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It is outrageous! You get Renault parts and Romanian build quality for 6 grand. But for an even smaller car you pay 8 grand and no Renault parts or sponsoring by James May!

Need to see James May build one for his Reassembler series. Tim Rodie. Robert Percy. Gabriel Ionica. Isaac Bareham. Doug F. John Coleman. Fun Stuff. Daniel Berman posted in Today's Top News. Join In Want to add something? That bike connection also extends to the engine. The Peel P50 is powered by a 49cc single-cylinder 2-stroke scooter motor, rated at 4.

Luckily, there is a grab bar that addresses that shortcoming. However, in recent years the surviving microcars have risen in value. Our first kit in good company ferrari fiat. A post shared by P50cars. And the E50 is actually faster; the gas version tops out at 28 mph, while the electric goes to 35 mph.

Just like the similarly exotic BMW i8 , the petrol P50 uses what Peel describes as a mid-mounted engine that sends its power rearwards through an automatic gearbox, has weight distribution and achieves more than mpg. But unlike the BMW i8 — well, pretty much everything else. The one-pot, air-cooled Honda four-stroke motorcycle engine is actually sited below the driver and makes a full 4.

Improving on the original, it comes with the luxury of a reverse gear. Top speed is 28mph. The diddy, one-piece GRP body is almost as tall as its mm length and barely a metre wide. Entry via the single door for my 1. The oversized three-spoke steering wheel is set at around 45deg, yet feels almost horizontal. Only a plectrum of carpet breaks up the expanse of primed GRP, and the switchgear is unsurprisingly rudimentary. With so much glass, the view is excellent — apart from directly in front, where the wiper control juts down into my line of sight.

I slide down the seat to see the road ahead. Pushing the starter button sends the P50 into a loud, quaking fit that passes through me at every contact point as the noise of the phutting single cylinder echoes around the cabin. I clunk the shifter into drive and pull away for an exploratory toddle.