'Minicar' has retractable wheels that can fit through tight spaces

Whether it's to fit into a tight parking space or down a narrow country lane, at some point we've all wished our cars were just that little narrower, if only for a moment.

Well, an start-up company may have come up with a solution for this predicament after unveiling a new shape-shifting 'minicar' which has retractable wheels that allow it to fit into spaces just 40 inches (100cm) wide.

Thanks to its morphing capabilities, the €16,000 (£13,932) electric City Transformer (CT-1) 'outsmarts traffic like a motorcycle' but 'rides safely and conveniently like a car', its designers say.

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