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The Kapi was a Spanish
automobile A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods. The year 1886 is regarde ...
manufactured by Automóviles y Autoscooter Kapi in
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from 1950 until 1955. Designed by Captain Federico Saldaña, the first car was a light three-wheeled two door runabout powered by a 125 cc 2 cv single-cylinder two-stroke engine made by Montessa. The single wheel was at the front. Other models followed including: *the Kapiscooter with Hispano-Villiers engine *the Jip, a miniature Jeep with 197 cc engine *the Chiqui, a three-wheeler with single wheel at the rear *the Platillo Volante (flying saucer), a four-wheel coupé *the M190 with miniature Mercedes 190 body


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The Jip
*David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles'' Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Spain Three-wheeled motor vehicles Companies based in Barcelona {{classicpow-auto-stub