Peel P50 Micro Car

Created by Peel Engineering Limited on the Isle of Man, the P50 was designed and built by Cyril Cannell and Henry Kissack, and launched at the 1962 Earls Court Motorcycle Show. Built as a three-wheeler and with a 49cc engine, it drops into the motorcycle category. The vehicle was launched as a city-car, designed for one adult and a bag of shopping, which was “Almost cheaper than walking!..... Car comfort, Moped costs”.

The P50 has 3 forward gears capable of pushing the microcar to 38 mph, and reverse is taken care of by yourself. You have to take hold of the rear mounted chrome handle and manually lift it to turn it around, which sounds much harder than it actually is. In 2010, the Peel P50 was listed in the Guinness World records and given the title of the smallest production car ever made.