Smallest?

The debate as to world's smallest car continues. When I mentioned the Isetta in the first entry of this blog (which some claim as the world's smallest car), I had overlooked the extremely diminutive Peel P50.

Supporters of the Isetta claim the Peel doesn't count, because it's not street-legal.  I don't know how true that is, as I don't live in the UK.  (If you do, please chime in and let us know!)

I first met the Peel on an episode of Top Gear (a fantastic show if you love cars and humor, and you get BBC), which is why I sought out the picture on the left.  That's six-foot-four-inch Jeremy Clarkson wedged into that puny little car!  And it's so small he even drove it into the elevator at BBC's studios.  Truly amazing.

The Peel story is pretty amazing, too, and I found a site that has lots of great information about its history.  It's at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy.carter/ .