The world is still marveling at a new and unique invention by a 30-year-old Italian man, Andrea Marazzi, who comes from a small town 40 kilometres east of Milan, who has designed and built what he claims is the world’s narrowest car, a Fiat Panda, measuring only 50 centimetres wide.
Marazzi debuted his invention at Panda Pandino, an international rally honoring the Fiat Panda, after a year of painstaking effort that included cutting, welding, and sculpting the famous car’s body.
Videos show excited Andrea behind the wheel in the tiny car and moving around effortlessly, attracting glares from bystanders.
According to Marazzi, the car is entirely electric, has functional brakes, steering, and gears, as well as functional windows, mirrors, and lighting, and the small interior was made to fit his torso. The car is powered by a scooter engine and maintains most of its original parts such as brake calipers, hubs, and rims. The front features a single headlight and two turn signals.
Andrea Marazzi used 99% of the original 1993 model parts to make the thinnest Fiat Panda in the world. The car keeps the doors, roof, and style elements, but it changes the interior structure, body, and frame to make room for a single seat. In order to accommodate two vehicles and narrow roads, Marazzi also kept the original car’s four-wheel design.
The world’s narrowest Fiat Panda weighs just 264 kg, stands at 145 cm tall, and is 340 cm long. Its electric motor allows it to reach a modest top speed of 15 km/h, similar to the speed of walking or a moderate biking pace, and it has a range of approximately 25 kilometers on a full charge.
The handcrafted vehicle, designed for events and fairs, is not road-legal but rather an exhibition piece, resembling a drivable art automobile or sculptural project rather than a traditional vehicle.
Andrea used his family-run workshop and auto recycling business to produce the narrowest Fiat Panda in the world. It was made at Autodemolizione Marazzi in Bagnolo Cremasco, where the width of the original car was reduced to half a meter.
The end result Fiat Panda is now completely operational and is ready to set a new Guinness World Record as the narrowest automobile ever produced.
