Lawil offered the very basic steel-bodied 246cc City (saloon) and Varzina ('spider') throughout the 1970s in its Italian home market and some neighbouring countries. The City was hardly a bargain; in 1976 the Fiat 126 only cost around 7% more.

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French 'quadricycles' arrived quite late on the UK market. Reliant, looking for a replacement for its three-wheeled range, briefly imported the curvaceously-styled Ligier Ambra from 1999. It featured familiar Rover 100 front and rear lights.

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While not the tiniest of cars by European standards, the products of the Crosley marque were certainly miniature curiosities in their American homeland. This brochure features 'the new big Crosley' range for 1949, with several bodystyles.

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One of the most stylish microcars of its day, the Piaggio-designed Vespa 400 stood out with its chic fold-down fabric roof. Launched in 1957, it was built at a factory in France and reportedly 12,000 were made before its demise in 1961.

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