The AC Petite is a three-wheeled British
microcar
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with a rear-mounted
Villiers single cylinder,
two-stroke
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston, one up and one down, in one revolution of the crankshaft in contrast to a four-stroke engine which re ...
engine.
The car has a single bench seat seating two adults, and was said to be capable of to and .
There were two versions of the car. Between 1952 and 1955 the car was fitted with a Villiers 27B engine and two different sizes of wheel; the rears were spoked wheels whilst the front was only .
In 1955 a Mark II version was launched, incorporating minor changes to the exterior trim, a slightly more powerful Villiers 28B engine and wheels front and rear.
Approximately 4,000 AC Petites were built until 1957.
See also
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List of microcars by country of origin
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AC Thundersley Invacar
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AC Autocarrier
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Microcars
Three-wheeled motor vehicles
Cars introduced in 1953
Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
Rear-engined vehicles