5 Road Legal Vehicles You Simply Won’t Believe!

In the UK and over the pond in the USA, there are very stringent regulations on what is allowed to drive on public roads and what isn’t. Thankfully, the vehicles we drive daily are safe and designed to reduce collisions, injuries and fatalities.

However, there are some really strange-looking vehicles that actually pass the required safety regulations to be deemed road-legal, and this post sets out to highlight 5 of the most interesting models out there.

1. The Flatmobile

Nicknamed the “Flatmobile”, this car is a modified 1963 Hillman Imp built in 2007. Standing at only 19 inches off the ground, according to reports, this makes it the world’s lowest car. The car is road-legal, but only during daylight hours as apparently it’s too low for the headlights to be safely seen at night.

2. The Wind-Up

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Built by the same inventor as the Flatmobile, this car takes the title of the world’s smallest, and it’s also road-legal in the UK. Measuring in at 41 inches high and only 26 inches wide, it would be hilarious to see driving around (well, not if you were stuck behind it on a single-lane road, mind you). It’s called the “Wind-Up” because it looks like a small wind-up toy car, not because it’s taking the biscuit!

3. A Working Batpod

Everyone wants to be Batman, don’t they? Well someone built a working Batpod like what is seen in the recent incarnations of the Batman franchise. It is a creation of the USA, but one that seems to have been deemed road-legal. We doubt you’ll find one of these in the UK but it would be interesting to see if it would be allowed on our roads.

4. Jet-powered Volkswagen Beetle

If you’ve ever looked at the classic Volkswagen Beetle puttering about the streets and thought, “Why is that not jet-powered?” Then you’re not the only one because someone has actually gone to the effort of building such a monstrosity. Spotted on public roads in the USA, this is a real find and something that just couldn’t be left out of this post.

5. WaterCar Python

This amphibious car really performs both in the water and on roads, something most fail to do. Again, it might not be road-legal in the UK (we can’t confirm or deny), but it’s certainly accepted in the US. It would certainly save a fortune for Danish drivers unfortunate enough to commute across Demark’s Great Belt Fixed Link – featured on The Rarest’s list of most expensive toll roads in the world!

This post is for entertainment purposes only. We cannot accept any liability for actions taken based on assumptions of what is road legal. Please research your local vehicle regulations independently before undertaking any projects or modifications.