Pocket Classics - Revision history

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	===Power Lap===		===Power Lap===
	The Pocket Classic holds the distinction of being ~~one of the slowest vehicles ever to officially lap the Top Gear Test Track~~. With Marriage at the wheel, the dinky microcar was only capable of a 3:07.0 lap time at an average speed of just 33 MPH. To put into perspective how slow this was, the magazine featured an infographic comparing the Pocket Classic against several other vehicles, including the [[Pagani Huayra]], the fastest car to have lapped the circuit at that particular point in time, and the [[Ferdinand GT3 RS]], the slowest. Marriage would also ride a racing bicycle around the circuit, resulting in a latter lap time of 4:57.0, almost two minutes slower than the Pocket Classic. However, due to the non-road legality of these cars, if tested on the programme, then the lap time would have been disqualified.		The Pocket Classic holds the distinction of being {{PLVerySlow}}. With Marriage at the wheel, the dinky microcar was only capable of a 3:07.0 lap time at an average speed of just 33 MPH. To put into perspective how slow this was, the magazine featured an infographic comparing the Pocket Classic against several other vehicles, including the [[Pagani Huayra]], the fastest car to have lapped the circuit at that particular point in time, and the [[Ferdinand GT3 RS]], the slowest. Marriage would also ride a racing bicycle around the circuit, resulting in a latter lap time of 4:57.0, almost two minutes slower than the Pocket Classic. However, due to the non-road legality of these cars, if tested on the programme, then the lap time would have been disqualified.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

AlexGRFan97: Created page for one of the oddest vehicles this website will likely feature.

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Created page for one of the oddest vehicles this website will likely feature.

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{{Infobox Vehicle
|article = {{PAGENAME}}
|image = [[File:Pocket_Classic_Main_Image.jpg|300px]]Ollie Marriage powersliding a miniature [[Jaguar XK120]].
|manu = Harrington Specialist Vehicles
|model = Generation 2
|origin = British
|drivetrain = 4WD
|adj = micro
|type = car
|litre = 0
|decl = 1
|design = Inline
|cyl = 1
|bhp = 8
|mph = 45
|kph = 72
|year1 = 2013
|year2 = 2018
|show = Top Gear Magazine (UK)/February 2015
|showshort = Top Gear Magazine #266
|year3 = 2015
}}

The '''Pocket Classic''' was a [[microcar]] built by the Vietnamese-designed, British-based Harrington Specialist Vehicles<ref>[https://groupharrington.com/junior-cars/ Group Harrington - Junior Cars.]</ref>, which was founded in 2003<ref>[https://groupharrington.com/our-world/ Group Harrington - Our World.]</ref> by Vietnamese entrepreneur Ly Phan and her ex-partner, where the company fastly became the world's leading producer of reproduction classic car bumpers. Taking on the facsimile of various classic cars such as the [[AC Cobra]] and [[Jaguar XK120]], each Pocket Classic is hand-built<ref>[https://www.ifitshipitshere.com/gas-powered-ride-on-toys-for-serious-car-enthusiasts-and-really-lucky-children/amp/ If It's Hip, It's Here - Gas Powered Ride-On Toys.]</ref> and powered by a 110cc four-stroke single-cylinder engine, which is connected to each of the four wheels by dual chain drives capable of taking each Pocket Classic to a maximum velocity of 45 MPH. The first of these cars, referred to as "Generation 1", entered production in 2010<ref>[https://www.pistonheads.com/news/general-pistonheads/driven-pocket-classics/22820 PistonHeads - Driven: Pocket Classics.]</ref> with pint-sized replicas of the [[Jaguar E-Type]] and [[Porsche 356]]<ref>[https://www.bild.de/auto/2010/mit-diesem-porsche-kommen-sie-in-jede-parkluecke-14836892.bild.html Bild - Mit Diesem Porsche Kommen Sie In Jede Parklücke.]</ref>, before being succeeded by the Generation 2 in 2013.

==Appearance==
The car made its sole appearance in the [[Top Gear Magazine (UK)/February 2015|February 2015]] issue of [[Top Gear Magazine]]. Car tester Ollie Marriage, along with his colleague Dan Read would test two instances of the Pocket Classic; one based on the AC Cobra, and the other based on the Jaguar XK120. At the time of publication, the Cobra cost £13,000, and the XK120 was slightly more expensive at £15,000. They would use the [[Top Gear Test Track]] to do this, as the cars weren't road legal. Due to this, it was decided the car would set a [[Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Power Laps|power lap]], albeit not a very impressive one.

===Power Lap===
The Pocket Classic holds the distinction of being one of the slowest vehicles ever to officially lap the Top Gear Test Track. With Marriage at the wheel, the dinky microcar was only capable of a 3:07.0 lap time at an average speed of just 33 MPH. To put into perspective how slow this was, the magazine featured an infographic comparing the Pocket Classic against several other vehicles, including the [[Pagani Huayra]], the fastest car to have lapped the circuit at that particular point in time, and the [[Ferdinand GT3 RS]], the slowest. Marriage would also ride a racing bicycle around the circuit, resulting in a latter lap time of 4:57.0, almost two minutes slower than the Pocket Classic. However, due to the non-road legality of these cars, if tested on the programme, then the lap time would have been disqualified.

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="nolines" widths=265px perrow="3">
File:Pocket Classics.jpg|The two Pocket Classics at Dunsfold.
File:Pocket Classic Cobra.jpg|The Cobra crosses the finish line.
File:Pocket Classic Power Lap.png|A comparison of lap times.
</gallery>

==References==