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Piaggio Ape reintroduced to UK market

Perodua UK Limited, the importer of Piaggio Commercial Vehicles, has just announced that it's bringing the classic three-wheeled Ape back to the UK market. First introduced way back in 1948, the Ape (pronounced, ap-ey, FWIW, which is Italian for "bee." Vespa is Italian for "wasp") is based on the front end of a scooter but features an enclosed cabin for weather protection and two wheels out back. Buyers can choose between a tiny 50cc engine, a larger 218cc gasoline unit and a big, 422cc diesel, mated up to a 5-speed manual gearbox. Panel Van, ... Read more →

Ontario could vote against kids in three-wheeled eco cars Sebastian Blanco

Photo by runneralan2004. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. What makes a motorcycle? We know that a lot of automakers have realized that by going down to three wheels in a "car," they can ...

Editorial: Why make three-wheeled vehicles? Are they legal? Should they be? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for more images of the Aptera Typ1 e Gasoline prices in the United States are helping push along the development of many new vehicles such as the Volt from General Motors. Such ...

2 Stroke Buzz takes on the Piaggio MP3 - their take? Read on! Jeremy Korzeniewski

"The extra wheel is a welcome novelty and could accurately be described as a "benefit," but is that benefit equal to the cost, weight, and technical complication?" That is how the last paragraph from ...

Introducing the Corbin Raven, a three-wheeled 100 mpg vehicle Jeremy Korzeniewski

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Introducing_the_Corbin_Raven_the_three_wheeled_100_mpg_vehicle_for_you'; You've gotta hand it to Mike Corbin. Mike started building comfortable seats for ...

In-progress pictures of a diesel\electric plug-in XR3 hybrid from Robert Q. Riley 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I have a brief update from Robert at Robert Q. Riley Enterprises about the status of the XR3 diesel\electric hybrid prototype. I can also share with you a few pictures of an XR3 body under construction. The process of creating a body from scratch requires building up a foam core that is larger than ...

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