Comments by "Module 79L" (@module79l28) on "American Reacts to A European Moped Car - Walkaround - POV Drive" video.
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2:20 - Diesel. All the ICE versions have twin cylinder diesel tractor engines. The reason behind this is that the tractors those engines come from are already limited in power and max speed, so it doesn't take much development, they just use what's already available. Very low maintenance and easy to work on. Now some manufacturers also offer electric versions.
2:55 - The main restriction, and the one that allows these things to fall into the moped category, is the sticker you saw in the back: 45km/h (~28mph). However, we all know that the manufacturers don't exactly set the limiter to that figure.
4:40 - Exactly, it's not a manual and it's not an auto, it has a moped-like CVT transmission (no forward gears).
11:20 - There's the "american" in you coming out again; I drive a car with a 2.0 turbodiesel ,101hp engine, and recently I made a 250km trip (~155mi) with 3 people and a full load, A/C on and it didn't break a sweat. Cars with engines below 200hp can handle the A/C perfectly fine.
12:25 - Some of the older, more barebones' units did have drums in the back and discs in the front but from what I've seen (they're everywhere here in Portugal) the more modern models have discs all around.
13:24 - That info is wrong. None of the microcars have 50cc engines, they would be too small for the size and weight of the vehicle. The minimum displacement is usually 500cc.
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