I can vouch for the BMW Isetta because I had one. Although originally designed and built by Iso in Italy, BMW bought the whole thing, design and tooling and moved production to Germany. They fitted it with a 300cc version of their 250cc single cylinder motorcycle engine in place of the original Iso engine. Although a 2 seater, I regularly had 3 in it. I guess we were all skinnier back then. It's top speed was 52 mph, but you could drive it at that speed all day. I would get one today if I had the money, about £12,000 for a good restored one. It was such fun to drive.
I had the Goggomobil sedan. Now it was smaller than the Fiat 500. It had a 300 cc two cylinder two stroke engine. The body on mine was fibreglass. This gave a mass of about 800 pounds. The dart was lighter at about 600 pounds.. To change a tyre I used to simply roll the car onto its side. No jack required. I got a bit carried away and built a pair of expansion chambers for the engine which increased the torque. With the engine in the rear and only fibreglass at the front it was able to do a wheelstand at the traffic lights. I can remember how a mini used to tower over me. The top speed was a little below 60 miles per hour.
Considering the topic, it may be worth mentioning that after WW2, Europeans could not afford normal size cars which is where most of the super small cars come from.
Check the specs on the Tango a little closer. It handles better than a lot of sports cars due to the fact of so many batteries, about 2,200lbs worth under the floorboard, total 3,326lbs for the vehicle.
Good videos (I bought one of those little BMWs back in the day and paid $50 for it). Suggestions ... a BIG ONE ... leave a little more "space" between you voice-edits. People are geared to hear appropriate pauses when people speak, and when those pauses are not there (edited out) ... understanding goes down and some tension is felt by the listener. Try to make it more natural sounding ... You will only add another 30 - 40 seconds to the overall video; but it's REALLY worth it. Best Wishes. Mike
My Messer would have been the Tiger - wow machine! However, among microcars, nothing could beat my Berkeley B105 - 105mph from a 692cc 52bhp engine. It remains to this day the most exciting car I've ever driven. Pull into a parking space nose first, climb out, lift it up by the rear luggage carrier and park it in a space only a few inches longer than the car. And BOY did it handle! Not to mention accelerate...
Back in the 1960s, while I was in high school, I ended up owning 3 BMW Isettas for a total investment of $600. The first one ($300) threw a push rod on the way home. (Not good news in a 1 cyl engine.) After retrieving it with a small truck, we found a "deal" where two more Isettas were offered: 1 runs good, 1 "all apart" for another $300. With the thought that I might end up with two running Isettas, I bought the pair... and found that the "all apart" one had the same engine failure of my first one. However, all the insets did a fairly good job of giving me parts to keep the one running model car going fairly well. Had a lot of fun with the cars ... and learned a lot about mechanics while working on them. (Eventually, I got a VW Beetle for a reliable commute car. Sold the Isettas for about $500...)
The German company of Heinkel created their own versions of Isetta, and it could hold four passengers; two adults in the front and two children in the back.
Just thought I'd mention a correction on the Tango, that very narrow, very speedy electric, that took your number two spot. It actually corners quite well, according to reports I've read. The vast majority of it's weight, the batteries, are beneath the floor and between the wheels, giving it a very low center of gravity. So it is stable enough, and certainly strong enough, to carve some "donuts" in about as much room as an average two-car garage.
I used to have a Honda 600 sedan and I loved driving that thing. It did highway speeds easily and everyone who went by was fascinated by the little 10 inch "doughnut" tires.
In Germany, I saw a couple of "Go Go" Cars I think they were Zundap). The whole front opened to let driver and front passenger out and the whole back of the car opened to let the back seat passengers out (They faced the rear.) A horizontally opposed air cooled engine was mounted mid ship. These two were sitting on top of a building behind my cousin's place.
Good video. As a follow-up, how about one focusing on brand-new or up-coming micro cars and their power technology? Car magazines seem reluctant to do an article on this subject, so I see an opportunity here.
I owned a BMW Isetta in 1962, regularly carried two passengers to school, the two stroke 300cc model actually went a good deal faster than 52 mph, I got it up to 70 once, but it was dangerously hard to stop, brakes only on the front wheels, were too small. Really needed a heater in the Milwaukee winter, and of course, no AC. Had an AM radio but windshield wiper was poor. Ledge in back of driver held a case of beer nicely. I loved this car, but I did manage to damage the rubber transmission one night, I was 20 years old. Recall that Elvis had one, bought while he was serving in the army in Germany. I also was in Germany in 1962-- that is where I first saw them.I paid $300 for my used 1957 Isetta in 1962! There was a bigger model, a "station wagon" similar to the VW van, that cost only slightly more. My Isetta was put onto the roof of a nearby building by pranksters once, and regularly put onto lawns by frat boys, because it could easily be lifted by four people. Not funny, I actually got traffic citations by the clueless cops who actually believed I parked the car on a roof!
The BMW Isetta was manufactured by BMW under licence from Iso spa an italian manufacturer of fridges and scooters. Later they gave us the Iso Grifo a GT car using american V8s from 5.4-7.2L. And if the current price of an Isetta is seems ridiculous try buying a Messerschmidt (FMR) Tg500!
I love this video. What car guy, or car gal, wouldn't want an AUTOBIANCI BIANCINA . I'll take a rag top. I lived in England during my latter teens, 1964/1969. I campaigned a raft of 50's Morris Minors, the last, a 58 model was legal and insured. Great little cars. I also had a beat up Isetta, it was a blast. Me my girlfriend and her friend fit in it quite easily, and we Bubbled all around, over hill and dale. I reversed the front wheels for a wider track, better cornering don'cha know. That made the track about as wide as the wheel base was in length, it made going straight a real be-ach. Oh well, only young once I guess.
In the UK the Isetta was made by Trojan entrepreneur Kevin Agg alongside Lambretta scooters and three wheelers and was quite popular but no mention of the Vespa 400 car which is almost a clone of the Autobianchi in styling and looks and had a smaller engine too...
There is also the King Midget Mk3 which is really small. The Scootacar is also very small. There are books on these really small cars. Many of which would make the Smart Fortwo look huge by comparison.
The narrow spared wheels avoid an expensive differential gear, but don't really give more stability. The BMW Isetta had the same, but was offered with three wheels only in UK for lower tax class.
Hi, great clip. Check out our Polish mikrocars like, Mikrus or Smyk. As far as i know they both were powered by a single cylinder two stroke 125ccm engine. The first one even had a four seat cabrio version :D
this video has somehow popped up on my home youtube screen and i DON'T regret watching it - i agree with you that the Bianchi Bianchina is absolutely gorgeous...BUT it is italian so...so...yeah, you can imagine what it means when a car is italian
Your info on the Isetta is incorrect. ISO never built that many; the number you quote is the number (minus about 10K) built by BMW under license. They were built in Germany, powered by BMW engines.
+Brian Allen www.microcarmuseum.com/ I actually restored about 7 of these cars, they were restored in a shop in Newmarket ,Ontario when Iworked there..
+austinmini1275 Wow ! What a shame. You'd think a museum like that wouldn't close down, it's a shame that now all of that automotive history is spread all over the place.
Personally, I prefer 4 wheels but if I went 3 it would _have_ to be 2-in-back-1-in-front for the stability. The other way around seems waaay too unstable and wonky-looking.
Pls Double check your facts on the Autobianchi Bianchina. They only produced 10,000 of the highly prized model you showed. Autobianchi produced other downmarket models until 1970. They now only produce bicycles. The 1959 model of the Bianchina Trasformabile Series 1 (a hard top with a roll down roof) changes hands currently for $80,000+. In addition, the “ch” in Italian is a hard k sound.
I can vouch for the BMW Isetta because I had one. Although originally designed and built by Iso in Italy, BMW bought the whole thing, design and tooling and moved production to Germany. They fitted it with a 300cc version of their 250cc single cylinder motorcycle engine in place of the original Iso engine. Although a 2 seater, I regularly had 3 in it. I guess we were all skinnier back then. It's top speed was 52 mph, but you could drive it at that speed all day. I would get one today if I had the money, about £12,000 for a good restored one. It was such fun to drive.
Yep, but the original idea came from Iso. So I vote for the italian one.
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I had the Goggomobil sedan. Now it was smaller than the Fiat 500.
It had a 300 cc two cylinder two stroke engine. The body on mine was fibreglass. This gave a mass of about 800 pounds. The dart was lighter at about 600 pounds..
To change a tyre I used to simply roll the car onto its side. No jack required.
I got a bit carried away and built a pair of expansion chambers for the engine which increased the torque. With the engine in the rear and only fibreglass at the front it was able to do a wheelstand at the traffic lights.
I can remember how a mini used to tower over me.
The top speed was a little below 60 miles per hour.
When you talked about the Tango, I will tell you that they have a very good center of gravity and will not tip over on hard turns
Still... that price 😑
You missed one very important car. The KING MIDGET !!
I saw the one that goes 0-60 in 3.2 seconds at a museum
The lightswitch kills me every time ...gr8 vid
Considering the topic, it may be worth mentioning that after WW2, Europeans could not afford normal size cars which is where most of the super small cars come from.
Jeremy Clarckson Motors P45
Bar Goldstein I remember that episode
94 miles (europeans) 78 miles (americans) ?!?!?
Never saw number five before. Very informative!
2:28 "..a top ssspeed about sssixtyeight miless per hour, in an nougth to sssixty time of sssixtyone sssecondsss" :-)
Check the specs on the Tango a little closer. It handles better than a lot of sports cars due to the fact of so many batteries, about 2,200lbs worth under the floorboard, total 3,326lbs for the vehicle.
No. The smallest car in the world is the P45. Built by Mr Clarkson. Have a look. Its completely road legal.
Good videos (I bought one of those little BMWs back in the day and paid $50 for it). Suggestions ... a BIG ONE ... leave a little more "space" between you voice-edits. People are geared to hear appropriate pauses when people speak, and when those pauses are not there (edited out) ... understanding goes down and some tension is felt by the listener. Try to make it more natural sounding ... You will only add another 30 - 40 seconds to the overall video; but it's REALLY worth it. Best Wishes. Mike
What about the Messerschmitt KR-200?
when i click on your link for your second channel it it says "this channel doesnt exist" ???
+mary smith thanks for pointing this out Mary, I've fixed it now :)
+All5! thank you
+All5! 10 fastest supercars in the world
Calm down big man.
yessir
3:52 are those taillights from an Isuzu?
"AUTOBIANCI BIANCINA"
my heart dropped
Sigh!
?
The "H" are there for a reason
Jayveon, the correct way to say "Autobianchi Bianchina" is "AutobianKi BianKina". It's italian, you know...
The Tango had a 200 mile range and hit 60 in 2.5 seconds 10 years ago?
+fatboy19831 No.
when did ed milliband start youtube?
What about Jeremy clarksons peel p 45
exactly
bwm isetta style....
welp. The p50 will never be forgotten.
"maniac.
maniac.
maniac.
maniac."
wait i fked up lol
cool shirt, whered you get that?? lol
I'll stick with my Messerschmitt KR 200
My Messer would have been the Tiger - wow machine! However, among microcars, nothing could beat my Berkeley B105 - 105mph from a 692cc 52bhp engine. It remains to this day the most exciting car I've ever driven. Pull into a parking space nose first, climb out, lift it up by the rear luggage carrier and park it in a space only a few inches longer than the car. And BOY did it handle! Not to mention accelerate...
Robin Baker jjjj
Back in the 1960s, while I was in high school, I ended up owning 3 BMW Isettas for a total investment of $600. The first one ($300) threw a push rod on the way home. (Not good news in a 1 cyl engine.) After retrieving it with a small truck, we found a "deal" where two more Isettas were offered: 1 runs good, 1 "all apart" for another $300. With the thought that I might end up with two running Isettas, I bought the pair... and found that the "all apart" one had the same engine failure of my first one. However, all the insets did a fairly good job of giving me parts to keep the one running model car going fairly well. Had a lot of fun with the cars ... and learned a lot about mechanics while working on them. (Eventually, I got a VW Beetle for a reliable commute car. Sold the Isettas for about $500...)
Sorry to be pedantic (I like your channel, btw) but it's not pronounced "AutobiaCHi" (as in CHimp), it's actually pronounced "Autobianki".
The German company of Heinkel created their own versions of Isetta, and it could hold four passengers; two adults in the front and two children in the back.
Wow! That last car isn't much bigger than a toy car you get in a McDonald's Happy Meal lol!
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New Zealand, Norway, Denmark, ?Tasmania? and Sealand?
Thats what I'd think.
+Daniel Gordon Tanzania or Tasmania?
My list
Ireland
Denmark
Canada
New zealand
And another Scandinavian but I can't of one because there all friendly
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great video, like your t-shirt
Just thought I'd mention a correction on the Tango, that very narrow, very speedy electric, that took your number two spot. It actually corners quite well, according to reports I've read. The vast majority of it's weight, the batteries, are beneath the floor and between the wheels, giving it a very low center of gravity. So it is stable enough, and certainly strong enough, to carve some "donuts" in about as much room as an average two-car garage.
Ridiculous is the American people who buy huge cars to drive alone
I used to have a Honda 600 sedan and I loved driving that thing. It did highway speeds easily and everyone who went by was fascinated by the little 10 inch "doughnut" tires.
The Tango had all its batteries under the floor. Excellent handling.
Cool video man.
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+The Pap Depends on your needs.
In Germany, I saw a couple of "Go Go" Cars I think they were Zundap). The whole front opened to let driver and front passenger out and the whole back of the car opened to let the back seat passengers out (They faced the rear.) A horizontally opposed air cooled engine was mounted mid ship. These two were sitting on top of a building behind my cousin's place.
Good video. As a follow-up, how about one focusing on brand-new or up-coming micro cars and their power technology? Car magazines seem reluctant to do an article on this subject, so I see an opportunity here.
where is p45?
Hi Sam , not sure if you've done one already but how about words 5 smartest kids ? :) xo
I owned a BMW Isetta in 1962, regularly carried two passengers to school, the two stroke 300cc model actually went a good deal faster than 52 mph, I got it up to 70 once, but it was dangerously hard to stop, brakes only on the front wheels, were too small. Really needed a heater in the Milwaukee winter, and of course, no AC. Had an AM radio but windshield wiper was poor. Ledge in back of driver held a case of beer nicely. I loved this car, but I did manage to damage the rubber transmission one night, I was 20 years old. Recall that Elvis had one, bought while he was serving in the army in Germany. I also was in Germany in 1962-- that is where I first saw them.I paid $300 for my used 1957 Isetta in 1962! There was a bigger model, a "station wagon" similar to the VW van, that cost only slightly more.
My Isetta was put onto the roof of a nearby building by pranksters once, and regularly put onto lawns by frat boys, because it could easily be lifted by four people. Not funny, I actually got traffic citations by the clueless cops who actually believed I parked the car on a roof!
Didn't Urkle used to have #3?
"Did I do that"
I was expecting to see the jeremy's p45 xdd
good work thanks
that #4 car was sold in houston texas for $500 all original but rusted
The Tango is actually pretty stable on a curve as its centre of gravity is under the floor.
The BMW Isetta was manufactured by BMW under licence from Iso spa an italian manufacturer of fridges and scooters.
Later they gave us the Iso Grifo a GT car using american V8s from 5.4-7.2L.
And if the current price of an Isetta is seems ridiculous try buying a Messerschmidt (FMR) Tg500!
where is messerschmitt buble car?
do a top 5 smallest phones ever made
I love this video. What car guy, or car gal, wouldn't want an AUTOBIANCI BIANCINA . I'll take a rag top.
I lived in England during my latter teens, 1964/1969. I campaigned a raft of 50's Morris Minors, the last, a 58 model was legal and insured. Great little cars. I also had a beat up Isetta, it was a blast. Me my girlfriend and her friend fit in it quite easily, and we Bubbled all around, over hill and dale. I reversed the front wheels for a wider track, better cornering don'cha know. That made the track about as wide as the wheel base was in length, it made going straight a real be-ach. Oh well, only young once I guess.
1:38 that is a good looking car.
10/10 would buy 1 if was made where i live
Could you do 5 weirdest viral UA-cam videos?
In the UK the Isetta was made by Trojan entrepreneur Kevin Agg alongside Lambretta scooters and three wheelers and was quite popular but no mention of the Vespa 400 car which is almost a clone of the Autobianchi in styling and looks and had a smaller engine too...
Ian Watson
Sam your second channel does not opens anymore in UA-cam!
+Marta Kashtibaniyan thanks for pointing this out Marta. I've fixed it now :)
+Marta Kashtibaniyan That doesn't make sense.
could you do a top 5 list of the strongest star wars charecters in the star wars expended universe
you speak like Perd Hapley from parks and rec. I love it
There is also the King Midget Mk3 which is really small. The Scootacar is also very small. There are books on these really small cars. Many of which would make the Smart Fortwo look huge by comparison.
How about the French made Vespa 400? We bought ours new for around $600 and was good for about 50+ mph.
make a video for biggest insects in the world please
look for piaggio vespa 400 ... very similar to the banchina , with a tiny two stroke twin of 400cc. i love it
I knew you will say Peel P50 at the end as it also came in Top Gear.
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The narrow spared wheels avoid an expensive differential gear, but don't really give more stability.
The BMW Isetta had the same, but was offered with three wheels only in UK for lower tax class.
#1. Do the current production vehicles have a reverse gear?
The CC Tango is actually narrower than a motorbike when the wing mirrors are taken into account.
Hey Tham, Whathsup! Hope you're having a nithe day!
rolling caskets,keep the F150,Cool video though, B
This Is just to cool !!! Jimmie R
I had a turbo Chevy Sprint from 92-2010, loved it. Sold it for double what I paid when it was 5 yrs old.
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Hi, great clip. Check out our Polish mikrocars like, Mikrus or Smyk. As far as i know they both were powered by a single cylinder two stroke 125ccm engine. The first one even had a four seat cabrio version :D
2:41 futuristic slug bug
no classic mini ?
second car - Hey Dad get out of my Car!!
lool when he says thousand he does like a snake hehehehe
how do you spell the car #5?
The Tango looks very sNaZzY
this video has somehow popped up on my home youtube screen and i DON'T regret watching it - i agree with you that the Bianchi Bianchina is absolutely gorgeous...BUT it is italian so...so...yeah, you can imagine what it means when a car is italian
Your info on the Isetta is incorrect. ISO never built that many; the number you quote is the number (minus about 10K) built by BMW under license. They were built in Germany, powered by BMW engines.
Where can I buy this youtuber tee?
do video on top 5 longest cars
number five looks like a frog.the car.
Sam, as always love the video. You should do top 5 competitive eating records.
After seeing this list my Leyland Mini Clubman isn't as small as I thought it was.
Neat, I believe there is actually a micro- car museum in Georgia in the United States. I'd love to visit one day.
+Brian Allen www.microcarmuseum.com/
I actually restored about 7 of these cars, they were restored in a shop in Newmarket ,Ontario when Iworked there..
+Brian Allen The Bruce Weiner museum closed in 2013 and all of the cars were auctioned off.
+austinmini1275 Wow ! What a shame. You'd think a museum like that wouldn't close down, it's a shame that now all of that automotive history is spread all over the place.
+Brian Allen I quite agree! I wanted to visit there myself but I didn't get the chance to do so before it closed. : (
Roughly 2,900 cars were built by Fuldamobil, not just 120.
What, no King Midget?! You can't find a more classic Microcar with a more interesting history.
What about the p45?
Personally, I prefer 4 wheels but if I went 3 it would _have_ to be 2-in-back-1-in-front for the stability.
The other way around seems waaay too unstable and wonky-looking.
I believe if you worked on top 5 evidence of alien life ...it gonna get some attention
You can actually get the peel p-50 for about 20,000 and it's not as rare as you said about 100,000 were made
so... what about the p45? :D
Pls Double check your facts on the Autobianchi Bianchina. They only produced 10,000 of the highly prized model you showed. Autobianchi produced other downmarket models until 1970. They now only produce bicycles. The 1959 model of the Bianchina Trasformabile Series 1 (a hard top with a roll down roof) changes hands currently for $80,000+. In addition, the “ch” in Italian is a hard k sound.
I saw a bubble car in Elkhart Indiana USA
Actually, BMW built their Isetta in their own factory, under license from Iso, using their own motorcyle engines.
no. 4 looks like a Trabant after a rear crash
You missed the Crosley, made in the USA!!!!!
Hey can you tell me the name of number 4
Our 1980 ERAD capucine is smaller than all these except the PEEL and its a proper side by side 2 seater. You can buy a used one for 1000€ now.
top 5 Christmas horror stories idk
Do top 5 of the largest countries
I'm 5'11 tall and 2' wide of pure, solid, stocky weight. I'd never fit in any of these.