Originally built by an Italian company known for its refrigerators, the Isetta was one of the most popular vehicles in post-war Europe. Two years after its introduction, it received BMW badges, ...

Since automobiles first began rolling off Henry Ford's assembly lines in 1913, the world has been fascinated with cars. In 1926, the Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, more commonly known as BMW, began its ...

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 ...

You might find it strange that BMW thought it proper to build a microcar that looked more like an egg than it did a passenger vehicle. But that's exactly what the BMW Isetta was. At a time when ...

We've seen many clever little electric city car concepts come and go, and very few of them actually ever make it to production. There's even been ones that resurrect beloved and iconic microcars of ...

For a company best known for its high end sports and luxury cars, the little Isetta seems remarkably out of place. But the story as to why BMW took over Isetta production is a fascinating one that’s ...

You probably only know two things about Isettas: A. They have three wheels. B. Park too close to the front end of the garage in one and you'll get trapped behind the wheel, because the single door is ...

Back in 2018, we ran a story about Swiss company Micro Mobility Systems (half-owned by Tazzari) and its plans to build a modern-day Isetta bubble car with pure electric propulsion called Microlino.