1958 BMW Isetta

Price: $51,995 Concord, NC

Specifications

Price $51,995
Condition Used
Make BMW
Model Isetta
Year 1958
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Features

Roof Rack-Luggage Rack
Sunroof

Message from the Seller

Popular during the 1950s and 1960s, the diminutive 'bubble car' or 'cabin scooter' is currently enjoying a revival of interest - not surprisingly, given the congested state of today's urban roads. This charming 1958 BMW Isetta 300 is an excellent example of this iconic design. Today, the Isetta's attraction has just as much to do with fashion as practicality. One of the more successful designs of the cabin scooter's heyday was the BMW Isetta, a design the German firm manufactured under license from its Italian originator, Iso. The name means 'little Iso'. Renzo Rivolta's Iso was not selling well in its native Italy, and it was faced with stiff competition from the FIAT 500 and 600, and it would be left to BMW to fully exploit the design's potential. Although at first glance a three-wheeler, this German-built Isetta uses a pair of closely spaced wheels at the rear and is powered by a BMW single-cylinder four-stroke motorcycle engine of 247cc, replacing the earlier Isetta's noisy two-stroke motor. The