This is the Dinky-sized micro motor with real driver a-Peel - a new version of the world's tiniest car that measures just 54 inches from bumper to bumper.

The Nanico P50 is a near replica of 1960s British icon the Peel P50, built on the Isle of Man by Peel Engineering.

Now Brazilian mechanic Caio Strumiello has crafted a one-off copy of the pint-sized original in just 25 days.

The new version is almost exactly the same proportions as the original, recognised officially as the planet's smallest production car by Guinness World Records.

But even though it has 60 years of production know-how it cannot beat its 1960s ancestor for speed, partly because at 70 kilos it weighs 11 kilos more than the original.

The 1960s car, produced from 1962 to 1965, had a top speed of 38mph while the modern version tops out at 31 mph from its 49cc engine despite its go-faster stripes.

Car nut Caio unveiled the mini marvel in Sao Vicente, in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, last month (28th April).

Caio, a mechanical engineer and content creator, said he was inspired to take on the challenge after seeing the British model online.

He constructed the miniature car in his workshop using scrap and parts from motorcycles.

One of his earlier inventions was a micro amphibious car that was put through its paces in a terrifying test cruise in the the Atlantic Ocean.

Caio said: "The challenge was to make it in just 20 days and to keep it as small as possible, but still able to drive."

Caio says the project cost him around BRL 6,000 (GBP 800), considerably less than the USD 176,000 on original sold at auction for in 2016.

The auction car was the same vehicle Jeremy Clarkson once drove through an office on TV's Top Gear.

(MJ Leidig/newsX)