China’s crazy low-speed electric vehicle (LSEV)
market is famous for its many copy-cat cars. A brand new example is the Eagle
EG6330K, inspired by the BMW Isetta microcar. The company doesn’t try to hide
its inspiration. It has an image of the Bimmer on its website, and specifically
says the EG6330K was made to look like the 1955 BMW Isetta.
Eagle deleted the single nose-based door, added four
conventional doors, and added another wheel at the rear. It is actually far
more similar to the 1959 BMW 600 than the 1955 BMW Isetta.
Eagle is an LSEV brand under a company called Suzhou
Eagle, based in the great city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province. The company
became famous in 2015 when they unveiled a Porsche Cayman ripoff. That car
however never saw production, whereas the EG6330K is very real.
The EG6330K will hit the market soon. Price is yet
unknown but a good guesstimate would be somewhere around $4000. Power comes
from an electric motor with 5.3 horses, mated to a 72 kWh lead-acid battery.
Top speed is 60 kilometers per hour and range is 120 kilometers. It seats four.
Size in 3300/1470/1470 mm, wheelbase is 1940 mm and curb weight is 750 kilo.
Inside, the dials are analog and that is a bit
surprising as LSEV makes usually fir fully digital instrument panels. Perhaps
this is a retro-thing too.
Eagle claims the EG6330K is aimed at youngsters
living in big cities. All LSEV makers aim at that market but most cars actually
end up in the hands of the elderly and as short-distance taxis’. The young just
don’t think an LSEV is cool enough to spend any money on.
