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World’s smallest car, Peel resurrected


The world’s smallest ever production car, the Peel P50, has been brought back to life as a zero emissions electric runabout. It gives eco savvy urbanites the opportunity to abandon the G-Wiz and explore new heights of automotive silliness.Measuring at 137cm long and 104cm wide, the three-wheeled Peel P50 makes the Tata Nano look like Simon Cowell’s party limo; the Nano, which is officially today’s smallest mass production car, measures in at 310cm by 223cm.After a successful pitch on Dragon’s Den, leading to an £80,000 investment from James Caan, the new Peel company began taking orders on its pair of tiny eco cars – the P50 is joined by its ‘sporty’, very slightly bigger brother, the Trident.The three-wheeled pair both use a tiny electric engine, good for a heady 8mph top speed and a 15-mile driving range from a full charge.