World's Smallest Car

Bumblebee86 · 13th June 2009, 08:51

A British builder has transformed a 39-inch-high by 26-inch-wide childrens coin-operated ride into a road-legal automobile, wresting the title of "World's Smallest Car" from the still-microscopic Peel Trident.

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After finding a fiberglass coin-operated child's ride on eBay, it was stripped of its cartoon postman and other unnecessaries and placed atop a go-kart chassis with 150cc engine. He then added lights, windshield wipers, washers, turn signals and other various other bits until it was ready of a Ministry of Transportation inspection, which it amazingly passed, and certified as the worlds smallest car. On his first outing with the car, Perry said of the experience, "The first reaction people had when they saw my car was complete disbelief. A split second later they howled with laughter. It's so tiny."

prince_pervez · 13th June 2009, 12:59

Nice effort! To make people laugh or plain passion is a different matter.
Boy, some people have some serious time..or passion.

theragingbull · 13th June 2009, 13:17

The Peel P50 is the world's smallest production car.
Jeremy Clarkson had driven this car in one of the episodes of Top Gear. And it was hilarious!! You need to watch the video:

YouTube - Jeremy drives the smallest car in the world at the BBC - Top Gear - autos

Here are some pictures of the same

prince_pervez · 13th June 2009, 13:36

Peel might be the worlds smallest 'Production' car. The one posted by Bumblebee86 must be the worlds smallest crafted car! Both look the same size to me!

kannan666 · 13th June 2009, 14:45

Nice find bumblebee86, made some interesting reading !

mnhegde · 13th June 2009, 15:29

@ theragingbull: Thanks for the video. That was hilarious

. A cute small car there. Wonder, whats the cost and FE

?

volkman10 · 17th September 2013, 15:25

World's smallest roadworthy car zooms to Guinness record -2013

The world's smallest car - just 25 inches high and 4 feet long - which can be safely driven on the road has entered the Guinness World Records.

Custom car maker Austin Coulson in the US set the record as the owner of the smallest roadworthy car, which he can legally drive on the road.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...w/22655397.cms

k_nitin_r · 17th September 2013, 17:20

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Originally Posted by volkman10

World's smallest roadworthy car zooms to Guinness record -2013

There's a YouTube video of the smallest road-legal car at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HGVPOM4M6Y

I don't know if it really is in the Guinness records, but the video does have a "Guinness World Records 2014" in the title (I wonder why it is 2014 instead of 2013).

It looks like a children's toy car (the one where they sit in it and it is powered by an electric motor).

JoseVijay · 18th September 2013, 19:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by k_nitin_r

There's a YouTube video of the smallest road-legal car at:
I don't know if it really is in the Guinness records, but the video does have a "Guinness World Records 2014" in the title (I wonder why it is 2014 instead of 2013).
It looks like a children's toy car (the one where they sit in it and it is powered by an electric motor).

The car that we see in the video holds the Guinness records for the smallest road legal car. Check out the Times of India dated 18 Sep for confirmation.

JoseVijay · 20th September 2013, 14:48

Introducing the world's smallest street legal car: It's all of 25 inches high and 2 feet wide.

JoseVijay · 20th September 2013, 15:12

Some more pics:

To make it legal the car has a whole range of safety features, including strengthened glass on the windshield and working wipers.

The tiny car even has a working horn.

13th June 2009, 08:51	#1
Bumblebee86 BANNED Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Gudaibiya; BAHRAIN/ Vandiperiyar; KERALA/ Wuhan; CHINA Posts: 359 Thanked: 6 Times	World's Smallest Car A British builder has transformed a 39-inch-high by 26-inch-wide childrens coin-operated ride into a road-legal automobile, wresting the title of "World's Smallest Car" from the still-microscopic Peel Trident. After finding a fiberglass coin-operated child's ride on eBay, it was stripped of its cartoon postman and other unnecessaries and placed atop a go-kart chassis with 150cc engine. He then added lights, windshield wipers, washers, turn signals and other various other bits until it was ready of a Ministry of Transportation inspection, which it amazingly passed, and certified as the worlds smallest car. On his first outing with the car, Perry said of the experience, "The first reaction people had when they saw my car was complete disbelief. A split second later they howled with laughter. It's so tiny."
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prince_pervez Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Redwood shores, CA, USA Posts: 4,210 Thanked: 51 Times View My Garage	Nice effort! To make people laugh or plain passion is a different matter. Boy, some people have some serious time..or passion.
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prince_pervez Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Redwood shores, CA, USA Posts: 4,210 Thanked: 51 Times View My Garage	Peel might be the worlds smallest 'Production' car. The one posted by Bumblebee86 must be the worlds smallest crafted car! Both look the same size to me!
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kannan666 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: KA-02 Posts: 1,002 Thanked: 128 Times View My Garage	Nice find bumblebee86, made some interesting reading !
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mnhegde BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: B E N G A L U R U Posts: 473 Thanked: 0 Times	@ theragingbull: Thanks for the video. That was hilarious . A cute small car there. Wonder, whats the cost and FE ?
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volkman10 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: -- Posts: 23,423 Thanked: 67,840 Times View My Garage	Re: World's Smallest Car World's smallest roadworthy car zooms to Guinness record -2013 The world's smallest car - just 25 inches high and 4 feet long - which can be safely driven on the road has entered the Guinness World Records. Custom car maker Austin Coulson in the US set the record as the owner of the smallest roadworthy car, which he can legally drive on the road. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...w/22655397.cms
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JoseVijay BHPian Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 993 Thanked: 479 Times	Re: World's Smallest Car Introducing the world's smallest street legal car: It's all of 25 inches high and 2 feet wide.
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JoseVijay BHPian Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 993 Thanked: 479 Times	Re: World's Smallest Car Some more pics: To make it legal the car has a whole range of safety features, including strengthened glass on the windshield and working wipers. The tiny car even has a working horn.
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