#isetta

[carpetf1uff]

sometimes i see a car and think i could fit an ecosystem of small fish in there but i wont because i want them to like me

some cars i think could fit an ecosystem of small fish:

2017 smart fourtwo

the pea car

the isetta

[mensfactory]

BMW Isetta spiaggia Custom Roadster

This model has been modified in the style of a spiaggina custom roadster with the removal of the roof, sealing of the front door, and installation of a wicker bench seat, and it was acquired by the current owner in 2021.

Finished in orange and white, the car is powered by a 298cc single paired with a four-speed manual transaxle.

It also features a low windscreen, chrome-finished bumpers, dual side mirrors, 10″ wheels, and a rear parcel shelf with luggage straps. 

The microcar was built under license in Germany from April 1955 to 1962.

[isottafraschini]

Iso Rivolta Lele (Bertone), 1969-1974

n 1969 the Iso Lele was shown to the public and production started that same year. The number one car was built for an American client who asked Iso for something unique. Together with Bertone Piero Rivolta and his wife (Lele) designed this showcar. Because Iso needed a new production model too and seeing the way the press and the public received the car they decided to take the car into production. The exterior of the car remained the same but the interior was redesigned.

Some fragments from a 1969 article published in the Italian magazine "Style Auto".

"The construction of a special custom car for a private owner is nowadays something really exceptional because such one-off models involve prohibitive costs that usually discourage even the keenest wealthy buyers."

"The realization of this coupé -on Iso GT frame with 5.3 Corvette engine- was made possible by the concomitant occurrence of particular circumstances: the customer's desire to possess a unique specimen and the intention of the builder to exhibit an absolutely novel car on the US market, for evident publicity reasons."

"This car exhibits well proportioned masses especially in the lateral view"

"On the whole, the car does not offer sensational technical break- troughs. And this is exactly the wish of the customer who was eager to retain the overall comfort, silentness and peculiar features of the Iso Rivolta."

The Lele was a very elegant automobile. It was large, fast, comfortable and expensive but doesn't draw crowds like other Italian supercars. A car you bought if you wanted something different than a Mercedes, Jaguar or even Maserati.

[frenchcurious]

BMW Isetta 300 1958. - source Amazing Classic Cars.

[morecarsthatnevermadeit]

In the early 1950s, Iso Spa made refrigerators and scooters. Owner Renzo Rivolta moved into cars with a tiny, egg-shaped model using a motorcycle engine. The Isetta was introduced in 1953 and sold well but trailed off with sales ending in 1955. Rivolta’s trick was to licence production, most notably to BMW, for whom the Italian bubble car was a life-saver, selling a total of 161,728 units and keeping the company afloat when production ended in 1962.

[nsdclassic]

BMW Isetta 600

[les-belles-mecaniques]

1959 Isetta Carro 236cc

[germancarssince1946]

1958 BMW Isetta

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