Mercedes’ Smaller Car Than Citroën AMI

For those living in big cities, parking on the streets is one of the biggest problems in the world. Especially if you have a large vehicle, besides the parking problem, using these vehicles in heavy traffic becomes a torture in itself. Because, hatchback vehicles stands out as one of the best choices for most drivers.

Like many automakers, Mercedes-Benz recognized these problems. The automobile giant was founded in 1982 with an interesting design, which is considered the ancestor of the Mercedes-Benz A series. NAFA introduced a concept car.

An extremely compact car, the NAFA was only 2.5 meters long.

The vehicle with a width and height of 1.5 meters Nahverkehrsfahrzeug from the abbreviation of the word. This word is Turkish. ‘small length vehicle’ is converted.

As its dimensions suggest, the NAFA was indeed a small vehicle. It was so small that today’s Smart ForFour And Citroen AMI It stays small even next to mini cars such as.

One of the most important features for a car, especially hatchback cars, is its compactness and maneuverability.

Because these vehicles are offered to users as the best option to escape from the traffic jam. NAFA’s engineers must have thought about this too, so instead of adding various features to the car, they used a few interesting methods. good maneuverability they earned.

The caption reads ‘This Car Can’t Fly Alone’.

First of all, as we mentioned above, they reduced the body dimensions of the car as much as possible. Secondly, they used the all-wheel drive system, a feature that NAFA 5.7 meter turning radius provided such a great advantage. The turning radius of Smart ForTwo, one of the smallest cars produced today, is 7.8 meters.

NAFA had a very interesting feature, the first for a car of this size.

The car that debuted in 1982 Sliding and opening towards the hood side of the driver’s doorcaused great controversy in those years.

The reason why the door is designed like this is because Mercedes “urban car designed to fit into tight spaces” He didn’t want to continue his motto. When the door was opened, the side mirror automatically folded to prevent damage.

The front-wheel drive NAFA had an automatic transmission.

At the same time, this tiny tool 40 horsepower It provided a three-cylinder, 1-liter engine that produced The vehicle had only two seats. The NAFA was a complete compact vehicle, but it was not put into mass production.

Some of the main reasons for this security problems It is thought to be, but Mercedes-Benz has not made any statement on this matter. Housed in a private garage today, the NAFA is considered the car that laid the foundations for the A-Class.