Since
1979, Little Tikes have sold 22 million Cozy Coupes.
When
my mom had lots of little grandkids, including twin boys, she solved Cozy Coupe
squabbles by adding a second steering wheel.
Genius, however nothing compared
to Great Britain’s Cozy Coupe affinity.
My
grandpa bought some type of European, ultra mini cars for my mom and her sisters
to commute to school.
An adorable mode of transport but a bit different from the American
muscle cars.
The
Brits have a fondness for cute and tiny, the Austin Mini being just one Cozy
Coupe-ish model.
In
2012, 30 percent more Cozy Coupes were sold than the most popular real car, the
Ford Fiesta.
As
an homage to the tiny car, a British engineering team made a giant,
foot-powered version.
Not to be outdone, mechanics from Attitude Autos transformed a Daewoo Matiz. (Yeah, I had no idea what that was either.)
"We
were chatting one day about how more people have probably driven a Cozy Coupe
than any other kind of car - and it snowballed from there." They spent $6,600 on
parts and 1,000 hours on the project.
The
two-seater can go from 0-60 mph in 17 seconds and tops out at 70 mph.
"We
took it on the motorway once, but I'm too scared to do it again in case we
cause an accident - people were taking photos of us driving past at the wheel
and swerving all over the place when they saw us drive past."
I am happy there are Cozy Coupe people out there.
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