In Italy, a mechanic had the crazy idea of building a single-seater car from a Fiat. This car with an absurd design is driveable, but is obviously not approved for use on public roads. Discover the narrowest car in the world.
Italian mechanic Andrea Marazzi created a buzz on the web by unveiling an extraordinary video. Internet users were able to see a driver in a blue car with an extremely lightened body. He drives at a reduced speed, with the windows down and his arm resting on the door. On the video, the car looks so thin that it could fit between two scooters. Andrea took about a year to achieve this result. He based the project on a 1993 Fiat Panda and completely reworked the bodywork, chassis and interior of the vehicle to give it a minimalist design as much as possible.
At only 50 centimetres wide, the “Flat Fiat” is undoubtedly the narrowest car in the world. Thanks to meticulous work, Italian mechanic Andrea Marazzi has managed to reuse a large part of the original parts of the 1993 Fiat Panda. The car retains four wheels, two doors and two mirrors. For the rest, it has to make do with a single headlight at the front, a hood and roof reduced to a minimum, a single seat and a windshield that is tiny, but accessible to the driver. This non-approved creation works thanks to an electric motor borrowed from a scooter. It can reach a maximum speed of 15 kilometres per hour. However, its weight of 264 kilograms makes it sensitive to crosswinds.
The Peel P50 is the smallest production car in history. About fifty examples were produced between 1962 and 1965 by the British company Peel Engineering Company. This small car is 1.34 meters long, 99 centimetres wide and weighs only 59 kilograms. Due to its small size, the Peel P50 has to make do with a single seat, three wheels, a single door and a small 4.5-horsepower engine. Equipped with a three-speed gearbox, it has no reverse gear. It can reach speeds of 60 kilometres per hour, which is far from ridiculous for such a size. Initially sold for £199, a copy of the Peel P50 went for €160,000 at an auction.
The Fiat 500 is considered by many to be the most iconic automobile in Italy. Created in 1936, it was a real success in 1957 with the launch of the second generation called “Fiat Nuova 500”. This version was produced in several million units and lays the foundation for today’s design: small, round, cute and easy to recognize. This automobile has inherited the affectionate nickname of “yoghurt pot” due to its small size, namely 2.97 metres long, 1.32 metres wide and 1.32 metres high. The new generation of Fiat 500 was released in 2007 and retains the codes of the 1957 Fiat 500.
