Stories By SmallCarsClub
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Home built
Valga-Kvartet (Валга-Квартет)
16.08.2019When you start building a car, each amateur designer should firstly clearly imagine what qualities the...
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Balaton
Balaton
16.08.2019After Schadek János had lost interest in his “child”, the Úttörő, the prototype was sent to...
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Úttörő
Úttörő
09.08.2019In 1953, the Ministry of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering planned to manufacture a vehicle with a...
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Pente
Pente 600
08.08.2019János Pentelényi, learning from the mistakes of the Pente 500, made the larger and more powerful...
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Pente
Pente 500
08.08.2019At the end of World War II, approx. in 1944 János Pentelényi started designing a small...
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Ikarus
Ikarus Tecoplan Leo
07.08.2019Ikarus. This famous automobile brand is known for its buses that most of us have had...
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Articles
Estonian electric car Nobe 100 will park on the wall
06.08.2019The retro-futuristic electric tricycle Nobe 100 being created in Estonia will not only look cool but...
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Ari
Ari 458
31.07.2019The German manufacturer Ari Motors based in Borna near Leipzig presented the new Ari 458 –...
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AWS
AWS Shopper
31.07.2019The 2-seat AWS Shopper was created in 1970 by the German entrepreneur Walter Schätzle, a former...
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Renault
Renault e-Plein Air
24.07.2019Renault celebrated the 10th anniversary of the 4L International meeting of Renault 4 owners with a...
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Saleen
Saleen Maimai
23.07.2019This weekend in China Saleen presented a compact electric microcar Maimai. Back in 2003, Saleen acquired...
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Ardex
Ardex Type T / Type E
18.07.2019In 1953, Ardex showed a new Type T model. The 2-3 seater cyclecar with a simple...
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Ardex
Ardex 3-wheeler
17.07.2019In the difficult post-war period, Ardex experimented with various bodies and chassis designs. Along with 4-wheeled...
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Fiat
Fiat 500 Dolcevita
15.07.2019A model called the Fiat 500 was presented in the 1930s and changed several generations. But...
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Honda
Honda Hondina Zagato
05.07.2019The Honda Hondina sports car was created in 1970 by the Italian studio Zagato, commissioned by...
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Articles
The designer developed the concept of an urban electric vehicle with a variable wheelbase for 2035
30.06.2019While SUVs and crossovers continue to gain popularity around the world, automotive designers are starting to...
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Articles
Not So Many Racing Cars Can Be Transported Like This
28.06.2019Not so many racing cars can be transported on the back of an UTE. That’s why...
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Video
300 hp Bond Bug with Hayabusa motorcycle engine running a 11.22 sec quarter-mile
28.06.2019Probably you have already seen this Bond Bug, powered by a Hayabusa superbike engine. Once on...
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Fiat
Fiat 500 Jolly Icon-e by Garage Italia
16.06.2019The cute little car based on the original Fiat 500 was unveiled by the Garage Italia....
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Video
The most incredible and crazy tuning of Mini with a massive V8
09.06.2019Holley LS Fest West dedicated to the Chevrolet LS V8 engines was held in Las Vegas....
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Articles
Not only cars: Fairmont M18/19 Speeder
08.06.2019Not only cars can be small, but also trains. This Fairmont M18/19 Master-series Speeder was designed...
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Renault
Renault EZ-Pod
02.06.2019Renault presented the new EZ-Pod robotic autonomous electric platform which is built on the Twizy chassis...
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Trabant
Trabant 601 WE II
30.05.2019Trabant 601 WE II was created in the early 80s as the replacement to Trabant 601...
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Articles
One-of-15 Subaru 360 Yacht is for sale in Newark
24.05.2019This is the 1970 Subaru 360 Yacht – one of only 15 Jolly-style open examples made....
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Bolt
Bolt Nano
17.05.2019Usain Bolt, the Olympic champion and the fastest man on the planet, decided to plunge into...
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Articles
Smart ForTwo ‘21’ Final Collector’s Edition says goodbye to ICE-powered Smarts
16.05.20192020 is getting closer and that means one thing for Smart: in its entire range no...
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Articles
Vilner’s Bulgarian tuning atelier made the coolest Trabant 1.1
13.05.2019Vilner’s Bulgarian atelier has built a restomod of the main car of the GDR – Trabant...
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Singulato
Singulato iC3 Concept
02.05.2019Chinese start-up Singulato presented a subcompact iC3 electric car in Shanghai, whose design is based on...
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Trivia
Trivia Rana 500
01.05.2019The old Spanish company Triver was known for producing large, heavy items such as safes and...
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British Leyland
Mini (version for Canada)
17.04.2019Do you know what is cool? Different special versions available only in one particular corner of...
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Articles
Smart EQ will be refreshed for the last time in 2019
14.04.2019The Germans nearly closed the unprofitable Smart brand. The helping hand came in the form of...
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Emm! Solutions
ILO1
10.04.2019The ILO 1 is a concept of a single place electric vehicle. Equipped with sensors and...
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Articles
The new brand NeuWai presented 12 (!) cars at the 2019 Seoul Motor Show
02.04.2019Songuo Motors, which presented its products under the NeuWai brand, became an unexpected debutant of the...
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Volkswagen
Volkswagen EA266
31.03.2019In the 1960s, Volkswagen began creating a replacement for its popular Volkswagen Käfer model, which has been...
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Articles
Geely Group will buy 50 percent of Smart
27.03.2019Daimler will sell half of Smart’s shares to Geely, a Chinese company that owns Geely Auto,...
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AnyCar
AnyCar III
26.03.2019Mixing parts of different cars in one project has always been the basis for creating hot...
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Arcimoto
Arcimoto Deliverator
25.03.2019In 2019, Arcimoto presented its first commercial use model. This is an electric delivery 3-wheeler which...
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Ardex
Ardex 50 cc
20.03.2019Ardex is a small French company which started producing cyclecars in 1934. The production was ended in 1943...
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Home built
Minsk (“Минск”)
19.03.2019Soviet times were free for inquisitive minds. This interesting microcar was made by Alexander Dlotovsky, the president...
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Ardex
Ardex 2+2
17.03.2019In the begins of 50s Ardex restarted producing of microcars. This 2+2 cabriolet was equipped with a...
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Articles
This restomode Mini Remastered looks like the Classic Mini but costs $100,000
17.03.2019David Brown Automotive unveiled an advanced Mini microcar at the Geneva Motor Show, which received the...
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Ardex
Ardex Electric Cyclecars
15.03.2019The war years were characterised by a desperate shortage of raw materials for civilian industry and...
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Bugatti
Bugatti Baby II
14.03.2019Those who have a passion will certainly want to share it with their loved ones. This...
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Video
Someone shortened Volkswagen Beetle and it looks like a cartoon car
12.03.2019This dwarf Volkswagen Beetle lives in Qatar, and it is absolutely real, despite its cartoon look. It was...
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Video
The first car from Tajikistan turnes out to be more economical than the Prius
09.03.2019The first car of the local design has been presented in Tajikistan. 28-year-old craftsman Jamoliddin Ashurov...
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Smart
Smart Forease+
04.03.2019In 2018, Smart brand owned by Daimler AG presented the Foreasy concept at the Paris Motor Show, which...
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SEAT
SEAT Minimo
26.02.2019The new electric citycar Seat Minimo will be presented at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. The company has an aim...
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Articles
Smart Forease+ concept car with cool roof will be presented in Geneva
24.02.2019Daimler is going to present at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show the concept Smart Forease+, the first drawing...
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Ardex
Ardex Type Aero 37
22.02.2019In 1937, Ardex presented the new 4-wheel speedster — Type Aero 37. It got a streamlined body without...
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Citroen
Citroen Ami One Concept
19.02.2019Citroen Ami One Concept is a city electric car for two, which can be rented for a...
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Ardex
Ardex Cyclecar
17.02.2019The brand ARDEX was born at the end of the 30s, when Marcel Tamine decided to produce...
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Articles
The new E Classic Mini is more expensive than the Audi e-tron
15.02.2019The British Swindon Powertrain normally occupies itself with powertrains, as the name suggests. This time the...
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Lucas
Lucas Electric Taxi
12.02.2019While many suppliers of car parts tried to move from a supplier to a full-fledged automaker (for...
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Arcimoto
Arcimoto SRK / FUV
09.02.2019The world is actively changing to electric transport. But this type of vehicles is still quite...
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Arcimoto
Arcimoto SRK Generation 7 prototype
02.02.2019Generation 7 was the final arc of the platform development that began after the launch of...
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Arcimoto
Arcimoto Generation 6 Prototype
09.12.2018After the launch of the first SRK, the development team began the process of optimizing every...
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Zetta
Zetta Module 2
07.12.2018The second generation of Zetta city electric car was presented in Tolyatti, Russia. It is jointly...
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Arcimoto
Arcimoto SRK Generation 5 Prototype
01.12.2018Arcimoto took the ideas of first 4 generations and brought them together in a single product prototype...
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Volt
Volt e1
27.11.2018The 3-door Volt e1 from Argentina has been designed for two adults and two children under the...
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Arcimoto
Arcimoto Generation 4 Prototype ‘Darkwing’
17.11.2018For the vast majority of drivers out there – statistically something like 76% of them, the...
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Biomega
Biomega SIN Concept
08.11.2018Danish company Biomega, known as a producer of bicycles, presented its first electric car Biomega SIN concept, which...
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Arcimoto
Arcimoto Pulse
04.11.2018In September 2009, Arcimoto showed the 3rd generation prototype, called the Pulse. The 3-wheel microcar for the first...
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Arcimoto
Arcimoto Generation 2 Prototype
28.10.2018The Generation 2 prototype of Arcimoto still didn’t look like a finished car. The single occupant is...
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Arcimoto
Arcimoto Generation 1 Prototype
27.10.2018The first model was built by Arcimoto in 2007. It was an open air 3-wheeler with a...
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Home built
Arbet
21.10.2018“My car is no weird car,” wrote Jeff Gibson. “It is, by all standards, a normal...
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Apollo
Apollo Mopsen
12.10.2018Apollo Mopsen microcar is the development of a Swedish company. It is driven either by muscular power of the rider,...
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Aper
Aper City Compact 3/5
04.10.2018Aper City Compact 3/5 project was presented at the 1985 Essen Motor Show in West Germany....
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Home built
Samy
03.10.2018In the mid-60s, the problem of a city car was extremely important. Practical proposals were seen so far,...
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Home built
Antilope Bromauto
02.10.2018Antilope Bromauto was made by N.G. Boos from Hilversum, Holland in 1952. In Dutch ‘Antilope’ of...
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Smart
Smart Forease Concept
02.10.2018With the Smart Forease Concept, the company is celebrating its 20th anniversary at the Paris Motor Show 2018....
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Antem
Antem
28.09.2018The Antem microcar with open body was built by the Frenchman Jacques Antem, son of Jean...
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American Electric
American Electric Urban Runabout
28.09.2018In 1979, American Electric Company created a prototype of the electric microcar Urban Runabout. It had...
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Unimobile
Unimobile
26.09.2018Belarusian company ‘String Technologies’ showed a prototype of a microcar for disabled people – Unimobile. Interesting that...
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Eindhovern Technical University
Noah
15.08.2018Students of the Eindhoven Technical University presented a prototype of a biodegradable electric vehicle called Noah....
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Fiat
Fiat 500 Spiaggina
03.08.2018The Fiat 500 is an icon. Both the original from the 60s and the revival from 2007 managed to...
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Baojun
Baojun E200
20.07.2018The Chinese SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture in summer 2018 introduced the second electric microcar under the brand name...
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Chok
Chok G1
17.07.2018Chinese company Dayang Motorcycle launched the unlicensed clone of Suzuki Jimny, which can be operated without...
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Kalashnikov
Kalashnikov Ovum
05.07.2018Concern “Kalashnikov” prepared four three-wheeled electric vehicle “Ovum” for the Moscow traffic police. They will be used...
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Lingyun
Lingyun 1703
23.06.2018Chinese start-up Beijing Lingyun Intelligent Technology Co. from Beijing developed a two-wheeled car with a self-balancing system....
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Nobe
Nobe 100
14.06.2018Nobe 100 is the name of a new electric car project from Estonia, which is currently...
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Articles
Mobile Disco by Smart: Dancing in the jam
21.04.2018A Smart Fortwo became a mobile disco, because why not! The basis of the mobile disco...
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XEV
XEV LSEV
02.04.2018Some manufacturers already have tried to optimize the car production by using 3D printing technology. And...
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Video
Yes, you can autocross an Isetta
24.03.2018Check this cool video with the Isetta autocrossing. I love this because it’s making no sense...
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Articles
This is the only mid-engined Smart ForTwo with a 160 hp 1.8-liter engine
19.03.2018The original Smart does not seem to be the right choice for any driver, but it’s...
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Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes Garia Golf Cart
14.03.2018Mercedes Garia Golf Cart was created jointly with the Danish design company Garia. The prototype of...
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Articles
Seat Arosa by Darkside got a 528 hp diesel with nitrous
11.03.2018This Seat Arosa Mk2 was built by Darkside Developments of Barnsley, UK. The standard engine was...
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Qifeng
Qifeng K7
06.03.2018Millions of men all over the world dream of Mercedes Gelandewagen, but they can not afford...
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Video
Watch how Fiat 126 break down twice during this test-drive
02.03.2018I like Fiat 126s so much that my pads are shaking. Fortunately, Youtube has a lot of...
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Articles
This Fiat Topolino dragster finishes 1/4 miles in 9 seconds
01.03.2018You will be surprised, but the heart of this dragster is the Fiat Topolino microcar. As...
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Yamaha
Yamaha Ami
27.02.2018We live in an era when almost every car feels too serious. Nissan and Mazda want...
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Articles
The refreshed 2018 Renault Zoe gets a more powerful electric motor
21.02.2018The electric car Renault Zoe gets more power for the 2018 model year. The new engine called...
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Home built
André Siames Electric Car
20.02.2018This electric microcar was made by electrician André Siames from Boulogne-sur-Seine near Paris in his back yard as...
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André
André
18.02.2018This microcar is the creation of a Cannes industrialist P.André. He made it in 1941. It was...
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Articles
The custom Fiat 126p from Poland has a Fiat Croma 2.0 L engine
16.02.2018Another day – another story about custom Fiat 126p. This project from Poland was built by Damian...
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Video
Zastava 750 with a BMW motorcycle engine is ready for races
14.02.2018Tihomir Acimic and his son Jovan Acimic prepares cool Zastava 750 micrcoar for hill climb races....
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Articles
TU/e develops recyclable microcar for car sharing called ‘Noah’
11.02.2018The TU ecomotive student team at Eindhoven University of Technology is developing a car that can...
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Video
Now you can drift Smart Fortwo with Yamaha engine
08.02.2018The man behind the wheel of this Smart is Chris Boot from YouTube channel Shifted Interests...
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Andersen Motor Company
AMC Cub 6
07.02.2018Andersen Cub 6 by Andersen Motor Company (AMC) is a 6-wheel version of the Andersen Cub...
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AEM
AEM Scout
06.02.2018The AEM (Automotive Engineering & Manufacturing Company) Scout is a Welsh-built Mini Moke based microcar with...
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AEM
AEM Commanchero Six
06.02.2018AEM Commanchero Six is a rare 6-wheel version of the AEM Scout Mini-based microcar. About 20...