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Origins
The Peel Trident of 1965 followed the P50 with double the seating and a transparent bubble dome that made every journey look like a B-movie moon mission: two occupants shoulder-to-shoulder beneath acrylic, 49cc of moped power buzzing behind, and styling the factory cheerfully marketed as the 'terrestrial flying saucer'. Like its sibling it was Manx-built in tiny numbers — around 80 — and sold as ultra-minimal urban transport before the microcar moment passed; survivors became blue-chip curiosities commanding prices their makers would have found hallucinatory. The dome cooked occupants on sunny days, a flaw owners forgave instantly. The Trident completes Peel's improbable legacy: a two-model marque from a tax haven that produced, pound for pound, more lasting delight than most industrial giants.
Peel P50 & Peel Trident · Andrew Bone from Weymouth, England · CC BY 2.0
