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The narrow body, and corresponding low frontal area, was achieved with tandem seating, which also allowed the body to taper like an aircraft fuselage, within a practical length. The tandem seating also centralized the mass of the car along the longitudinal axis which, combined with the low center of
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Roadster model, entry to the Tg500 was through a canopy door hinged on the right side of the vehicle. The door included both the windows (windshield, window frames on all but the Roadster models, folding top on Roadster and Kabrio models, and acrylic bubble on other versions)
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and the frame in which it was set, extending from the right side of the monocoque tub to the left. On Sport
Roadster models, the canopy was fixed and there was neither a top nor any windows at all, only a tonneau cover. The bubble top on the Tg500 was the same as the one used on the KR200.
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gravity, low weight, and wheel placement at the vehicle's extremes, gave the Tg500 good handling characteristics. A more minor advantage of tandem seating was that it made a mirrored export version to countries that drive on the left superfluous.
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starter/generator unit was belt driven, and had a fan at each end of the unit, one to cool each cylinder of the engine. Unlike the KR175 or the KR200, the Tg500 had a reverse gear in its transmission, which was part of a
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In stock form, the Tg500 accelerated from rest to 60 mph (97 km/h) in 28 seconds and went on to a top speed of 78 mph (126 km/h). At a similar price, the first series of the
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The controls of the Tg500 were similar to those of the KR200 except for the Tg500's single starting mode for the engine and its H-pattern gearshift with reverse gear and no auxiliary lever. A
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accelerated from rest to 60 mph (97 km/h) in 21 seconds and went on to a top speed of 82 mph (132 km/h).
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in 1956. While the KR200 still used the
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halfshaft, located by lower wishbones and coil springs with concentrically mounted shock absorbers.
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engine. FMR had taken over production of the KR200 from
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was offered as an optional replacement for the clock.
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The four-wheeled FMR Tg500 at the NĂĽrburgring in 1976
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768:Motorbase - Messerschmitt TG500 Tiger
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484:Oil system
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175:Dimensions
142:Powertrain
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57:Production
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650:Citations
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543:Dynastart
475:Fuel type
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372:1958-1961
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227:FMR Tg500
181:Wheelbase
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