fiat 500.
However they styled it to look like a coupe rather than the typical hatchback design most micro cars go for.
About 275,000 of them were made between 1959 to 1970.
Meaning you can easily buy one in good condition online,
However be prepared to spend quite a lot of money, these tiny fashion accessories don't come cheap.
A good example goes for around $30,000.
However if you're looking for performance you might want to look else where.
Its small engine produced about 22 horse power, giving it a top speed of 68 mph and a 0-60 time of about 61 seconds.
3) Iso Isetta
You'll probably recognize this car as the BMW bubble car.
And while BMW did slap their badge on it, it was actually built by an Italian company called ISO.
It was a huge hit in the 50's, becoming the top selling single cylinder car in the world.
They shifted over 161,000 units world wide.
Meaning you can buy one these today quite easily.
But since it is a classic car now, expect to pay at least $20,000 for a decent one.
It had an incredible fuel consumption, in fact it was the first ever car to hit 94mpg for us Europeans or 78mpg for Americans.
But those excellent mpg figures came at the cost of a tiny weak engine.
It produced about 12 hp and had a top speed of 53 mph.
2) Commuter Cars Tango
You'll probably think it has a tiny 20 horse power engine and a top speed of maybe 60mph,
But what if I told you this thing will do 0-60 in about 3.2 seconds.
It gets all this power from 2 electric motors which produces a ridiculous 3,000 pound feet of torque.
Something tells me this car wouldn't handle corners very well.
It has a range of about 240 miles which is plenty for most people,
its electric so well its cheap to run, its incredibly fast so you can actually get to where you want to go without holding everyone else up, and its so tiny you can literally park it anywhere.
It all sounds pretty amazing but then you get to the price.
The tango will set you back about $108,000, which is very expensive for what it is.
1) Peel P50
Out of all the cars mentioned today, nothing comes close to the size of the Peel P50.
This thing isn't just small enough to park anywhere, its small enough to literally pick up and drag inside.
As demonstrated perfectly by Jeremy Clarkson on an episode of Top Gear.
At just 54 inches long and 41 inches wide, It holds the Guinness World Record as the smallest production car ever made.
They are extremely rare, and finding one for sale is no easy task.
Only about 47 were ever sold, and a few years ago one was up for auction and managed to sell for $176,000.
But its not all bad news, if you really want one you can buy a new one.
They just recently went back into production with new modern engineering but kept the same classic design, and prices start at $21,000 which is still expensive but far more affordable.
Its performance figures wont win any races, with a petrol or electric engine producing 3.35 bhp and a top speed of 28 mph.
But it is very efficient and lets face it, you'll have to be completely insane to ever try and take it on a highway.
I can vouch for the BMW Isetta because I had one. Although originally designed and built by Iso in Italy, BMW bought the whole thing, design and tooling and moved production to Germany. They fitted it with a 300cc version of their 250cc single cylinder motorcycle engine in place of the original Iso engine. Although a 2 seater, I regularly had 3 in it. I guess we were all skinnier back then. It's top speed was 52 mph, but you could drive it at that speed all day. I would get one today if I had the money, about £12,000 for a good restored one. It was such fun to drive.
Yep, but the original idea came from Iso. So I vote for the italian one.
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Just thought I'd mention a correction on the Tango, that very narrow, very speedy electric, that took your number two spot. It actually corners quite well, according to reports I've read. The vast majority of it's weight, the batteries, are beneath the floor and between the wheels, giving it a very low center of gravity. So it is stable enough, and certainly strong enough, to carve some "donuts" in about as much room as an average two-car garage.
You missed one very important car. The KING MIDGET !!
I saw the one that goes 0-60 in 3.2 seconds at a museum
When you talked about the Tango, I will tell you that they have a very good center of gravity and will not tip over on hard turns
Still... that price 😑
Considering the topic, it may be worth mentioning that after WW2, Europeans could not afford normal size cars which is where most of the super small cars come from.
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What about the Messerschmitt KR-200?
Jeremy Clarckson Motors P45
Bar Goldstein I remember that episode
The Tango had a 200 mile range and hit 60 in 2.5 seconds 10 years ago?
+fatboy19831 No.
Wow! That last car isn't much bigger than a toy car you get in a McDonald's Happy Meal lol!
Good video. As a follow-up, how about one focusing on brand-new or up-coming micro cars and their power technology? Car magazines seem reluctant to do an article on this subject, so I see an opportunity here.
Never saw number five before. Very informative!
"AUTOBIANCI BIANCINA"
my heart dropped
Sigh!
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The "H" are there for a reason
Jayveon, the correct way to say "Autobianchi Bianchina" is "AutobianKi BianKina". It's italian, you know...
I had the Goggomobil sedan. Now it was smaller than the Fiat 500.
It had a 300 cc two cylinder two stroke engine. The body on mine was fibreglass. This gave a mass of about 800 pounds. The dart was lighter at about 600 pounds..
To change a tyre I used to simply roll the car onto its side. No jack required.
I got a bit carried away and built a pair of expansion chambers for the engine which increased the torque. With the engine in the rear and only fibreglass at the front it was able to do a wheelstand at the traffic lights.
I can remember how a mini used to tower over me.
The top speed was a little below 60 miles per hour.
Check the specs on the Tango a little closer. It handles better than a lot of sports cars due to the fact of so many batteries, about 2,200lbs worth under the floorboard, total 3,326lbs for the vehicle.
2:28 "..a top ssspeed about sssixtyeight miless per hour, in an nougth to sssixty time of sssixtyone sssecondsss" :-)
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+The Pap Depends on your needs.
In Germany, I saw a couple of "Go Go" Cars I think they were Zundap). The whole front opened to let driver and front passenger out and the whole back of the car opened to let the back seat passengers out (They faced the rear.) A horizontally opposed air cooled engine was mounted mid ship. These two were sitting on top of a building behind my cousin's place.
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cool shirt, whered you get that?? lol
I knew you will say Peel P50 at the end as it also came in Top Gear.
The Tango had all its batteries under the floor. Excellent handling.
I used to have a Honda 600 sedan and I loved driving that thing. It did highway speeds easily and everyone who went by was fascinated by the little 10 inch "doughnut" tires.
I was expecting to see the jeremy's p45 xdd
that #4 car was sold in houston texas for $500 all original but rusted
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Back in the 1960s, while I was in high school, I ended up owning 3 BMW Isettas for a total investment of $600. The first one ($300) threw a push rod on the way home. (Not good news in a 1 cyl engine.) After retrieving it with a small truck, we found a "deal" where two more Isettas were offered: 1 runs good, 1 "all apart" for another $300. With the thought that I might end up with two running Isettas, I bought the pair... and found that the "all apart" one had the same engine failure of my first one. However, all the insets did a fairly good job of giving me parts to keep the one running model car going fairly well. Had a lot of fun with the cars ... and learned a lot about mechanics while working on them. (Eventually, I got a VW Beetle for a reliable commute car. Sold the Isettas for about $500...)
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Calm down big man.
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I'll stick with my Messerschmitt KR 200
My Messer would have been the Tiger - wow machine! However, among microcars, nothing could beat my Berkeley B105 - 105mph from a 692cc 52bhp engine. It remains to this day the most exciting car I've ever driven. Pull into a parking space nose first, climb out, lift it up by the rear luggage carrier and park it in a space only a few inches longer than the car. And BOY did it handle! Not to mention accelerate...
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Good videos (I bought one of those little BMWs back in the day and paid $50 for it). Suggestions ... a BIG ONE ... leave a little more "space" between you voice-edits. People are geared to hear appropriate pauses when people speak, and when those pauses are not there (edited out) ... understanding goes down and some tension is felt by the listener. Try to make it more natural sounding ... You will only add another 30 - 40 seconds to the overall video; but it's REALLY worth it. Best Wishes. Mike
number five looks like a frog.the car.
Ridiculous is the American people who buy huge cars to drive alone
The narrow spared wheels avoid an expensive differential gear, but don't really give more stability.
The BMW Isetta had the same, but was offered with three wheels only in UK for lower tax class.
Cool video man.
How about the French made Vespa 400? We bought ours new for around $600 and was good for about 50+ mph.
In the UK the Isetta was made by Trojan entrepreneur Kevin Agg alongside Lambretta scooters and three wheelers and was quite popular but no mention of the Vespa 400 car which is almost a clone of the Autobianchi in styling and looks and had a smaller engine too...
Ian Watson
look for piaggio vespa 400 ... very similar to the banchina , with a tiny two stroke twin of 400cc. i love it
The Tango is actually pretty stable on a curve as its centre of gravity is under the floor.
lool when he says thousand he does like a snake hehehehe
There is also the King Midget Mk3 which is really small. The Scootacar is also very small. There are books on these really small cars. Many of which would make the Smart Fortwo look huge by comparison.
Sorry to be pedantic (I like your channel, btw) but it's not pronounced "AutobiaCHi" (as in CHimp), it's actually pronounced "Autobianki".
94 miles (europeans) 78 miles (americans) ?!?!?
The CC Tango is actually narrower than a motorbike when the wing mirrors are taken into account.
The German company of Heinkel created their own versions of Isetta, and it could hold four passengers; two adults in the front and two children in the back.
good work thanks
I had a turbo Chevy Sprint from 92-2010, loved it. Sold it for double what I paid when it was 5 yrs old.
I owned a BMW Isetta in 1962, regularly carried two passengers to school, the two stroke 300cc model actually went a good deal faster than 52 mph, I got it up to 70 once, but it was dangerously hard to stop, brakes only on the front wheels, were too small. Really needed a heater in the Milwaukee winter, and of course, no AC. Had an AM radio but windshield wiper was poor. Ledge in back of driver held a case of beer nicely. I loved this car, but I did manage to damage the rubber transmission one night, I was 20 years old. Recall that Elvis had one, bought while he was serving in the army in Germany. I also was in Germany in 1962-- that is where I first saw them.I paid $300 for my used 1957 Isetta in 1962! There was a bigger model, a "station wagon" similar to the VW van, that cost only slightly more.
My Isetta was put onto the roof of a nearby building by pranksters once, and regularly put onto lawns by frat boys, because it could easily be lifted by four people. Not funny, I actually got traffic citations by the clueless cops who actually believed I parked the car on a roof!
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New Zealand, Norway, Denmark, ?Tasmania? and Sealand?
Thats what I'd think.
+Daniel Gordon Tanzania or Tasmania?
My list
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What about Jeremy clarksons peel p 45
exactly
bwm isetta style....
welp. The p50 will never be forgotten.
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this video has somehow popped up on my home youtube screen and i DON'T regret watching it - i agree with you that the Bianchi Bianchina is absolutely gorgeous...BUT it is italian so...so...yeah, you can imagine what it means when a car is italian
Hi, great clip. Check out our Polish mikrocars like, Mikrus or Smyk. As far as i know they both were powered by a single cylinder two stroke 125ccm engine. The first one even had a four seat cabrio version :D
where is messerschmitt buble car?
What, no King Midget?! You can't find a more classic Microcar with a more interesting history.
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Didn't Urkle used to have #3?
"Did I do that"
After seeing this list my Leyland Mini Clubman isn't as small as I thought it was.
The BMW Isetta was manufactured by BMW under licence from Iso spa an italian manufacturer of fridges and scooters.
Later they gave us the Iso Grifo a GT car using american V8s from 5.4-7.2L.
And if the current price of an Isetta is seems ridiculous try buying a Messerschmidt (FMR) Tg500!
No. The smallest car in the world is the P45. Built by Mr Clarkson. Have a look. Its completely road legal.
3:52 are those taillights from an Isuzu?
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1:38 that is a good looking car.
10/10 would buy 1 if was made where i live
lol #3 is the urkel car ... from family matters
My grandpa used to own the bubble car things.
Roughly 2,900 cars were built by Fuldamobil, not just 120.
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I remember the Geo metro
.. It had 59 horsepower.
#1. Do the current production vehicles have a reverse gear?
no. 4 looks like a Trabant after a rear crash
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autobianchi with hyabusa 1300 engine... now that would be stylish.
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i like the peel p50. too bad no reverse . i liked it when james may was driving it up and down the halls of the bbc building and going up the lift. :)
Neat, I believe there is actually a micro- car museum in Georgia in the United States. I'd love to visit one day.
+Brian Allen www.microcarmuseum.com/
I actually restored about 7 of these cars, they were restored in a shop in Newmarket ,Ontario when Iworked there..
+Brian Allen The Bruce Weiner museum closed in 2013 and all of the cars were auctioned off.
+austinmini1275 Wow ! What a shame. You'd think a museum like that wouldn't close down, it's a shame that now all of that automotive history is spread all over the place.
+Brian Allen I quite agree! I wanted to visit there myself but I didn't get the chance to do so before it closed. : (
Your info on the Isetta is incorrect. ISO never built that many; the number you quote is the number (minus about 10K) built by BMW under license. They were built in Germany, powered by BMW engines.
Peel p50 is my fav aww I rlly need a peel p50
I saw a bubble car in Elkhart Indiana USA
Our 1980 ERAD capucine is smaller than all these except the PEEL and its a proper side by side 2 seater. You can buy a used one for 1000€ now.
I'm 5'11 tall and 2' wide of pure, solid, stocky weight. I'd never fit in any of these.
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My dad had a Heinkel Kabine bubble car.
Actually, BMW built their Isetta in their own factory, under license from Iso, using their own motorcyle engines.
I love classic cars they are really a piece of art.
The smallest road-legal car that I know of was converted from a TINY RC and is a 1-person car indicators and all.
also, lol, "dollerths"
How can you miss out the Inter 175 A Berline? A French 3 wheeler that could be folded to take it into the house through the front door.
I love this video. What car guy, or car gal, wouldn't want an AUTOBIANCI BIANCINA . I'll take a rag top.
I lived in England during my latter teens, 1964/1969. I campaigned a raft of 50's Morris Minors, the last, a 58 model was legal and insured. Great little cars. I also had a beat up Isetta, it was a blast. Me my girlfriend and her friend fit in it quite easily, and we Bubbled all around, over hill and dale. I reversed the front wheels for a wider track, better cornering don'cha know. That made the track about as wide as the wheel base was in length, it made going straight a real be-ach. Oh well, only young once I guess.
so... what about the p45? :D
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+Marta Kashtibaniyan thanks for pointing this out Marta. I've fixed it now :)
+Marta Kashtibaniyan That doesn't make sense.
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What about the p45?
You missed the Crosley, made in the USA!!!!!
I actually miss the Autobianchi/Lancia a112 on this list. They're fucking hilariously awesome. Really fun car riding around in. People break their necks all the time trying to look at it.