Egyptian entrepreneur ramping up production of minicar near Cairo

Entrepreneur Ahmed Saeed El Feki set a small shop in a village near Cairo to create the first Egyptian-made minicar, Ahmed Hatem writes for the Associated Press. El Feki is calling his vehicle the “minicar Egypt” and he sees it as a replacement for tuktuks “The minicar’s engine power is 300cc, while the Tuk Tuk’s is 175cc. The body thickness is 4mm while the Tuk Tuk is only 0.75mm. The minicar is also much safer because it is a 4-wheel car while the Tuk Tuk is only 3-wheeled. The minicar saves more fuel than the Tuk Tuk,” Hatem writes. El Feki said he received a number of purchase orders locally as well as from African countries for his EGP 34,000 vehicle. He says he was producing 30-40 minicars a month, but is planning a major expansion after reaching an agreement to have the car parts manufactured in army-run plants.