Been thinking your car is too wide? Maybe you like the Mini Cooper, but you’ve been holding out for something a little skinnier. I joke, of course, mainly because I don’t have the $108,000 needed to buy the new Tango, from Commuter Cars. Essentially advertised as the all-weather motorcycle, the Tango is small enough to drive between lanes in stopped or slow-moving traffic (assuming you live someplace where that sort of thing is legal- California, Europe, Asia- and can stomach the insults and honks certain to come your way). Like the SmartCar, the Tango can park perpendicular to the curb. With over 1,000-ft-lbs of torque, the Tango has some pep, accelerating from zero to 60mph in about 4 seconds. According to Commuter Cars’ site, “the Tango can accelerate from zero to over 130mph in one gear. Without needing an energy-robbing transmission or differential, it…finishes the standing 1/4 mile in about 12 seconds at over 100 mph.” If that means anything to you, you know more about cars than I do, but we can agree that it sounds fast. Here’s a video of GreenTech Media’s test drive.
