AIXAM 400 / 500 Revolution
In 1997, AIXAM launched a new “silent AIXAM” generation of microcars, which called Revolution. ...
Small Cars of the 1990s: A–Z List
The 1990s produced many city-car concepts and early modern electric vehicles, as makers looked for new ways to deal with traffic and emissions. This page lists models from the 1990s in the Small Cars Club catalog.
Models appear here when the catalog gives a production or presentation year (or a decade tag). Models without a known year are not listed, so use the catalog A–Z for the full list.
Other decades: Before 1950, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s.
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AIXAM A540 Twin
In 1995, AIXAM presented an updated model A 540 Twin with a 2-cylinder 479 cc diesel and automatic...
AIXAM A550 Twin
In 1995, the updated model AIXAM A 550 Twin came to replace 500 I & 500 GLI. It was a longer hatchback...
Alto Boxer
Alto was a British cars and kits manufacture. The company was founded by David Gornall founded in 1985 in...
Ammar K-SL
The Ammar Motor Company was a Karachi-based manufacturer of three-wheelers has been producing tricycles since...
Azov (Азов)
For 25 years, Viktor Golovan, a resident of Berdyansk, Ukraine, has been using a home built car called...
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Berkeley Bandini
A Berkeley enthusiast called Andy Argyle started offering replacement chassis, panels and bodyshells for...
BMW C1
Although BMW’s 1991 C1 prototype was never made a runner, BMW said that it was to be powered by an...
BMW E1 (Z11)
BMW E1 (Z11) is a prototype of an electric vehicle from BMW. Once BMW’s sales and its performance image had...
BMW E1 (Z15)
The second-generation BMW E1 prototype, internally designated Z15, was unveiled on September 9, 1993, at the...
BMW Z21 ‘Just 4/2’
Something of a historical and engineering curiosity, the BMW Z21 ‘Just 4/2’ was a 1995 study by...
Bond Bug Sprint Prototype
In 1995, Reliant‘s new owner, Avonex, planned to relaunch the Bond Bug in updated form. It got the...
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Citroën / Peugeot Tulip
The Peugeot Tulip (also badged as the Citroën Tulip) was a concept car and prototype from 1995, designed and...
Citroën Citela
The Citroën Citela was one of several forward-thinking electric urban concepts developed by Citroën as the...
Citroën Scarabée d’Or
Citroën Scarabée d’Or was a concept of an all-wheel drive passenger car created in 1990 by the French...
Citroën Scarabée d’Or
The Citroën Scarabée d’Or prototype made its debut in March 1990 at the Geneva Motor Show. The...
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Daihatsu Cuore Boneschi
The Daihatsu Cuore Boneschi was a one-off concept created by Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Boneschi on the...
Daihatsu FX-228
The 1991 Daihatsu FX-228 Concept debuted as a convertible interpretation of the fourth-generation Daihatsu...
Daihatsu Marienkafer
Daihatsu created this quirky single-seater in 1990. It looks like an electric golf cart with a body styled to...
Daihatsu Midget III
The 1995 Daihatsu Midget III looks like a deliberate nod to 1950s bubble cars such as the Messerschmitt,...
Daihatsu Mira Milano
Daihatsu Mira Milano made its debut at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show. It is a uniquely styled vehicle built to...
Daihatsu Town Cube
The 1995 Daihatsu Town Cube concept was intended as a humorous take on the Kei Car’s limits. It was a...
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Fiat Cinquecento Babytaxi
The Fiat Babytaxi by Boneschi was a one-off concept unveiled at the 1992 Turin Motor Show. Built on the Fiat...
Fiat Cinquecento Fionda
The Fiat Cinquecento Fionda, created by the Italian coachbuilder Coggiola, was one of the most striking...
Fiat Cinquecento Griguà
Created by the I.DE.A. Institute, the Fiat Cinquecento Griguà rethinks the humble Cinquecento as a radical...
Fiat Cinquecento Pick-Up
The Fiat Cinquecento Pick-Up by Pininfarina was an unconventional experiment that mixed compact city-car...
Fiat Cinquecento Z-Eco
The Fiat Cinquecento Z-Eco debuted at the same time as the production Cinquecento, when Fiat invited several...
Fiat Vanzic
In 1995, Fiat presented the Vanzic at the Geneva Motor Show, developed by Centro Ricerche Fiat as the second...
Fiat Zic
The Fiat Zic is an electric concept car, presented at the end of 1994 at the Geneva Motor Show. It was...
Fiat Zicster
The Fiat Zicster is a concept car, presented in 1996 at the Geneva Motor Show. It is a development of the...
Fioravanti Nyce
In recent years, one of the most distinctive emerging segments in the automotive world has been...
Force / Bajaj Tempo MiniDor
The Indian company Bajaj Tempo Ltd began importing three-wheelers from Germany in the late 1950s. With the...
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HICOX Mathias / Magyar Álom
Mátyás Borlóy’s vehicle development company tried several promising initiatives around the change of...
Honda EVX
The 1993 Honda EVX was Honda’s electric concept car shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1993. It came from a...
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I.DE.A Gritta
The 1994 I.DE.A Gritta was a city car prototype styled, developed and built by the Italian design studio...
I.DE.A Modulaire
The 1994 I.DE.A Modulaire was a concept study created by the Italian design house I.DE.A Institute. It was...
ItalDesign Biga
Unveiled at the 1992 Turin Motor Show, the Biga traced its origins to a proposal Giorgetto Giugiaro presented...
ItalDesign Lucciola
ItalDesign’s 1993 Lucciola concept was a small hybrid city car that combined eco‑friendliness,...
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Lada Elf / VAZ 1152
The Lada Elf (know also as VAZ 1152) was a prototype of a compact two-seat vehicle created in Tolyatti,...
Lada Gnome / VAZ 1151
The VAZ 1151 Gnome concept car was developed in 1990 and unveiled at the Moscow Motor Show in 1992. This...
Lopakodo
This home built buggy was made in 1997 by an artisan from Sárospatak (Hungary) with a “skillful hand”....
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Master-1600 (Магистр-1600)
In 1993-1994, a Russian company called Master (Russian, Магистр) built a compact SUV, called...
Mazda London Taxi
Mazda’s 1993 London Taxi was a small, experimental taxi concept created by designers and engineers working...
MCC Smart Eco-Speedster
The story of Smart began with bold ideas rather than cautious compromises. In 1990, Swiss watchmaker SMH —...
MCC Smart Eco-Sprinter
Unveiled alongside the Eco-Speedster in March 1993, the Eco-Sprinter represented the electric vision of...
Mercedes-Benz Vision A 93 by I.DE.A
Mercedes-Benz Vision A 93 by I.DE.A was a 1993 compact concept that previewed the future A‑Class and...
Mini Spiritual Too
The 1997 MINI Spiritual Too was a five-door concept car unveiled alongside the three-door MINI Spiritual at...
Mitsubishi Lynx
The experimental all-terrain vehicle known as Mitsubishi Link was conceived as a lightweight recreational...
Mitsubishi Maus
The 1995 Mitsubishi Maus was a concept car bearing the acronym “Mini Active Urban System.” It was...
Mitsubishi mR.1000
Presented at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show, the Mitsubishi mR.1000 was a 2-seat mid-engine coupe powered by a...
Mitsubishi MUM 500
Mitsubishi MUM 500 is one of those little‑known Japanese concepts from the early 1990s that actually...
Moto-Truck by ‘Saransky Auto Repair Plant’
The collapse of the Soviet Union was truly catastrophic, which affected many. Agriculture was one of the...
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Opel Concept A
The Opel Concept A, unveiled in autumn 1999, served as a prototype for the first-generation Opel Agila, which...
Opel MAXX Concept
Opel Russelsheim Design Center in 1995 built a concept car that allows its future owner to transform it. It...
Opel Twin
Unveiled in 1992, the Opel Twin put forward an idea that was remarkably futuristic for its era. At the heart...
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Peredy Zoltán single-person car and Frog small car
Peredy Zoltán was born in 1963. His father, Árpád Peredy built all kinds of structures, from light rail...
Pininfarina Eta Beta
The concept of a compact hybrid car Pininfarina Eta Beta was created in the mid 90’s by Pininfarina...
Pininfarina Ethos 3
The 1994 Pininfarina Ethos 3 was an attempt to rethink the city car as something far more space-efficient...
Plymouth Backpack
The 1995 Plymouth Backpack is a compact pickup truck concept vehicle manufactured by Plymouth, unveiled at...
POEM Eleksuria
The Eleksuria became the first vehicle produced by POEM, entering the market on December 1, 1997. It was not...
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Renault Ludo
The Renault Ludo was a concept car shown at the Paris Motor Show in 1994 by French automaker Renault,...
Renault Zoom
The chaotic free-for-all that is parking in Paris has often provided inspiration to French car designers. In...
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Sankoule
After a lifetime spent developing cars for China’s leaders, Mr. Hua Fulin and two other senior FAW...
Sbarro Urbi
Sbarro Urbi Electric Coupé was a forward‑looking 1993 concept that explored ultra‑compact, shared...
Smart City Coupe
The iconic Smart city car has its genesis in watchmaking rather than the automotive world, because the...
Subaru CM1
Subaru CM1 is the futuristic kei-car concept. It was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show 1991 and featured a...
Subaru Elcapa
The 1995 Subaru Elcapa was a concept car with a hybrid powertrain system. It was developed as Subaru’s...
Subaru Elten
The Subaru Elten was a hybrid 4WD hatchback concept introduced by Subaru at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show. It was...
Subaru Elten Custom
The Subaru Elten Custom was a 1999 Tokyo Motor Show concept that presented Subaru’s idea of a compact city...
Subaru Hanako
The 1991 Subaru Hanako Concept was a Kei-car coupé prototype presented at the 29th Tokyo Motor Show in...
Subaru Jusmin
Unveiled at the 1993 Tokyo Motor Show, the Subaru Jusmin was a compact three-door hatchback concept featuring...
Suzuki CT-1
The 1997 Suzuki CT-1 Concept was an electric city transporter that combined the loading capacity of a small...
Suzuki EE-10
The Suzuki EE-10 Concept, unveiled in 1993 at the 30th Tokyo Motor Show. It was a futuristic hybrid kei car....
Suzuki UT-1
The 1995 Suzuki UT-1—short for Utility Transport Type 1—was a compact one-liter vehicle designed with a...
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Tanghua Xiaoya (唐华小雅)
This is the first car of the Chinese Tanghua (唐华) company. Interestingly, the company’s history...
TNB E-Van
In the 1990s, Malaysia’s national utility company Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) experimented with its first...
Toyota eCom
The 1997 Toyota eCom was a compact electric city car first shown at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show. Toyota...
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Volkswagen Chico
Volkswagen began thinking about creating a miniature city car almost forty years ago, when the first...