Taiwan's lowest car is a banana peel Civic that just slipped into the spotlight

  • This Taiwan car is a true banana peel
  • It’s a modified Honda Civic EG
  • The internet had a big reaction when they saw it in action

Published on Jun 02, 2025 at 8:38 AM (UTC+4)
by Ben Thompson

Last updated on May 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by Emma Matthews

Taiwan’s lowest car is a banana peel Civic that just slipped into the spotlight.

When you see this car, you’ll be convinced your phone is glitching.

This Honda Civic looked like it had sunk into the ground, and only the roof was visible.

But believe it or not, this thing still works…kind of.

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There are a ton of weird cars out there that are guaranteed to get people talking.

Remember the Toyota Pod, with its infamous tail?

Or what about the Nissan Cube, with its…well…square design.

And quirky ideas aren’t just limited to land either – the amphibious floating V6 roadster is proof of that.

Over in Taiwan, though, there’s a really odd car driving around.

Well, we say it’s driving around, but it doesn’t have any wheels.

In fact, it doesn’t have much of anything.

The Banana Peel is a fully modified Honda Civic EG that was taken on by the Stance Garage Taiwan team.

This ‘car’ is basically just a roof, the windows, and part of the hood.

At that point, is it even still a car?

That’s perhaps too profound or philosophical a question to be posing.

Either way, this car looks as if it’s been buried in the ground, and it’s a trippy visual.

It doesn’t have any steering wheel or pedals, so everything is controlled with screens and sensors.

That sounds all well and good, but you’re probably thinking ‘Okay, but where does the driver sit?! There’s no seats!’

Well, anybody who takes this car on has to drive it facing upwards.

That’s a bizarre driving experience for sure.

External cameras help give them visual feedback in real time.

Yet, as weird as this whole thing is, it actually kind of works.

Seeing in action, we’re struck by how smoothly it moves.

If you told somebody that you’d found a working car without wheels, they would have thought you’d just woken up from a bizarre dream.

But here it is, a total reality in Taiwan.

Will it catch on?

Going off the reactions of some online, we’re going to file this under the ‘Acquired taste’ category.

“I’ve never in my life felt so desperate to see the inside of a car,” one admirer admitted.

“I feel claustrophobic,” another wrote.

“I’m not sliding on the road to get into my car,” a fellow dissenter commented.

So, yeah, this banana peel is going to have to split, because people aren’t clamoring for this to be in their garage just yet.

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Ben Thompson is a Senior Content Writer at supercarblondie.com. Ben has more than four years experience as a qualified journalist, having graduated with a Multimedia Journalism degree from News Associates. Ben specializes in writing about Teslas, tech and celebrity car collections.