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WORLD’S NARROWEST CAR—EASY TO PARK, HARD TO BALANCE
Italian mechanic and YouTuber Andrea Marazzi recently made international news headlines by turning a 1993 Fiat Panda into the world’s “skinniest,” drivable car.
His so-called “Flat Fiat” looks like something generated by AI, but it is the very real creation of a young car mechanic who wanted to build the world’s narrowest, drivable car.
Although it retains many of the parts of the 1993 Fiat Panda, Andrea’s special model is only 50 centimeters wide, enough space for just a thin driver and a single headlight to help the driver see at night.
Andrea spent 12 months hand-building his Fiat, using, he claims, “99% of the original parts,” and retaining the four wheels, despite the ultra-skinny frame.
Perhaps something got confused in translation, but Andrea’s car clearly cannot contain “99%” of the car’s original parts, since the biggest assembly of all—the gasoline engine and its drive train—are clearly missing.
Nevertheless, Andrea’s fully electric Flat Fiat stands 145 cm tall and is 340 cm long, having the negligible weight of only 264 kilograms (582 lbs).
Because of its modest electric motor, the car can only reach a top speed of 15 km/h (9.3 mph) with a battery range on a single charge of 25 km (15.5 miles).
Those may not be such impressive figures, but then again, the Flat Fiat is not a road-legal vehicle. It is just Andrea’s crazy project designed to draw attention to and promote his junkyard business.
“It all started here, in our junkyard, but above all, it was a bizarre idea. It was a year of imagination, patience, and days of work,” Andrea said, “full of cutting, welding, mistakes, and laughter. A year of making something that no one had ever thought of: the narrowest Panda in the world.”
After going viral with his unusual car, Andrea is now focusing his energy on an application to Guinness World Records for official recognition of the narrowest car ever built.
So, today, we should salute Italy: the land of narrow food (spaghetti), narrow cars (“Flat Fiat”), and narrow mechanics (Andrea Marazzi).
SOURCE: odditycentral.com
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