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Microcar is a French microcar manufacturer. The company was founded in 1984 as a division of Bénéteau group, a major sailboat manufacturer. Production moved to a new custom-built factory in September 2000. In September 2008, Microcar was acquired by Ligier Automobiles in a deal backed by the Italian private equity firm 21 Investimenti Partners. The merger created Europe's second-biggest manufacturer of microcars, and largest maker of quadricycles, or "sans permis" (license-exempt) vehicles. The Microcar and Ligier brands are to retain their separate identities and production facilities. Phillipe Ligier, son of company founder Guy Ligier, is CEO of the expanded Ligier Automobiles.
The current model range consists of the M.GO-3, introduced (in 2015?) to replace M.Go model introduced in 2009. There are six trim levels, all with petrol engines, in the UK. The M.Go was available in conventional, diesel-engined S, S PACK, MICA, SXI, and Sport trim levels, as well as full electric.
Prior to the M.Go, Microcar was known for their long-running MC Series models, sold as the MC1 and MC2. Both where available as a 2-seat, or 4-seat long wheel base version. The long wheel base being 40mm longer than the short Virgo models. The company also sold a small commercial vehicle called the Sherpa, which was a badge-engineered Ligier X-Pro. The Sherpa was discontinued after the Ligier merger, and the MC has been dropped in favor of the new M.Go. The M.Go was only produced with a petrol engine for the UK market.
Former modelsedit
Microcar Family Luxe
Microcar Lyra
Microcar ALCO
Microcar NewStreet, NewStreet Cabriolet
Microcar Pratic Luxe
Microcar Virgo
Microcar Virgo 2
Microcar Virgo 3
Microcar Virgo Luxe
Electric vehiclesedit
From 1994 Alco electric was built. From 2006 to 2010, the long-wheelbase version of Microcar's MC Series was used as the basis for the ZENN EV assembled in Canada by ZENN Motor Company with an electric drivetrain. It was marketed in the U.S. and Canada under the ZENN brand as a "Neighborhood Electric Vehicle"(NEV), with its top speed governed to 25 mph (40 km/h). Microcar began distributing the ZENN in Europe during 2007 under its own brand, as the Microcar ZENN. ZENN Motor purchased engineless, rolling chassis from Microcar and installed their own electric motor and drivetrain. The ZENNs retailed for $16,900 while actual cost was $65,000. Microcar brought electric vehicle production fully in-house with the M.Go Electric in 2009, and ZENN ceased production of its MC-based vehicle in 2010.[1]
Galleryedit
Current modelsedit
Microcar M.Go 3 Dynamic
Microcar M.Go Outdoor
Past modelsedit
Microcar Lyra RXE
Microcar NewStreet Cabriolet
Microcar Virgo 1 Luxe
Microcar Virgo 1 Luxe
Microcar Virgo 2
Microcar Virgo 3
Microcar Virgo 3
Microcar Virgo 3 Pratic
Microcar MC1 Pre-facelift
Microcar MC2 Post-facelift
Microcar M.Go 1
Referencesedit
^"Canada's Maya 300: the first lithium-ion full electric car sold in North America! - Green Wheels". Auto123. 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Microcar vehicles.
UK site (English)
Microcar website (French)
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This article is about a brand of automobiles For the category of small automobiles see Microcar This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Microcar brand news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German January 2012 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the German article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 9 121 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de Microcar see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated de Microcar to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Microcar is a French microcar manufacturer The company was founded in 1984 as a division of Beneteau group a major sailboat manufacturer Production moved to a new custom built factory in September 2000 In September 2008 Microcar was acquired by Ligier Automobiles in a deal backed by the Italian private equity firm 21 Investimenti Partners The merger created Europe s second biggest manufacturer of microcars and largest maker of quadricycles or sans permis license exempt vehicles The Microcar and Ligier brands are to retain their separate identities and production facilities Phillipe Ligier son of company founder Guy Ligier is CEO of the expanded Ligier Automobiles Contents 1 Current models 2 Former models 3 Electric vehicles 4 Gallery 4 1 Current models 4 2 Past models 5 References 6 External linksCurrent models edit nbsp Microcar M Go Electric at the 2008 Paris Motor Show The current model range consists of the M GO 3 introduced in 2015 to replace M Go model introduced in 2009 There are six trim levels all with petrol engines in the UK The M Go was available in conventional diesel engined S S PACK MICA SXI and Sport trim levels as well as full electric Prior to the M Go Microcar was known for their long running MC Series models sold as the MC1 and MC2 Both where available as a 2 seat or 4 seat long wheel base version The long wheel base being 40mm longer than the short Virgo models The company also sold a small commercial vehicle called the Sherpa which was a badge engineered Ligier X Pro The Sherpa was discontinued after the Ligier merger and the MC has been dropped in favor of the new M Go The M Go was only produced with a petrol engine for the UK market Former models editMicrocar Family Luxe Microcar Lyra Microcar ALCO Microcar NewStreet NewStreet Cabriolet Microcar Pratic Luxe Microcar Virgo Microcar Virgo 2 Microcar Virgo 3 Microcar Virgo LuxeElectric vehicles editFrom 1994 Alco electric was built From 2006 to 2010 the long wheelbase version of Microcar s MC Series was used as the basis for the ZENN EV assembled in Canada by ZENN Motor Company with an electric drivetrain It was marketed in the U S and Canada under the ZENN brand as a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle NEV with its top speed governed to 25 mph 40 km h Microcar began distributing the ZENN in Europe during 2007 under its own brand as the Microcar ZENN ZENN Motor purchased engineless rolling chassis from Microcar and installed their own electric motor and drivetrain The ZENNs retailed for 16 900 while actual cost was 65 000 Microcar brought electric vehicle production fully in house with the M Go Electric in 2009 and ZENN ceased production of its MC based vehicle in 2010 1 Gallery editCurrent models edit nbsp Microcar M Go 3 Dynamic nbsp Microcar M Go Outdoor Past models edit nbsp Microcar Lyra RXE nbsp Microcar NewStreet Cabriolet nbsp Microcar Virgo 1 Luxe nbsp Microcar Virgo 1 Luxe nbsp Microcar Virgo 2 nbsp Microcar Virgo 3 nbsp Microcar Virgo 3 nbsp Microcar Virgo 3 Pratic nbsp Microcar MC1 Pre facelift nbsp Microcar MC2 Post facelift nbsp Microcar M Go 1References edit Canada s Maya 300 the first lithium ion full electric car sold in North America Green Wheels Auto123 2009 02 20 Retrieved 2011 11 05 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Microcar vehicles UK site English Microcar website French Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Microcar brand amp oldid 1154967482, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
