Cars for wheelchair users

They can be considered a sub-class of wheelchair accessible vehicles, which are predominantly converted mass-production models.

Makers of cars for wheelchair users included AC Cars in England,[1] Fend in West Germany,[2] Simson DUO in East Germany,[3] SMZ in the Soviet Union and Velorex in Czechoslovakia.

In the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s, the Invacar was a low-cost, low-maintenance vehicle designed specifically for people with physical disabilities.

Vehicles supplied by the National Health Service had three wheels and were very lightweight, and therefore their suitability on roads amongst other traffic was often considered dubious on safety grounds.

A 1976 example, one of the last made, is on display at the National Motor Museum in Hampshire.