Turns out, just about anything is welcome on the open road if it has wheels and turn signals.
The highway is a dangerous place, and passenger safety is supposed to be important. But some car companies have developed ways to get road-trippers speeding through lanes in strange, rickety contraptions.
There’s a car narrow enough to slip between trucks, a European four-wheeler that looks more like a lawn mower, and even a microcar with one headlight that barely fits one person.
Scroll through some weird rides and keep an eye out while driving for any of these oddities passing by.
1
Grinnall Scorpion III
A three-wheeled vehicle based on motorcycle components
2
Subaru 360
A kei car from the 1950s with a rear engine and fiberglass roof
3
Citroën Ami
A modern electric city car classified as a quadricycle in some European countries
4
Messerschmitt KR200
A bubble canopy microcar made by the former aircraft manufacturer in postwar Germany
5
Nissan S-Cargo
A small cargo van sold only in Japan
6
Toyota i-Road
A three-wheeled electric vehicle with active lean technology for cornering
7
Tango T600
An ultra-narrow electric car designed for urban commuting and lane splitting
8
Volkswagen Thing
A military-derived civilian vehicle with a boxy design, produced in the 1970s
9
Morgan 3-Wheeler
A modern recreation of early 20th-century three-wheelers, using a V-twin engine and exposed mechanicals.
10
Aptera
A solar-powered, three-wheeled electric vehicle with a highly aerodynamic body
11
Lit Motors C-1
A fully enclosed, self-balancing electric motorcycle using gyroscopic stabilization
12
Bond Bug
A two-seat, three-wheeled British microcar
13
Covini C6W
An Italian sports car with six wheels
14
Fiat Multipla
A compact MPV with an unconventional wide-body design and three front seats
15
Elio Motors Trike
A proposed three-wheeled enclosed vehicle with tandem seating and high fuel efficiency, though not mass-produced
16
Renault Twizy
A compact, two-seat electric vehicle intended for short urban trips
17
BMW Isetta
A 1950s bubble car with a single front-opening door and a 250cc engine
18
Campagna T-Rex
A Canadian-made three-wheeled vehicle with a motorcycle engine and side-by-side seating.
19
Peel P50
A three-wheeled microcar from the 1960s, known as the smallest production car ever made
20
Reliant Robin
A three-wheeled British car produced from the 1970s to the 2000s, classified as a motorcycle in the UK