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Production of the Acoma Minicomtesse started in France from 1975. Powered by a 47cc Saxonette engine the engine sits on top of the front
wheel and so turns with it.
The single seater has a fiberglass body with two types of doors; a "normal" opening door on one side and a "butterfly" (porte papillon) type on the other. The vehicle may also possibly be a 5-wheeler as it has two additional stabilizer wheels either side of the front wheel. Pierre Rholl comments that there is a little story to explain the addition of a second door and the two little front wheels. It is believed that a lady was driving faster than she should have been and the car tipped over.
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As it was one of the first cars built with one door the car fell door side over and she was unable to get out of the vehicle alone. Whether the
story is a legend or the truth it sounds feasible. Production of the Minicontesse stopped around 1980.
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