Isetta? What the heck is Isetta? Could it be a BMW?

BMW CEO, Norbert Reithofer, has recently announced that the Bavarian auto maker is about to develop an all new small city car designed for use in big cities like New York, Tokyo, Rio or other overpopulated areas where big cars are a nuisance. The decision was influenced by new CAFE emission standards which take effect in 2012. Consequenty, BMW will be classified as a "large vehicle manufactuer," and subject to higher efficiency standards.

Since this new city car will be considerably smaller than BMW’s current smallest model, the 1-Series, the old Isetta legend from the 50s comes to mind. The little city hopper is not expected to adapt the unusual front end access door from the original Isetta, but an electric engine will get power from a lithium-ion battery which is expected to provide sufficient power assuming development of the technology progresses at a presumed rate. Similar to the Smart model, it will offer room for two passengers plus luggage, and it can be expected that BMW will create an all new brand name and model line for this car.

Since nobody knows how the new little car will look like once it comes on the market, these two speculative computer renderings are an artist’s impression of what it could be like.


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Homer008 - 3/26/2008 7:07:58 PM

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Excellent design by BMW styling team. I think its one of the best design to come from BMW in a long long time!!!

Good job!

VISO - 3/27/2008 3:28:17 PM

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fanboy

007vehispy1 - 3/26/2008 11:24:36 PM

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this is a rendering of the Isetta , not even from BMW, but nontheless a great article from Worldcarfans.com .

VISO - 3/27/2008 3:29:10 PM

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I'm glad you know your nickname.

EL34 - 3/27/2008 12:18:12 AM

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Sadly this car will never make it to America, but it will be smashing in Japan :-D

Homer008 - 3/27/2008 12:37:59 AM

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Yup, and also in Japan..FAT and Hairy Ape like People with small eyes put tennis balls inside of the microwave EL34! Do you know why Japanese ppl do this? So they could see if the tennis ball would hatch?

Homer008 - 3/27/2008 12:39:18 AM

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Get it EL34 freak? Incubation..ha ha stupid Japs.

Matthew1 - 3/27/2008 12:50:08 AM

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nicehomer,

Does that ridiculous post have any relevance?

Or do you just wanting a quick getaway from this site? Comments like that will do that for you.

Matthew1 - 3/27/2008 12:50:31 AM

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*Or are you

Hyundai - 3/27/2008 1:55:25 PM

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I think nicehomer has lost it..

Hyundai - 3/28/2008 1:16:33 PM

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It astonishes me that comments like "ha ha stupid japs" don't get "filtered" out.

Matthew1 - 3/29/2008 6:31:34 PM

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nicehomer's favourite cars are built in the land of 'stupid japs', so I don't quite understand where he's coming from.