Partnership with The Little Car Company delivers 85 per cent scale model and probably the coolest city car ever
. Described as ‘the most sophisticated city car ever built’, Blower Jnr will be the first road-legal car from The Little Car Company.
Like all previous Juniors, the Bentley is electric with the motor mounted across the rear axle and battery stashed in an undertray; with 21hp, it can cover 65 miles at up to 45mph. The city car thing isn’t a joke, then, especially as the Blower measures 3.7m long and 1.5m and can carry two people. It’s car-sized, no doubt - it’s just that the original Blower was massive. And now worth £25m.
Amazingly enough, it was that very vehicle - Team Car No. 2, which raced at Le Mans in 1930 and has been owned by Bentley since 2000 - that was used by TLCC to ensure every detail was right. That includes leather buckled straps for the hand-crafted aluminium bonnet, scaled-down, period correct friction dampers and a painted steel frame with an ‘authentic chassis specification’ attached.
Look closely, though, and you can see the crucial differences. What was the supercharger is now the charging port, while the fuel tank space has been repurposed to carry luggage in an optional weekend bag. The drive mode selector looks like the fuel pressure pump, offering Comfort, Bentley and Sport settings that gradually ramp up the power. The original ammeter clock now shows battery charge .
The Blower Jnr is shaping up to be quite a lot like those other TLCC Junior cars, then, with beautiful attention to detail and a jolly little driving experience to boot - except, of course, this is one that can be legitimately driven on the public road with actual real-life journeys in mind. Currently enjoying its 15 minutes of Monterey fame , the Blower Jnr should go into production in the second quarter of next year priced from around £90k, excluding VAT.
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