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	Aixam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was founded in 1983 to make microcars in the old AROLA factory after that company failed.
		In 1992 they started making a range of standard sized cars under the Mega brand, but by 2002 this brand was just being applied to a range of microvans.
		A notable difference is that some of the smaller models can be driven without a driver's licence since they are classified as a quadricycle (moped).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aixam (178 words)

	Microcar - A new way to drive
		Microcar is part of the Bénéteau Group, one of the leading names in the leisure sector and a world leader in sailing equipment.
		With a market presence in almost 30 countries and installations on both sides of the Atlantic, every brand within the group benefits fully from the group’s international position, its know-how and a perfect combination of all its many skills.
		The expertise of lightweight design by Microcar with over twenty years experience has created a new balance of style, size, and safety, combined with new refinements and performance from the new fuel injected power units.
	www.micro-car.co.uk /aboutmicrocar.html (213 words)

	MICROCAR car without driving licence vehicle senior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Microcar is a company of the Bénéteau Group, the world's leading sailboat manufacturer since 1982.
		Traded on the the second market of the Paris Stock Exchange since 1984, the Bénéteau Group is one of the biggest names in the recreational industry.
		Each brand benefits from the group's international position in the world market (doing business in nearly 30 countries with industrial sites on both sides of the Atlantic), as well as from the combined expertise and strength of its work force reunited in perfect synergy.
	www.microcar.fr /car-without-licence/groupe-beneteau.html (143 words)

	Print the story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The basque technological centre TEKNIKER has developed a brand new microcar to test all its capabilities in the micromanufacture.
		It is driven by an electric motor, the smallest in the market with an external diameter of 1.9 mm and longitude of 5 mm, a stator coil wound with 30 µm diameter wire and a rotor with permanent magnets.
		The 2nd transmission stage consists of a planet gear speed reducer made up of an 18-toothed (inlet), an fixed external ring with 64 teeth, and three planet gears (outlet) with 23 teeth, all 12 µm module.
	www.physorg.com /printnews.php?newsid=562 (193 words)

	MidLife
		The microcar, in some form, has always been an answer for the motorist with a lack of space and/or money.
		But although the microcar has its origins in the early years of the twentieth century, its golden era was the 1950s and 60s â“ the Age of the Bubblecar!
		A fascinating study and look at a new history of the Microcar and its golden era of the 1950s and 60s â“ the Age of the Bubblecar.
	www.midlifeclassiccars.com /product_detail.aspx?item_guid=1740ce6b-f0c6-4251-a011-20c24e460688 (151 words)

	Green Car Congress: Chinese Microcar with Italian Design for European Markets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Like other microcars, the MyCar is meant only as a short-range city street vehicle—and is regulated by a different ruleset than for larger cars.
		These microcars are technically light quadricycles, governed by EU directive 2002/24/CE which sets out three fundamental criteria: speed, empty weight and maximum power.
		MyCar is a new challenger for car makers such as Aixam, JDM or MicroCar (yes, it's brand).
	www.greencarcongress.com /2006/01/chinese_microca.html (1205 words)

	The Car Lounge Forums: VWvortex - First In: Can James Bond Help Volkswagen?
		Right now, their brand identity is littered with mistakes like the Phaeton, or poor customer service, or the over-priced Touareg, or recalls and low reliability and resale values.
		Meanwhile, the Volkswagen brand in the US could breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that vanilla sales would be going to Skoda isntead of vanishing, and focus on stregnthening their German car status by eschewing anything that wouldn't work with that German brand character.
		VW is not only positioned as a "Tweener" brand in terms of the types of cars they build, but also in terms of whose taste they want to appeal to.
	forums.thecarlounge.net /zerothread?id=1821186&page=3 (8101 words)

	Bloomberg.com: News & Commentary
		It was also last among 33 brands in a March study gauging customer satisfaction by the ADAC German Automobile Club.
		Brand value is the net present value of the earnings that a brand is expected to generate and secure in the future.
		Sales of the BMW brand rose 10 percent to 1.02 million vehicles, boosted by new models including the all-new X3 sport-utility vehicle and the 1-Series compact car.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=nifea&&sid=aZ3dSCV.vv9I (1570 words)

	MINIATURE CARS FROM A-Z "U+V"
		We have been lucky to find one "U" brand which is indeed represented in small scale, but of course this is not enough to fill an article of its own.
		Besides the same company also produced a very simple three-wheeled microcar mainly intended to be used by disabled persons, powered by a Jawa motorcycle engine.
		Although developed by Piaggio, the famous Italian producer of motorscooters, the Vespa 400 microcar was built by the French company ACMA in Fourchambault.
	www.breithaupts.com /totc551.htm (1533 words)

	Global Auto Index - Microcar - research 1,700 car makers, 100,000 photos - the best and largest free online car catalog ...
		Microcar is a division of the Benetau the largest luxury sail boat manufacture in Europe.
		A year later the they presented the first microcar with safety belts.
		The popularity of the Microcar (it is being exported to countries as far as New Caledonia) resulted in the opening of a new production facility in Boufféré, 30 minutes from Nantes in 2000.
	www.globalautoindex.com /maker.plt?no=196&g=Microcar (175 words)

	New Models Roll Out in Canada Before Hitting U.S. - ForbesAutos.com
		ONTARIO, Canada — When the Smart microcar division of Mercedes-Benz decided to cancel its plans to show a North American concept car at the Detroit Auto Show last year, the automaker was left with considerable egg on its corporate visage.
		As shown with the Smart brand, which is still planning to launch in the U.S. in the next few years, major international auto shows (such as the New York International Auto Show this week) are not the only places to find upcoming cool cars — they may first be seen north of the border.
		This example of badge engineering, which Lutz says hurts the identities of each brand as distinct, could be why the G5 is slipping into GM’s lineup with little fanfare, as even some GM representatives at the New York auto show were unaware of its impending arrival.
	www.forbesautos.com /news/headlines/2006/april/fadc041106-canadacars.html (890 words)

	Tiny Smart on way to gray market \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Gray marketers could be selling Smart cars in the United States by summer, two years before Mercedes-Benz will introduce the European microcar brand here.
		Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz USA is setting up a franchise to introduce the brand in mid-2006 with a new four-seat SUV called ForMore.
		It has no plans to sell the Smart microcar, which was introduced in 1997 in Europe.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040410/news_1dd10smart.html (411 words)

	New & Used Car Sales Lincoln - The Compact Car Company - MG Rover Specialists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The growth of the quadracycle sector is populated by specialist manufacturers that include Ligier, Aixam and Microcar among them.
		Following recognition by the Department of Transport, the Microcar brand is unique in offering 4 seat accommodation in an attractive, sub-compact body that can be driven by the holder of a full motorcycle license.
		Simple to drive, you select forward or reverse on the step-less transmission lever and apply the throttle or brake as appropriate.
	www.carcornershop.co.uk /cms.asp?pid=15&mid=6 (211 words)

	Carpages.ca - smart Puts formore Crossover on Hold
		The formore, based on the forfour five-door hatchback, was the vehicle that smart was going to use to usher the brand name into the United States in 2006.
		With the formore SUV potentially out of the picture, the brand's lightweight, frills-free roadster could also be popular with buyers who are looking for a fuel-efficient, minimalist mid-engined sportster, while many urbanites could easily be interested in the practical, charismatic forfour.
		With the brand losing money globally, however, it will remain to be seen if smart will bring its entire range to North America, despite the vastness of the market and the need of vehicular diversity.
	www.carpages.ca /go/autonews/12272004,smart_puts_formore_crossover_on_hold.aspx (682 words)

	Jack Yan: the Persuader Blog
		One of the most informative comment dialogues on this blog has been between Rohan, a branding expert and designer in India, and me. We were discussing the Indian car market, and covered everything from the Badal and Standard Gazel to the Reva microcar and the Dacia Logan.
		Levitt’s theories were strongly impressed on me at B-school, and since I was part of that MTV generation, I witnessed the homogenization of markets.
		Perhaps the development of a great microcar in the vein of the Fiat bambina would be one mission that India may consider as a public–private partnership.
	www.jackyan.com /blog/2006/06/micro-machines.html (372 words)

	Motorbrowser.co.uk : News Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		To support the brand’s expansion in markets outside of North America, Dodge will continue a marketing approach that is as unique as the brand itself.
		Using themes that are closely aligned with the Dodge brand values — bold, powerful, masculine and street smart — the Dodge marketing campaign will employ edgy, innovative and unconventional tactics to highlight the brand’s unique appeal and to target specific audiences.
		Dodge is the fifth-largest nameplate in the U.S. and, with the arrival of the Dodge brand into Europe, Chrysler Group plans to increase its market share in Western Europe to 1.4 percent by 2009.
	www.motorbrowser.co.uk /news_detail.asp?newsID=303 (844 words)

	Smart (automobile) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Smart (short for Swatch Mercedes ART, sometimes called the MCC Smart) is a brand of microcar based in Böblingen, (Germany).
		The original Smart was a very small two-seater, but a coupé, convertible and hatchback have been added, extending the brand into a true marque, part of DaimlerChrysler as Micro Compact Car GmbH.
		Smart (automobile), History, Vehicles, Smart in North America, Canada, United States, External links, DaimlerChrysler and Microcars.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Smart_(automobile) (639 words)

	Vintage Microcar Club Forums - Viewing topic #345 - New to microcars - Fiat Multipla 600 (Woo hoo!!)
		Also, I have a stuck front brake and it appears that finding brake pads may be an issue, if you guys have any leads on those, I'd be most appreciative.
		Hi I was wondering if you have pictures of your fiat I would love to see it as it was and as it is now I have owned many fiats my first car was an 850.
		He did finish all the brake work, however, and we were able to locate an NOS master brake cylinder, all the brake pads, hoses, etc., so the car is now running on brand new 13" tires and brand new brakes all around.
	www.microcar.org /dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=101&topic_id=345&mesg_id=345&page= (1281 words)

	italiaspeed.com
		Fiat's brand promotion director Lapo Elkann has given the clearest hint yet that Fiat is planning a brand new 'city' car - a Fiat 500 for the 21st Century.
		Last month reputable Italian automotive magazine Quattroruote revealed fresh new proposals for a Fiat 'microcar', just 2.65 metres in length and with its engine positioned under the rear seats.
		This, if it went ahead, would be the first bond issue to be undertaken by Fiat for four years, although the daily paper did add that this was currently one of a number of finance-raising options being currently studied, and that no banks had as-yet been appointed.
	www.italiaspeed.com /2005/cars/fiat/07/fiat_500/1707.html (557 words)

	Coventry University MA Design Degree Show 2003
		Alistair McHardy was one of several students to choose an urban microcar for his project.
		The car is 1800mm wide to give more road presence and to provide space for a temporary third seat, between and slightly aft of the front seats.
		Both routes in the 50 week, 3 semester, course are designed to appeal to former BA Design graduates who would like to spend a further year honing their skills or acquiring new ones, especially in the use of Alias software and clay modelling skills.
	www.cardesignnews.com /features/2003/040206coventry-mashow/index2.html (527 words)

	2004 Geneva Motor Show - Car and Driver - March 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		There are three doors—one on the driver’s side and two for passengers—and a drawer-type luggage compartment slides out of the truncated tail.
		Opel has yet to decide whether it wants to enter the microcar market but has developed this design just in case.
		While the Rolls-Royce EX100 is a concept car in our eyes, Rolls doesn’t see it that way, officially calling the EX100 an “experimental” model built to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first meeting of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.
	www.caranddriver.com /article.asp?intAsvPageCurrent=5§ion_id=31&article_id=7863 (598 words)

	Braunschweig University of Art Show 2005
		The goal of the diploma project was to create an authentic show car for Skoda Auto which displays a desirable and emotional facet of the brand, while respecting Skodas strong rational values.
		The basis for the busy and advanced formal language can be found in the sumptuous and opulent bohemian architecture and crystal art.
		In addition to the diploma thesis projects, eight students presented 'Microcar' concepts for younger customers.
	archive.cardesignnews.com /features/2005/051208braunschweig-show/index.php (823 words)

	Scooters & Mopeds at Think Bling Vehicles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Many jurisdictions consider them as "limited speed motorcycles." The earliest mopeds, introduced in the early 1950s, were nothing but bicycles with a helper motor on top of the front wheel.
		An example of this early type is the Velosolex brand.
		Brand New Beautiful Roma 50cc Four Stroke Dot legal.
	www.thinkbling.com /vehicles/scooters_mopeds.htm (866 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mercedes ranked 29th out of 37 brands in a June reliability study of three-year-old cars by J.D. Power and Associates.
		Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is closing a gap with Mercedes and may become the biggest maker of luxury cars.
		The Smart microcar brand also posted ``significantly negative results'' because of higher marketing and new-model costs.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aOZ6wLz88NKU (1075 words)

	Tiny Smart car to challenge giants in US market
		DaimlerChrysler officials hope to promote the urban microcar as offering a fun driving experience, and have been able to place the vehicle in movies like "The Da Vinci Code," where it was used in a chase scene in Paris, and "The Pink Panther" remake, starring Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau.
		The Smart brand, which was launched in 1998, has been a laggard for the automotive conglomerate, and the decision over whether to launch the brand in the largest auto market was heavily debated.
		Zetsche said he was confident in the Fortwo's safety, even with its small size compared with massive sport utility vehicles and trucks on US roads.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?ID=130946 (758 words)

	My Way Finance
		Cordes said plans for new Smart model launches were "on hold" while the group reviewed options for boosting profits at a business that has lost money since the urban microcar brand made its debut in 1998.
		Cordes declined to discuss in detail how Mercedes was trying to hedge against the dollar's weakness versus the euro, which he called "a factor" in pressure on earnings.
		He said he did not expect the dollar to strengthen to anywhere near parity with the euro in the foreseeable future, so it was focusing on cost cuts to help profits.
	finance.myway.com /ht/nw/bus/20050109/hlm_bus-n09696787.html (694 words)

	INDIACAR.NET - Bringing you the latest auto news
		Smart, the microcar brand of Mercedes-Benz, still believes a market exists for its vehicles in North America, albeit a modest one.
		Smart previously had said it was considering entering the United States with its Fortwo two-seater city car.
		The brand killed a proposed mini sport-utility vehicle, the Formore, which was intended primarily for North American buyers.
	www.indiacar.net /news/n14060.htm (143 words)

	minicars - Jalopnik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		If the The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum in Madison, Georgia doesn't house the most extensive collection of microcars from around the world, we'll sell our regular-sized car and drive around town in a 1958 Brutsch Rollera; or a 1955 Grataloup; or a 1957 Vespa 400; or a 1990 Honda Caren.
		First, Fiat Group's fortunes were turned around by the liquidity brought by GM's $1.5 billion contract buyout.
		The Giugiaro-designed Punto Grande, which will go on sale in Italy this fall and in the UK early in 2006, is a "supermini," a jumbo-shrimp grade incongruity that's practically unknown in the US market -- but could be a serious value player for Europeans who are both cost- and style-conscious.
	www.jalopnik.com /cars/minicars (352 words)

	Open Directory - Recreation: Collecting: Toys: Cars and Trucks: Diecast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Diecast Toys A to Z - An alphabetical list of brand names of diecast and related automotive toys and models.
		Microcar Models - A website devoted to models of microcars.
		The purpose of which is to contact other collectors by tempting you with a view of some of my collection.
	dmoz.org /Recreation/Collecting/Toys/Cars_and_Trucks/Diecast (837 words)

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