microcar
Sign in to saveMicrocar is a term often used for the smallest size of cars, with three or four wheels and typically with an engine smaller than . Specific types of microcars include bubble cars, cycle cars, invacar, quadricycles and voiturettes. Microcars are often covered by separate regulations from normal cars, having relaxed requirements for registration and licensing.
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14 sectionsContents
- Predecessors
- Europe 1940–1970: Microcars
- Characteristics
- History
- Bubble cars
- Worldwide 1990–present
- Kei cars
- Quadricycle legislation
- {{anchor|Junior}} Junior cars
- Microcar trucks
- Microcars by country of origin
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Microcar is a term often used for the smallest size of cars, with three or four wheels and typically with an engine smaller than . Specific types of microcars include bubble cars, cycle cars, invacar, quadricycles and voiturettes. Microcars are often covered by separate regulations from normal cars, having relaxed requirements for registration and licensing.
== Predecessors ==
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