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Lisbon Vehicle Spotting
Lisbon brought me an adventurous vehicle-spotting experience.
Besides the notorious vintage trams, the old funiculars, there's a profusion of all sorts of vehicles... Tuks, scooters, electric mini cars, motorcycles in various designs.
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Lisbon is well known for its old trams, but there's vastly more to discover...
...take your time, don't rush it...
...and you'll bump into all sorts of vehicles every now and then...
Many of which would be various types of light vehicles. All "breeds", all sizes and styles...
Luckily for me, the Portuguese drivers had more respect for pedestrians, unlike the drivers from Morocco, Italy or Malaysia... Where getting across the street was a sophisticated nerve-wrecking, dangerous sport.
Anyway...
Among the light vehicles in Lisbon, I saw a bunch of tuks (scooter-car combination), but the sight of rental Renault Twizy mini electric cars made me feel like I was in the future.
I had a great time spotting vehicles in Lisbon.
The stars of Lisbon are undoubtedly the vintage trams and the funiculars - you'll find more info and photos of them in those articles.
And here, a number of photos taken here and there while strolling in Lisbon...
One of Lisbon's famous vintage trams at Praça de Figueira
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Some trams are red. They're rarer than yellow ones.
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Elevador da Glória - old funicular from the late 1800's!
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Renault Twizy mini electric car
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Generally these specifications apply... Max. range: 100 km (62 mi); Max. speed: 45 km/h (28 mph); Power: 17 hp.
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Pretty basic interior
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Road-side bookstore in a van
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Nice colour
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Replica. Not to be mistaken with a real vintage car.
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Box-like rear
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UMM 4x4 - Made in Portugal!
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Go Car's "potty motors" are everywhere in the Iberian Peninsula!
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Camouflage-painted motorcycle with sidecar.
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It must feel weird sitting in the sidecar. Like a pet in a box.
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This one feels more rural
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Thick decoration on a tuk
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Tuks passing each other by in Alfama
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Stretched version
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They were stuck in traffic for a while. Victims of my camera.
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Just don't turn too tight hastily with these 3-wheeled things
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Vintage feel. Reminds me of the 1950's. "Mr.Santa, bring me a dream..."
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Why so blue, baby, why so blue?
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Lonely yellow being in a quiet street in Bairro Alto.
At this sight, I asked myself whether scooters have feelings...
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Renault 4GTL. They were built between 1961-1992. 8 million were made!
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They were also assembled in Portugal, reason why there's a quite a collection of them in the country.
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Beautiful Fiat Challenger camper van - motor home
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