Remember the Peel P50? That tiny, blue one-seater Jeremy Clarkson drove on Top Gear? Well, now you too can awkwardly drive across the background of live newscasts in your own microcar, because a U.K.
Classic car fan Alex Orchin has driven the entire length of Great Britain a Peel P50, which is the world’s smallest production car, according to Guinness World Records. The three-wheeler was ...
It's always entertaining to watch Clarkson, Hammond, and May test the new flavor-of-the-month supercar on the track. But honestly, even the hottest pieces of sheetmetal tend to blur together over the ...
The Peel P50, a classic by all means but one with a very special kind of appeal, also holds the title of world’s smallest production car. As of December 4, it has added another notch on its belt, as ...
A man who drives the world’s smallest car says people make fun of him for his tiny vehicle — but he has the last laugh with his £7 ($9.17) gas bill. Alex Orchin, 31, is seen buzzing around his village ...
I’ve dragged my kid on plenty of car stuff in his still-new life, and while his entry into teenagehood has cooled his ardor ...
There are a lot of reasons why people attempt to break world records and a lot of crazy ways to do it. Alex Orchin is doing it for a noble cause – to raise funds for BBC Children in Need – and in one ...
That’s rich, especially for a non-exotic that costs just a tenth of the price brand new, so what’s the story? The Peel P50 has achieved worldwide recognition thanks to Jeremy Clarkson, when he drove ...
One could say that microcars boomed in the postwar years in Europe. The desire for personal mobility was strong, and the 1956 Suez Crisis, which drove up fuel prices, helped their cause. Also called ...
We often wax poetic about simple cars. Manual gearboxes. Small curb weights. No extraneous technology. Rarely, though, has an carmaker made something as bare-bones as the Peel P50 microcar. Welcome to ...
When you think about the ideal small car, your mind might head to something like the Fiat 500, the Chevrolet Bolt or a neat little VW Golf. But these modern city cars look monstrous when compared to ...