Brütsch Mopetta
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The Brütsch Mopetta is an egg-shaped, single-seat, three-wheel automobile manufactured from 1956 to 1958 with a total production of 14. It was the smallest in a series of microcars designed by Egon Brütsch.
With a single wheel at the front, the Mopetta is an open roadster with a fiberglass body, with one example having a detachable, transparent, folding hood. The Mopetta used a Script error: No such module "convert". ILO V50 engine with a pull start and an integral three-speed gearbox.[1]
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Each Mopetta cost £200 (c£2000, 2017) as the most produced car by Brütsch, only 5 are known to survive.[1] There were negotiations with Opel to distribute the car, but only sales brochures were produced.
A Brütsch Mopetta replica is available, built in the UK with a modern Honda automatic engine.
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- Kleinwagen, Small Cars, Petites Voitures, by Benedikt Taschen, 1994