with more people moving into cities and
increasing co2 emissions becoming the
latest threat to our existence smaller
cars might be one solution some of the
following 10 cars are so small that many
might be the better word number 10 the
Heinkel combine after World War two
Germany wasn't exactly awash with
resources they therefore had to get
clever by making do with less the
solution use three wheels instead of
four enter the Heinkel combine a
three-wheeled microcar designed and
built by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke for you
history buffs out there that's indeed
the same company that made bomber planes
and invented liquid-fueled rockets and
turbo jet powered planes for the
Luftwaffe during World War two banned
from making any of that anymore for
obvious reasons they turned to bicycles
scooters and this micro car which went
into production in 1956 measuring a
hundred point four inches in length
fifty three point nine inches in width
and standing no more than 52 inches tall
never had a less threatening vehicle
than made let alone by such a
threatening brand which was probably why
they sold production rights to the Irish
in 1958
sadly the Irish were lousy car makers so
they lost their Productions license
shortly after the British in the
Argentine's bought the rights in 1960
and continued making them until 1966 in
case you're wondering how to get in you
have to lift the entire front climb in
and slam it shut after you number-9
peeled trident the Isle of Man is a tiny
British island whose flag is made up of
three joined legs which probably
explains our next micro car a more toy
like version of the Heinkel combine it's
also a three wheeler that can seat two
people making it look suspiciously like
a bumper car with a bubble on top first
released in 1964 the original measured
31 inches wide and 73 inches long before
they came up with a new model the
following year did they make it bigger
sort of they kept the length but added
another eight inches to the width no
doubt because post-war rationing finally
ended in Britain weighing 220 pounds it
was cave
of a whopping 28 miles per hour for a
hundred miles on 2.8 liters of gas given
the price of gas back then they said it
was almost cheaper than walking sadly it
also made it to Time magazine's list of
the 50 worst cars ever that probably
explains why they stopped making it in
1966 though it made a brief resurgence
in 2011 in case you're interested
number 8 tata air pot cars that run on
compressed air have been around for a
while the French were the first to have
them in the late 19th century others
tried to jump on the bandwagon but
they've never matched the power and
speed of gas-powered cars enter
Luxembourg's MDI they came up with the
air pod in 2009 and tried to market it
for $10,000
despite its environmentally friendly
specs and costing only a single euro /
124 point two seven miles to run it
didn't fly if you'll pardon the pun
because of its top speed of only forty
nine point seven miles per hour
enter Tata Motors Limited India's
largest automaker in 2017 they licensed
md i's airpot pending a few changes the
tata air pod now weighs under 2,000
pounds and should cost indian consumers
only one dollar and seven cents per one
hundred and twenty four point two seven
miles to run though it runs on
compressed air it still produces the
same emissions as electric cars and
doesn't use a steering wheel it uses a
joystick the current model is 1.8 meters
or 5.9 feet long more than enough to
seat four people tata says it should
have a commercial model available soon
but refused to commit to a specific date
stay tuned
number seven the lumiose mara what do
you get when you combine a car with a
motorcycle something only the French
would think of from either side it looks
like a regular car until you look at it
from the front or back in which case it
looks like half a car by European
standards however it still qualifies as
a full car because it has four wheels
the luma Neos mera is an electric car
that weighs a little less than a
thousand pounds with its 16 kilowatt
electric engine measuring 8.2 feet in
length 3.14 feet in width and 4.7 feet
in height it has another fantastic
feature it tilts on corners for up to 25
degrees don't let that size fool you
however because it can fit two people
with room to spare for groceries and
other stuff it's powered by a lithium
ion battery pack that can run at a speed
of 110 kilometers or 68 miles per hour
for up to 100 kilometers which is 6 to 2
miles on a single charge sadly after
selling only 10 of these the company
declared bankruptcy in 2013 number 6
brooch mopida going back to germans
micro cars and three wheels
there's the brooch moped a' named after
it's easy to pronounce designer Egon
brooch Farzin bow which explains why
everyone Just Cause and peruse legend
has it that it was designed and built in
a single day what makes the company
especially unique is that they do this
stuff not to produce but to license the
moped I made its debut in 1956 and there
was talk of having to opal churn them
out 14 were made each a three-wheeled
roadster powered by a 50 cc 3 CU inch i
Lvov 50 engine with a pull start and an
integral three-speed gearbox it isn't
for romantics however because it can
only fit one person and can drive at a
top speed of about 45 kilometers or 28
miles per hour with an average fuel
consumption of a hundred and eleven
miles per gallon and it's size five feet
nine and a half inches in length three
feet in width and three feet nine point
two five inches in height if that's your
thing they now sell a license copy but
one powered by modern Honda automatic
engine number five Renault Twizy won an
actual micro car that's environmentally
friendly and currently available than
the Renault Twizy for you so long as you
don't mind being seen in something that
looks like the lovechild of a futuristic
golf cart and a personal mobility device
first sold in 2012 the current model
measures 91 inches in length 47 inches
in width and 57 inches in height it
sells for about ten thousand dollars but
that price doesn't include the battery
pack which is least on a monthly basis
complete with roadside assistance they
come in various models so speed and
distance will depend on what you pick
together with the accessories you choose
that said the average range for one of
these bad boys is 61 miles on a single
charge if you're 14 years old in France
Italy or Spain and are interested go for
the Twizy urban
thirty-five they'll let you drive one of
these on a special license for those of
you in the Americas
they've become available in some
countries and US states complete with
tax incentives in some areas number four
Myers motors nmg ever fantasized about
riding around in a banana then look no
further than Meir Motors nmg sparrow
though fans prefer n ng the designer may
not admit that they had bananas in mind
but how do you explain the shape and
color of that thing it looks like the
Heinkel combine after going through boot
camp the original design was called the
jelly bean later modified to the current
pizza but model pizza but because it was
designed for Domino's pizza deliveries
in other words it fits only one person
but the good news is you can also fit a
couple of pizzas another three-wheeler
the sparrow is 96 inches in length 48
inches in width and stands 57 inches
tall depending on your budget you can
choose between the 20 kilowatt 156 volt
DC or a three-phase AC electric motor
which can give you a range of twenty to
forty miles at a top speed of 70 miles
per hour price varies per US state which
may or may not offer tax incentives for
buying one of these bananas I mean cars
number three BMW Isetta the BMW tells
you it's German
but the Isetta tells you it was Italian
built impressive though that sounds it
has its limitations
for starters you can't reverse the good
news is that it's so light you can
simply step out pick it up and flip it
in the direction you want to go first
released in 1955 it rose to fame because
it was the first mass-produced car with
a fuel consumption of 78 miles per
gallon by US standards then again it's
only seven and a half feet long by four
and a half feet wide and stands at only
4.5 two feet tall different countries
got their own license to produce their
own versions but stuck to the basic
dimensions France made the veal on
Argentina the DeCarlo and Brazil the
Romeo Zetas this bubble car runs on a
236 CC split single two-stroke
motorcycle engine and could reach a top
speed of 31 miles per hour in a whopping
30 seconds and its top speed about 47
miles per hour and up to 1,000 miles on
a single tank not bad for something so
tiny huh
number two peel p50 according to the
2010 Guinness World Records this is
officially the world's smallest car as
with the peel tried it it was built on
the Isle of Man and was first released
in 1962 before production stopped three
years later as with the eyes Etta it too
goes without reverse gears but maybe
when your national flag is made up of
three legs such things aren't a
consideration its dimensions fifty two
point eight inches in length thirty nine
inches in width and thirty-nine point
four inches tall the original ran on the
dkw 49cc
4.2 horsepower fam cooled engine which
produced a whopping top speed of 38
miles per hour despite its limitations
it did acquire a fan base so they
released a copy in 2011 but one that
runs on a 49 CC two and a half kilowatt
3.3 five horsepower four-stroke engine
lovers of Mother Earth can opt for the
2.3 kilowatt 3.0 eight horsepower
brushless DC electric motor whichever
you pick you get a top speed of 28 miles
per hour if that's your thing then good
news there road-legal in both the US and
Europe so enjoy
number one peak car if driving a banana
isn't your thing then how about peas
okay so this one isn't commercially
available but given the trend for
smaller and smaller cars who knows the
pea car was featured in a bird's-eye
commercial to demonstrate how vegetables
eventually lose their nutritional value
the car and commercial was envisioned by
Asylum FX and was a well documented
build it's also a great representation
of what happens when you fart in a small
car
the producers used a Honda engine and
was made with fiberglass achieving a top
speed of over 60 miles per hour as it
deliberately fell apart
if the 3d specs are correct it can seat
a single person rather comfortably so
long as it doesn't actually fall apart
I'd consider riding in one given how
most of us drive alone you have to admit
some of these cars are a great idea
would you drive any of these cars let
alone own one let me know in the
comments section below and thanks for
watching
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