The Honda Motocompo is a tiny folding scooter sold by Honda 1981-1983.

The Motocompo was introduced as a "Trunk Bike" to fit inside subcompact cars like the Honda Today

Honda Today

This Honda Today was a kei car produced by the Japanese automaker Honda beginning in 1985. Its production ended in 1998.-Early:The first generation Today was introduced in September 1985 as a three-door hatchback, on a wheelbase of...

 and the then new Honda City. The City's baggage compartment was actually developed around the Motocompo. The handlebars, seat, and foot-pegs fold into the scooter's rectangular plastic body to present a clean, box-shaped package of 1185 mm L × 240 mm W x 540 mm H. Honda's initial monthly sales projection for the domestic market was 8,000 City and 10,000 Motocompo. The City surpassed its targets, but in all only 53,369 Motocompos were sold by the end of production in 1983 (no more than 3,000 per month).

In fiction

The Motocompo is probably best known as the bike used by Natsumi Tsujimoto

Natsumi Tsujimoto

is a fictional character and protagonist in the You're Under Arrest franchise. Her Japanese seiyu was portrayed by Sakiko Tamagawa and her English voice by Tamara Burnham Mercer. In the Live Action version, she was portrayed by actress Misaki Ito.-Fictional bio:...

 on You're Under Arrest. It was released as a Bandai Model kit.

External links

Folding Video at honda.co.jp Motocompo Owners Gallery at honda.co.jp

• Honda Motocompo brochure at Product Design Data Base
• Flickr photo results for 'Honda Motocompo'