BMW Isetta 300

4-wheel

They redesigned the powerplant around a 

BMW one-cylinder, four-stroke, 247 cc 

motorcycle engine which generated 10 kW 

(13 hp). Although the major elements of the 

Italian design remained intact, BMW re- 

engineered much of the car, so much so that 

Coupe and an Iso Isetta are interchangeable. 

The first BMW Isetta appeared in April 1955. 

In May 1962, three years after launching the 

conventionally modern-looking BMW 700, 

BMW ceased production of Isettas. A total of 

161,728 units had been built. 

Fiat 500 Belvedere

The Fiat 500, commonly known as "Topolino", 

is an Italian automobile model manufactured 

by Fiat from 1936 to 1955. 

The Topolino was one of the smallest cars in 

the world at the time of its production. 

Launched in 1937, three models were 

produced until 1955, all with only minor 

mechanical and cosmetic changes. It was 

equipped with a 569 cc four-cylinder, side- 

valve, water-cooled engine mounted in front 

of the front axle, (later an overhead valve 

motor) and so was a full-scale car rather 

than a cyclecar. The radiator was located 

behind the engine which made possible a 

lowered aerodynamic nose profile at a time 

when competitors had a flat, nearly vertical 

grill. The shape of the car's front allowed 

exceptional forward visibility. 

Fuldamobil King S7

Fuldamobil is the name of a series of small 

cars produced by Elektromaschinenbau Fulda 

GmbH of Fulda, Germany, and 

Nordwestdeutscher Fahrzeugbau (NWF) of 

Wilhelmshaven between 1950 and 1969.  

Though numbers produced were relatively 

small, the cars attracted sufficient attention 

to see licensed construction on four 

continents including Europe. In its ultimate 

configuration it is said to have inspired the 

Goggomobil T400 - 1959

Goggomobil was a series of microcars 

produced in the Bavarian town Dingolfing 

after World War II by Glas. 

Glas produced three models on the 

Goggomobil platform: the Goggomobil T 

sedan, the Goggomobil TS coupé, and the 

Goggomobil TL van. The engine was an air- 

cooled, two-stroke, two-cylinder unit 

originally displacing 250 cc, but later 

available in increased sizes of 300 cc and 400 

cc. It had an electric pre-selective 

transmission built by Getrag and a manual 

clutch. The engine was behind the rear 

wheels. Suspension was independent all 

round using coil springs with swing axles. 

Heinkel Kabine - 1959

The Heinkel Kabine was a microcar designed 

by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke and built by them 

from 1956 to 1958. Production was 

transferred under licence to Dundalk 

Engineering Company in Ireland in 1958 but 

due to poor quality control. Production 

restarted in 1960, again under licence, under 

the Trojan 200 name by Trojan Cars Ltd. in 

the UK, and continued until 1966. 

The Heinkel Kabine were also assembled 

from 1959 to 1962 under licence by Los 

Cedros S.A. As Heinkel in Argentina, they 

Victoria Spatz 250 - 57

The Spatz (German for sparrow), later 

renamed the Victoria 250, is a four-wheeled 

microcar that was built between 1956 and 

1958. 

The car was originally conceived by Egon 

Brütsch as the Brütsch 200 "Spatz" a 

Fiberglass three-wheeler with the suspension 

of the front wheels and the rear wheel 

attached directly to the body shell. As such 

the car proved engineeringly unsound and 

 

1950-1959

The Fifties was a decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. By its end, the world had largely recovered from World War II 

and the Cold War developed from its modest beginning in the late 1940s to a hot competition between the United States and the Soviet Union by the 

beginning of the 1960s. 

beginnings of the decade and the beginning of the Space Race with the launch of Sputnik I. Along with increased testing of nuclear weapons (such as 

RDS-37 and Upshot-Knothole), this created a politically conservative climate. In the United States, the The Second Red Scare caused public 

Congressional hearings by both houses in Congress and anti-communism was the prevailing sentiment in the United States throughout the decade. The