Back in the 50s, the BMW was facing bankruptcy, but a microcar pulled the company back in black, and spurred one of the ...
Every now and then, a car comes along that looks less like transportation and more like something that fell out of the sky straight into a Kansas cornfield. In the years after World War II, when fuel ...
The Isetta is a funny little city car that was produced by BMW from 1955-1962. Based on a model of the same name originally produced by Italian manufacturer Iso, it had a one-cylinder motorcycle ...
While tiny by modern standards, the microcar proved reliable, affordable, and immensely popular.
Micro-cars are cute and always put a smile on the faces of those who bump into them. The BMW Isetta checks that box, despite its fridge-like appearance. Its ovoid shape and bubble-like windows sent it ...
For those used to flipping through these pages and finding a familiar make and model on each page, an introduction may finally be in order. This is the BMW Isetta 300... or more accurately, a heavily ...
Ah, Switzerland. You give us divine chocolate, impossibly swanky watches, those handy multitools. And, now, amusingly tiny cars. Well, "cars." You might recognize the fully electric Microlino as an ...
The Isetta was an Italian designed microcar that was licensed to other manufacturers, most notably BMW. You may also remember it as TV-character Steve Urkel’s car from Family Matters. The car’s ...
If you're the self-conscious type, a BMW Isetta 300 might not be the best personal transportation choice because it is, in essence, a motorized fishbowl. The fact that you enter through the front, not ...
BMW retells the incredible story of Klaus-Günter Jacobi and his efforts to help his best friend make it to West Berlin in the 1960s. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest ...