The Scootacar was a small car built by Scootacars Ltd, a division of the Hunslet Engine Company.
According to the wishes of the wife of one of the directors, who wanted a car that was easier to park than her Jaguar, Henry Brown designed the car by sitting on a Villiers engine and making an assistant to draw an outline around him.
The first car was the Mk 1fitted with a Villiers 197 cc two –stroke engine. It was a 3-wheeler (two front wheels and one rear wheel) with a steel floor, a fibre-glass body and a top speed of 50 mph (80 km/h). It was roomy enough for two people, one in the front the other one in the rear.
The car only had one large door on the left side. In 1959 the model was totally redesigned to improve it. The body shell of the Mk 2 was larger, the engine was placed under a rear bench and the driver’s seat could be tipped forward. It had room for three people now and a top speed of 55 mph (89 km/h). In 1962 a few Mk 3 were sold with a 250 cc engine and a top speed of 68 mph (109 km/h) The car didn’t sell too well and after a total of about 1000 Scootacars were manufactured the production ended in 1964.
