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French Micro Cars in Rome

So I knew that Rome was the largest urban market for Smart, but what I didn't realize was the ubiquity of French microcars. With a 500ccm engine and about 5HP they can be driven with a motorino license and seemed to be exempt from parking tickets.
Far from the underdesigned boxes that I knew from the 90s, the current models produced by Aixam, Chatenet and the like are consciously modeled on 'real' cars such as the Mini and, my favorite, on the Range Rover Evoque.

Labels: Micro cars with scooter engines

posted by car design @ 7:55 AM