I spent my lunch hour at a dental appointment. I finished, and was heading back to work. But something caught my eye. It was a goofy looking little car. I had to turn around and go back to see what the heck it was.
I turned out to be a little three wheel car. The kind with two wheels in the front, and one wheel in the back. The back wheel setup looked like part of a small motorcycle. It even had a motorcycle type exhaust pipe. The badges said it was a Scoot Coupe or a ScootCoupe. The words on the badge were munged together. I snapped a few pictures so I would remember it. It only had two seats and no cover.
When I got back to work, I looked the ScootCoupe up. They have a website. It’s ScootCoupe.com, go figure. They have the words separated by a space, so I guess it’s Scoot Coupe and not ScootCoupe. The website shows two different models. The P50 model has an approximately 50cc (49.3cc) engine, and the P150 model has a larger approximately 150cc (147.5cc) engine. The P50 has a list price of $6299, and the P150 costs $6599.
Not sure how practical they would be. The P50 will do about 30mph with two passengers, and the P150 will do about 55mph. As far as gas mileage, it says the EPA rating is 82mph, but you can expect maybe 55-70mpg. I am guessing using hypermiling techniques, you might be able to exceed the 82mpg. Maybe 100 mpg? That would be cool.
But the Scoot Coupe is has no top. So you would be exposed to the weather like on a motorcycle. Technically and legally it is motorcycle/moped. Maybe it would be a fun toy, but with no roof, and a top speed of 55mph, I don’t think it would be very practical as a daily driver.

Posted by Rob in My Car on May 28th, 2009 | No Comments