What's OLD is NEW again! (new Peel P50 micro car)
 

...and they're SMALL too (micro-cars)!

World's smallest production car gets a new lease on life

http://images.gizmag.com/hero/peelengineering.jpg

For $12,000, no thanks. They're crazy. It looks to have a similar drivetrain to what I can get in a scooter for about $750.

Price it at $1500 and you might see a few on the road.

Everybody must see Jeremy Clarkson's test of the P50 on Top Gear before they die. Classic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJfSS0ZXYdo

I'm guessing that there are a few people out there for whom $12k isn't significantly different from $1200 (in the same sense that $1.20 and $12 aren't THAT different to me, on a one time purchase) - and that's probably the audience they're aiming at.

These guys are a little over half the price and much sexier, same with scootcoupes and tuk-tuk's.. http://tangotrikes.com/images/resize.jpg

So I'm not buying any of those things at this point, but I'm happy to see increased interest. Low(er) impact transportation making its way into the wild is always a good thing. :)

"...back to the Future..," British-style?

Only makes sense where it's too rainy to ride a scooter.