Microcars

Frisky Family 3

1959

This small British car conceived by Raymond Flower was produced by Henry Meadows Ltd., later Frisky Cars Ltd. The company offered several variants of the microcars. The very beautiful body was the work of the Turin-based Vignale studio. The Frisky Family 3, rolled out in 1959, was a three-wheeled model, unlike the other Friskies, and thus cheaper.

Max Speed

Weight

305

km/h

1/2

Peel P50

1962—1965

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Peel P50

1962–1965

The Peel P50 was the work of Peel Engineering, a developer of marine plastics based on the Isle of Man, United Kingdom. Production of the microcars ran from 1962 to 1965, and resumed in 2010. The car is a single-seat three-wheeler with a plastic body, weighing only 59 kilograms.

Max Speed

Weight

km/h

1/2

Bond Bug

1970—1974

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Bond Bug

1970–1974

This British two-seater was produced in the years 1970–1974 successively by two British companies, Bond and Reliant. The Bond Bug has a sport chassis and engine and can reach speeds of 126 km/h. The body was designed by Tom Karen, head of Ogle Design. The car was conceived as a show-piece but was received with much enthusiasm and ordered into production. Some 2,000 cars were manufactured.