Michigan’s Big Banana Car Has Met Its Match with the ‘Banana Peel’ Lowrider

It's not altogether uncommon to see the Big Banana Car on the roadways of Michigan. The giant banana shaped truck is based in Kalamazoo, though it does tour the country.

While the Big Banana Car is a modified truck and seats several, the vehicle may have an exact opposite from the other side of the world.

Meet the Banana Peel. This extreme low-rider is a Honda Civic that is drivable and exists on the streets of Taiwan.

Here's what the Banana Peel looks like in action.

Lowest car in Taiwan known as the Banana Peel, is a drivable Honda Civic that looks like it's clipping through the ground.
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Michigan's Familiar Giant: The Big Banana Car

And contrast that to the Big Banana Car on the streets of Kalamazoo.

Drivability and Legality: A Tale of Two Bananas

Is the Banana Peel truly drivable? To many that's debatable.

It’s supposedly a car. But as a “car”, that thing is not “drivable”.

It’s more like a moving speed bump.

The Banana Peel does have a driver. But instead of sitting up as you would in a normal vehicle, the drivers lies flat just above the driving surface, as seen in this photo.

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It is the future of travel? Probably not. The Banana Peel would not survive long outside of a controlled garage environment and certainly not on the potholed roads of Michigan. Nor would it likely be considered street legal. Unlike the Big Banana Car, which is perfectly legal on the roads and even carries the vanity Michigan license plate SPLIT.

So the Big Banana Car won't have any other yellow competition soon, but its little brother is out there. Maybe someday the two can meet.

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But somebody please do alert the Savannah Bananas.