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January 2012 Issue

ARTICLE

Small Cars

By Robert McLellan


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Metropolitan - 1955

Renault - 1956

Are small cars the future? They have been tried in the past in order to provide the public with inexpensive transportation, frugal gasoline consumption and light weight. They are sometimes cute and often ugly but always interesting. Here are some examples from the past.


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AMC - 1974	Austin - 1949	Autobianchi - 1964

Auto Union - 1959	BMW - 1960	Bond - 1966

Chevrolet - 1961	Citroen - 1958/59	Cony - 1965

Corbin - 2001	Crosley - 1951	DAF - 1960

DKW - 1960	Fiat - 1953	Fiat - 1959

Ford - 1957	Henry J - 1952	Hillman - 1950/51

Honda - 1970	Metropolitan - 1959	Mini - 1973

Mitsubishi - 1967	Morris - 1950	Morris - 1953

Neckar - 1967	NSU - 1961	Playboy - 1948

Reliant - 1960	Singer - 1949	Subaru - 1970

Volkswagen - 1954	Willys - 1953	Yue Loong - 1962/63

The Automotive Chronicles, January 2012





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