It's impossible for anyone, even Brad Pitt, to pick up chicks in the Peel 50, the smallest car ever approved for street use -- and that's because it's a one-seater.
Still, this 130 lb. roadster, which is coming soon to Ripley's New York City Odditorium, has something that really impresses sophisticated Manhattan ladies. At 52 inches long, you can park it anywhere.
In the early 1960s, Britain's Manx Peel Engineering Company made about 50 of these three-wheeled beauties, and Ripley's Believe It Or Not! purchased one of the last that remain.
With the United States trying to revive its auto industry, it's thoughtful of Ripley's to put the Peel 50 near it's other new NYC attraction --
Gumball Obama, a presidential mural made from 12,784 pieces of gum.
As a case study, the Peel 50 certainly offers auto manufacturers some lessons. Despite great gas millage, this small fry never appealed to consumers, perhaps because at top speeds it couldn't break 40 MPH.
Then again, how fast do you want to go in a vehicle that probably weighs less than you do?
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