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The BMW Isetta is a microcar that opens from the front. The Isetta is one of the most popular microcars to collect and has a large following. The car seats two ...
BMW Isetta is a strange car from the 1950s and '60s. It has a quirky egg shape and minimalistic interior, but the most recognizable feature is the single.
Despite an impressive amount of innovation in the electric vehicle industry, it's not every day that a new electric vehicle is debuted with such a successful ...
this is a 1956 BMW isetta 300 — a rare, egg-shaped cruiser with rounded, bubble-like windows. a sensation when first issued, the entire front end of the isetta is ...
As electric cars begin to spread into the lineups of automakers big and small, another wave of retro cars has materialized. Volkswagen is bringing back the ...
Microlino, the maker of scooters and kickboards is ready to launch an electric microcar in Europe. Run by two Swiss brothers, the company unveiled its ...
Oliver and Merlin Ouboter have more than 7200 orders for their Microlino, a modern version of the BMW Isetta, which swaps the old single-cylinder petrol engine ...
The extra small electric car Microlino has completed homologation, making the Swiss EV street legal in all European countries. Market entry will have to wait a ...
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 ...
Back in 1958, when this publication was just getting started, seriously price-conscious car shoppers went for the BMW Isetta bubble car. The Isetta boasted -- if ...
Made in the 1950s, the BMW Isetta is a car best known for its "refrigerator door."
Think Isetta, and you think BMW. It may be a far cry from the ultimate driving machines on which the Bavarian brand built its reputation, but in the minds of many ...
The Microlino looks to put an emphasis on 'micro' while reviving the classic BMW Isetta aesthetic.
Entry Price: $47600Price as tested: $57895This week we're driving the all-new 2019 BMW X4, a new generation in the BMW “X series” line of SUV vehicles.
The BMW Isetta is one of the cutest cars ever made, with its front-opening door and teeny-tiny dimensions. Thankfully, it looks no less cute when it does adorable ...
Microlino, a small Swiss firm, has created a modern interpretation of the BMW Isetta bubble car, set to go on sale in 2019.
Micro Mobility Systems Ltd, a company run by Swiss brothers Oliver and Merlin Ouboter and their father Wim, first revealed their electric microcar concept at the ...
I went to a car museum not long ago while I was on vacation, because I have serious problems managing my work/life balance. But while I was at Autoworld I ...
BMW and The North Face team up at CES to show off a camper concept that uses a new fabric for the exterior but has a shape that evokes the past.
Barry Power moved from Maryland to San Francisco in 1974 at the age of 20, where he studied and practiced architecture and graphic design for the next 30 ...
The Pick of the Day is the four-seater version of the BMW Isetta microcar, still with the full-width door up front but with stretched length and an extra door.
Two alternative versions of the future combine in this 1958 microcar with a difference.
The Isetta was an important car for BMW, which reached out to Italian company Iso to build a version of its weird little bubble car under license starting in 1955.
The Microlino, the modern-day version of the BMW Isetta, has been approved as street legal by the European Union and will debut in 2019.
The original Isetta, which later became linked to the BMW brand, was designed in Italy in typical Italian fashion for the time. It's tiny, but perhaps its most ...
With the one race stripe, slanted front and Thunderbirds-esque model number down the side, it's like the Smart ForTwo was transplanted into the Jetsons-era.
Chinese automakers are still mining the designs of other automakers when it comes to producing new vehicles. It's a practice that is surprisingly common, with ...
In a world dominated by everyday cars, standing out from the crowd couldn't be easier than buying this converted BMW Isetta pickup truck.
In the first month of the year, Europeans got a taste of a BMW Isetta revival of sorts, after a little car named Microlino was presented by a Swiss company no one ...
A Timaru family hopes a pair of cars gathering dust will to be restored to their former glory when they go up for auction.
A number of Chinese automakers have come under fire over the years for copying the designs of the latest foreign cars. The early efforts have ranged from ...
Without question, the most exciting category of modern cars, for the money, has to be China's sort-of-legal Low Speed Electric Vehicle segment. These cars ...
The Isetta (whether sold by Iso Rivolta or BMW) is without a doubt the quintessential bubble car, with a cult following around the world. Buying one is not easy ...
I could never convince my mother to get me a BMW in high school. She had a BMW in high school, I would argue. But hers had a top speed of around 55 mph, ...
Chinese automakers routinely copy designs from other mainstream brands. This BMW Isetta copycat is just the latest example.
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 classic BMW Isetta has been reimagined as an electric bubble car for 2018. Named the Microlino, the city car is powered by a 15kW motor and has a top ...
Opening a can of soup usually doesn't lead to a dinnertime discussion of classic cars.
Chinese companies have a track record for copying other automakers. Porsches, Hondas, and even tires often have knockoff alter egos in the country. The latest ...
The tiny Italian car is now available in Europe. Years ago we extolled the virtue of tiny cars, and called for a new Slow Car movement. I argued that if we all drove ...
Tom Ensign is right up front about it: “I like things that are unusual.”
A Swiss scooter company redesigned the funky Isetta as a 21st-century urban dwelling EV.
The BMW Isetta is easily one of the quirkiest cars to ever come from Bavarian. Originally built by the Italian company, ISO, the BMW version of the Isetta.
We're all about strange-but-cool pickup transformations here, but this 1957 BMW 600 on Bring a Trailer that's been turned into a pickup truck may have gone too ...
Micro Mobility debuted its Europe-only Microlino electric Isetta tribute at Geneva.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- This car is all that it is cracked up to be. As the license plate says, it's the ROLNEGG, a 1957 BMW Isetta that looks more ready ...
A pair of cars that were gathering dust in Stuart and Jill Esler's garage and have long been a special reminder of their late son Graham, have sold for more than ...
Micro Mobility will be bringing back to life the iconic, 1950s-era Isetta. An updated design keeps signature features with the addition of modern amenities like ...
You may soon see these unmistakable little electric runabouts flitting around European cities. The flat-out-adorable Microlino seen here is a modern riff on ...
This could solve so many problems, and do most of what everyone needs in a car.
China's crazy low-speed electric vehicle (LSEV) market is famous for its many copy-cat cars. A brand new example is the Eagle EG6330K, inspired by the BMW ...
Isetta, BMW's iconic bubble car penned in 1952 by Ermenegildo Preti and Pierluigi Raggi for Renzo Rivolta, has been reborn as an electric car. At the time ...
We've all seen optimistic "project cars" listed for sale online–worthless run-down husks whose owners still believe there's value hidden somewhere between the ...
As with every new Playground release, Forza Horizon 4 packs a ridiculously lengthy car list, which ranges from titillating gearhead fantasies, like the 2019 ...
Oliver and Merlin Outboter, from Switzerland, have created the Microlino bubble car (pictured). It boasts a 20-horsepower motor copied from a small forklift and ...
An American designer has come up with a vision for a 21st century BMW Isetta. The Isetta or 'bubble car' as it was known, was a very small two-seater with a ...
BMW Isetta reborns as all-electric Microlino thanks to Swiss company Micro Mobility Systems.
German sports car manufacturer Artega has taken over all rights for the production of the Swiss electric city car Microlino from Tazzari of Italy. The latter wants to ...
Although it's not remotely sporty, the Isetta remains one of the most recognizable cars ever built by BMW. Chinese auto-maker Eagle recently revived the Isetta ...
With its motorcycle engine, the Isetta was nothing more than basic Euro transportation that could easily kill its inhabitants when crashing into a sign post. In all of ...
The oft forgotten BMW Isetta is one of the strangest, quirkiest and most interesting cars in the history of the Bavarian brand. BMW bought the license and.
Well here's something we thought we'd never see; a custom BMW Isetta that's been converted into a pickup truck. The unique vehicle was recently sold for a ...
The first production car in the world to achieve a fuel consumption of 3 liters / 100 km, the BMW Isetta, will make a comeback this year, as it will be revived by the ...
In this installment of Bizarre Car of the Week, we take a look at the funky Bavarian microcar BMW Isetta!
The big engine in a small car combination was arguably perfected by the Shelby Cobra 427; this Corvair-engined BMW Isetta takes a slightly different approach.
Swiss company Microlino is planning to get production of an all-electric quadricycle inspired by the BMW Isetta 'Bubble Car' to start in late 2017.
I'm someone who knows a lot about certain kinds of weird cars. That's not bragging, it's just what I love. Occasionally, though, I come across some bit of ...
Swiss company Micro Mobility Systems has revealed a reimagined take on the iconic BMW Isetta 'bubble car': the Microlino EV.Beginning life in the 1950s, the ...
The Little Car Shows in Pacific Grove, California, is Monterey Car Week's most enjoyable and accessible show for those think small.
The first question comes from a fan who wants to know about the BMW Isetta Concept that's been circulating. Q:Greetings guys! It's Mike again! I need to know if ...
Earlier this month, Turn 10 Community Manager Brian Ekberg shared a hint about the upcoming Forza Motorsport 6 car pack: I'd love to spill the beans on each ...
Thirteen horsepower didn't sound like a whole lot before climbing behind the wheel of BMW's classic Isetta micro car and a half-hour behind the wheel on the ...
Monroe — decked out in a fez and waving the American and Iowa flags, many people around Monroe may have noticed a peculiar-looking, red bubble speeding ...
Everyone remembers watching the iconic (if frequently annoying) character of Steve Urkel on the sitcom Family Matters. One aspect associated with the ...
A cute, little BMW Isetta Police Car was the darling this year at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. A crowd favorite, the green-painted Isetta.
Anyone who has spent time around kids knows that child-rearing and aestheticism are often at odds. The required gadgetry seems to grow more elaborate with ...
So, it's sparse, but what else do you need in a city car? You'll use your smartphone maps for nav anyway, and parking sensors are a frivolous luxury when you ...
Micro Mobility Systems AG unveiled the latest variant of electric vehicles that was inspired by the Italian Isetta 'bubble car'. Microlino uses a 15-kW electric motor ...
Imagine going to work in a classic BMW that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, and doesn't look like anything you associate with the Bavarian brand. Yes, we're ...
Duane Saunders, owner of Saunders Classics in Eden Prairie, MN, owned a BMW Isetta nearly 50 years ago when he was in the US Army.
I'm not sure what you're doing or how your day has gone, but I'm pretty sure whatever's going on will be made better by just looking at this ad for this ...
Originally shown in the March 1977 issue of HOT ROD Magazine, this Corvair-Powered BMW “Corsetta” Isetta is a good excuse for burning your wallet.
Patent or not, China is coming for retro Euro designs.
Microlino electric bubble car bears a remarkable resemblance to the original made by Iso Rivolta in Italy, and later by BMW.
BMW's Isetta microcar is an icon of 1950s weirdness and 90s Prime-time TV (Steve Urkel drove one). German supplier BASF has gone and built a restomod one!
Of Steve Urkel fame, the Isetta has to be one of the most recognizable cars in history. I see them at car shows and though I am floored at the complete lack of ...
Over sixty years ago, BMW bought a then rights tons tiny little Italian car called the Isetta. BMW i3 has many similarities.
I officially started my trans-continental BMW-delivery drive at 3 AM today, and, like any good road trip, the first stop was to pay an awkward visit to some old, ...
Don't miss the chance to check out Ethan Hunt's car from 'Mission: Impossible – Fallout' at the 'Joy is Timeless' Mega Event.
A Dutch designer says resurrecting the microcar is the key to reducing congestion and maximizing efficiency. Ralph Panhuysen, whose Space Efficient Vehicle ...
Instead, it's a neatly-arranged assortment of the brand's most significant cars. All of the greatest BMWs have a spot in the collection, including the 2002, the Z1 ...
From the E34 M5 to the Procar, we run through some of the best BMWs ever created between 1927 and 1999.
First revealed two years ago, the Microlino has been homologated for European roads, with production set to start in December 2018 followed by first.
This isn't your usual Isetta, but we guess you can already tell just by looking at its widened body-kit. The Italian-designed microcar started life in 1957 as a stock ...
It's hard to believe looking at the current BMW range, but the Isetta was once built and marketed as a BMW. Various companies built the Italian-designed Isetta ...
Meet Isetta Dragster, a performance vehicle equipped with a supercharged 502 cu. in V8 engine from Chevrolet: 730 hp.
Mutual friends introduced them, then reintroduced them, before the couple hit it off.
As life-changing moments go, seeing someone get out of a car won't be high on many people's lists, but for Wayne Lee it was an epiphany, writes Martin ...
Bidders spend big coin on Aussie and European classics at Shannons Late Autumn Auction in Sydney.
Isetta didn't play sports at a Marin County high school. And he only briefly served as a varsity coach at Marin Catholic High. But to say the 1962 Marin Catholic ...
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