3 wheel cars were for some time quite popular in the UK with the majority being made by a company called Reliant.
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The Daihatsu Midget was released in 1958 and it was one of Daihatsu’s first cars. It was a single seater 3 wheeled delivery truck with a 1 cyl 2 stroke air cooled engine, the first model was an open cab design that used a handlebar instead of a steering wheel and used a kick starter.
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The Honda S500 was Honda’s first mass produced car that was launched in 1963. Launched as a sporty styled two door fastback coupe its small size proved an instant hit with the Japanese Market.
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While this car from the Iranian company Iran Khodro is not really a microcar (its more of the small car class) we have done this story on it because we liked the fact it was based on the 1966 Hillman Hunter. The Pakyan came about after the Iranian government set up the nationally owned car factory to produce cheap cars for the Iranian people.

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The Nissan Figaro was a limited edition sports style coupe that was only available in Japan in 1991. designed to look like a British 1950s sports car, the retro 2 door is covered in chrome and has gained a cult following. The Figaro was based on Nissan Micra mechanicals and produced in Yokohama’s pike factory.
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Finding a parking spot is hard enough but finding one large enough for your car is another thing! Now there may be a solution in the future with the Presto concept car.
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The MINI Cooper Cabrio, the car long awaited by MINI enthusiasts, is here at last. Now those who love driving an open car will no longer have to miss out on the fun of the open-air experience at the wheel of a MINI. In July of this year the MINI product range will be complemented by the attractive MINI Cabrio.

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The Fiat 126 was a small 2 cylinder rear engine car that was very popular in Europe but not as well loved as the famous Fiat 500 Nuevo that it replaced.

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The 2CV (deux chevaux – literally “two horses”, from the tax horsepower rating) was a popular French car made by Citroen. 3,872,583 2CV limousines and even more derivatives were produced from 1948 to 1990.
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The origins of the Volkswagen date back to 1930s Nazi Germany, and the project to build the car that would become known as the Beetle. Hitler was good at marketing his government to the German people, he commissioned several large projects to win their favour, one project was to build a car that everyone could afford. The project fitted with a proposal by car designer Ferdinand Porsche. The intention was that ordinary Germans would buy the car by means of a savings scheme, which around 336,000 people eventually paid into. Prototypes of the car called the KdF-Wagen (German: Kraft durch Freude = strength through joy), appeared from 1936 onwards. The car already had its distinctive round shape and air-cooled, flat-four, rear-mounted engine.

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