Top Gear drives "The World's Smallest Car"

[tjts1]

Somebody somewhere in China is at this very moment working hard to copy the P45.

[Cobb]

Nothing beats him rolling around the UK in a 3 wheel renault(SP?)

I wouldnt mind the little car they issued Daniel on The Pickers on the History channel for a few episodes as the company car. They showed Frank and the lady driving it afew times. It looked like a childs version of the N500.

[chumly]

Originally Posted by niky

Cheeky. So the P45 is 10% smaller than the Peel P50... let's go and make a P40, then, eh?

All I need to do to legally road-register an ATV for highway use in the UK is to give it a roof? I've got calls to make... that sounds like a spectacular business plan...

Curtiss Wright made a P40 back in W.W.II , the mileage was terrible but the Flying Tigers made good use of them.

[NeilBlanchard]

It is FUD about small cars, in service of their oil company masters...

[320touring]

Originally Posted by Cobb

Nothing beats him rolling around the UK in a 3 wheel renault(SP?)

It was a Robin Reliant

lovingly known as " the Plastic Pig" for its ugly features, and fibreglass construction

[gone-ot]

Originally Posted by 320touring

It was a Robin Reliant

lovingly known as " the Plastic Pig" for its ugly features, and fibreglass construction

[320touring]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

pedant

[razor02097]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

One of my favorite Clarkson clip was the RR test across the city

[gone-ot]

Originally Posted by razor02097

One of my favorite Clarkson clip was the RR test across the city

...so, that's *how* you're supposed to "wash" a Reliant Robin in the UK

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard

It is FUD about small cars, in service of their oil company masters...

Not in all cases. The Smart car gets surprisingly bad mpg according to the EPA for how small and horrible it is. My motorcycle is less than 500lbs and only achieves 40mpg, or about the same as a Toyota Corolla.

Small does not necessarily imply efficient, since that is only 1 aspect of the efficiency pie.

I get your point, but I don't see "the oil company" as having masterminded propaganda to sell efficient vehicles to people. Even if the U.S. doubled the mpg of all cars, the world would figure out how to consume cheap oil.