Rare collectible Corbin Sparrow sold for just $6911 (18 photos)

A tiny Corbin Sparrow limited to 300 sold for $6,911.





Corbin Sparrow was born in 1999. Its creator Mike Corbin designed the electric car to be simple and efficient. means to get from home to work. Sparrow only has one seat and three wheels (rear wheel drive), equipped 26 hp electric motor With. and 135 Nm. Smaller electric car Smart ForTwo can accelerate to 120 km/ h and drive at the expense of located in front of the battery up to 80 km.

Despite its simplicity, Sparrow has power windows and a CD player with built-in speakers in the chair. 13" wheels with brakes Wilwood brands, which are more often used on full-fledged sports cars.

Mike Corbin's project, as they say, did not take off due to disdainful attitude of Americans to such transport. In 2003 his company went bankrupt after assembling about 300 cars. The copy sold at auction was stored in a car for a long time. the Petersen Museum, but museum workers especially note that he is not on the move, although traveled only 2.7 thousand kilometers. In this case, the seller admits that replacement of the power unit will allow you to use the rare and nice electric car for its intended purpose.