My Dad owned an Isetta in Red with white interior in 1960. Brand new and fun to ride it! As a child, my brother drove it to school when he was 8 years old!
Some of those vehicles like the Stout Scarab and the PE50 and the Isetta can be found in the Stahls Automobile Museum in New Baltimore Michigan. It also has some REO Speedwagons and some movie cars like the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Car and the 2 cars driven by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in the movie The Great Race!👍
When I went to university in the early 1970's, in Sydney Australia; one of my fellow students had a Messerschmidt that he used to come to class. It was supercool!
These cars may not conform to conventional standards of automotive design, but they certainly make a statement with their unique shapes, features, and functionalities. Whether loved or loathed, these strange cars have left an indelible mark on the history of the automobile.
There were electric vehicles being made in the 1800s, long before the Ouef was even thought of. They were very capable and had even better range than it did.
Honestly, they need to come out with something similar to that Isetta for regular people like me. Affordable and will get you where you need to go. Cars now are WAY out of my price range, and especially these concepts now costing hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. Car companies obviously don't know they can make billions of dollars selling small, basic, cheap cars.
The Stout Scarab is cool. I love the design. It would be cool to see one sitting beside an early Chrysler Airflow. The Chrysler Gilda looks so sleek and cool with the fins. I wonder how fast it would go? The Ford Speedster also looks great. I'm sure it inspired later 1930's race cars like those driven in Indy. I have the Deora as a Hotwheels car and a 1/25th scale model kit from MPC. The opening door on the model kit fits so badly though. The Bertone looks soo cool...but I'd hate to drive it in that reclined position, especially on a long drive. The Norman Timbs Special looks like a tear drop with fenders. It's cool. I love the Carabo. My Dad has a book with it in there. I love the color of it. Too bad you didn't include the American Motors AMX III supercar that was designed in Italy.
Good list. The Stratos pair - while significantly different from each other STILL represent one of the most successful concept to road car built - while relatively rare, what a goer!
The Messerschmitt Kabinenroller was a crazy design, a former aircraft company just took the idea of a fighter cockpit and added enough parts until it could be called a car.
I just love these unique and oddball designs for cars. Every one of them here is either silly or amazing. I laughed when seeing the Isetta because I remembered it from "Family Matters" as Steve Urkel's car. But that Lamborghini Egoista, I think I'm in love! From the moment I saw it I thought it looked like it dropped down from Cybertron. Those lines and angles are a thing of beauty. Now I suddenly want to see models and toys for it since I can never have the real thing. Ideally one of those larger diecast cars but I would settle for a Hot Wheels or a Lego Speed Champion version.
I think the Carabo is the most beautiful thing on four wheels ever created. Does anyone remember an American concept car from the '60s called The Illusion? It was a single seater with an assymetrical body, crazy!
The Norman Timbs Special is a great discovery for me. This is the first time I am seeing this masterpiece. One of my favorite cars ever designed is the Mercury Lead Sled, I think it would fit perfectly on your list.
While in grade school in the late 1950s-early 1960s, the father of one of the girls in school had a green Isetta that he would bring her to school in, some of the mornings. The engine was a 2-stroke, and had the RING-DING-DING-DING sound to it. I was actually embarrassed for her... Then about 10 years ago, I find out that the man (now deceased) who owned the company I now work for, a wholesale pharmaceutical distributorship, also owned the Shreveport Isetta dealership in the late '50s-early '60s. Small world.
One reason why the Isetta was so small was that after WWII, materials were scarce. Less metal was available for the body, and all the other parts. You could probably make 2 Isettas from the metal that'd make a full sized BMW sedan. Gas was scare to.
instead of calling it BMW Isetta, it should be called Iso Isetta, from the company that also made Iso Griffith, the fastest car of its time. Weird combination of cars they made.
In Grandpa’s Isetta i could sit behind the front seat row when i was about 4 years old. So we were 3 Person’s in it. I’m not sure that was allowed but we felt it was. I loved the front door.
My uncle had a BMW Isetta. When I was a kid, it sat in the back of my Grandpa's shop. and all of us grand kids would sit in it and pretend to drive. No idea whatever happened to it. I know they moved it to a semi trailer my grandpa used as a storage container to make more room in the shop, but don't know what happened to it after that.
Not at all a car connoisseur, I came here expecting mention of Etzels. I came away with a lot more names than I'd ever encountered before. And a small amount of surprise that Etzels were never mentioned at all. Good piece, in any case.
Some scenes about the BMW Isetta don't Show the Isetta but the BMW 600, which was a 4 später. Like the Isettta It had a door in its front for the Driver and one passenger and one additional sidedoor for two fürther passengers.
The Deora's roof and lift-up windshield are actually the rear roof section and upper tailgate from a 1960 Ford station wagon. The decorative chrome frames on the side exhaust ports are Mustang taillight bezels turned 90 degrees.
I'd like an new 2025 Isetta; slightly longer and wider, a 2-cylinder (motorcycle) engine @ 28 HP @ 64mpg with 12" car wheels and 20-mph shock-absorber bumpers front & rear.
They had a lot of electric cars back in the early 1900s check out Jay leno's Baker electric. They were used by ladies that didn't want to mess with cranking their gas car by hand or dealing with starting the boiler on steam cars
I think it's a bit unfair to include one-off/concept vehicles like '55 Chrysler Ghia. I mean, make a one-off sedan out of toothpicks and, voila! One of the strangest cars ever made. Cheers....
I once saw the 1959 Firebird III concept car, code name: XP-73, at the Sloan Museum in Flint, MI. I checked their site and it doesn't look like it's there at the moment. It had TWO bubble canopies and looked 100 times better than the Firebird I concept car IMO. It has a fiberglass body with seven short wings and tail fins, more than a real jet! They went crazy with the fins. And instead of a steering wheel, it had a joystick between the seats. Wikipedia has 2 pictures of it, and pics of the Firebird I and Firebird II. The 1956 Firebird II, code name: XP-43 was fugly, but the Fierebird III made up for it. It was so futuristic looking, it would look at home in a science fiction movie made today.
I am surprised, because you seem to have done some research, that you missed the Panther 6, try here "1977 Panther 6 Convertible - 600hp Cadillac Twin-Turbo 8.2 litre V8 Engine"
The Oeuf Electrique wasn't a pioneer of electric cars. Indeed, early in the 20th century when car development was in its infancy, it wasn't clear whether the gas engines were going to outlast the electrics. In the US, Detroit Electric built 13,000 cars at a time when only Ford built more.
My Dad owned an Isetta in Red with white interior in 1960. Brand new and fun to ride it! As a child, my brother drove it to school when he was 8 years old!
4:45 Electric cars were in use long long before this.
Only thing missing is Mr. Bean
The Testarossa is the most beautiful car ever, all curves and latent power, but the bubble cars are more interesting! Great video, thanks for posting!
My father-in-law owned a Bubble Car in the late 1960s. He loved it!
The Stout Scarab is a GORGEOUS Little gem I've never heard of until now. What a BOSS level car ♥️
Some of those vehicles like the Stout Scarab and the PE50 and the Isetta can be found in the Stahls Automobile Museum in New Baltimore Michigan. It also has some REO Speedwagons and some movie cars like the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Car and the 2 cars driven by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in the movie The Great Race!👍
LOVE that Stout Scarab !!
When I went to university in the early 1970's, in Sydney Australia; one of my fellow students had a Messerschmidt that he used to come to class. It was supercool!
These cars may not conform to conventional standards of automotive design, but they certainly make a statement with their unique shapes, features, and functionalities. Whether loved or loathed, these strange cars have left an indelible mark on the history of the automobile.
Mensch, wir brauchen jetzt solche Autos!!!! ❤❤❤
Ah! The Isetta, the first BMW with a central locking system.
There were electric vehicles being made in the 1800s, long before the Ouef was even thought of. They were very capable and had even better range than it did.
Honestly, they need to come out with something similar to that Isetta for regular people like me. Affordable and will get you where you need to go. Cars now are WAY out of my price range, and especially these concepts now costing hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. Car companies obviously don't know they can make billions of dollars selling small, basic, cheap cars.
The Stout Scarab is cool. I love the design. It would be cool to see one sitting beside an early Chrysler Airflow.
The Chrysler Gilda looks so sleek and cool with the fins. I wonder how fast it would go?
The Ford Speedster also looks great. I'm sure it inspired later 1930's race cars like those driven in Indy.
I have the Deora as a Hotwheels car and a 1/25th scale model kit from MPC. The opening door on the model kit fits so badly though.
The Bertone looks soo cool...but I'd hate to drive it in that reclined position, especially on a long drive.
The Norman Timbs Special looks like a tear drop with fenders. It's cool.
I love the Carabo. My Dad has a book with it in there. I love the color of it.
Too bad you didn't include the American Motors AMX III supercar that was designed in Italy.
Good list. The Stratos pair - while significantly different from each other STILL represent one of the most successful concept to road car built - while relatively rare, what a goer!
The Messerschmitt Kabinenroller was a crazy design, a former aircraft company just took the idea of a fighter cockpit and added enough parts until it could be called a car.
Why can’t we have cool cars made like this quality and artistic design today? LAZY!
I just love these unique and oddball designs for cars. Every one of them here is either silly or amazing. I laughed when seeing the Isetta because I remembered it from "Family Matters" as Steve Urkel's car. But that Lamborghini Egoista, I think I'm in love! From the moment I saw it I thought it looked like it dropped down from Cybertron. Those lines and angles are a thing of beauty. Now I suddenly want to see models and toys for it since I can never have the real thing. Ideally one of those larger diecast cars but I would settle for a Hot Wheels or a Lego Speed Champion version.
I do gotta say that some of these designs were incredible. The smaller ones were unique but total death traps.
The ISETTA is actually an Italian project, produced by ISO Rivolta who then sold the rights to BMW
I really love the car in the thumbnail!
These were, and still are, car's ahead of their time...And these one's 🇮🇹 take the 🏆 for style. Them 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 for muscle 💪🏻
I think the Carabo is the most beautiful thing on four wheels ever created. Does anyone remember an American concept car from the '60s called The Illusion? It was a single seater with an assymetrical body, crazy!
The Norman Timbs Special is a great discovery for me. This is the first time I am seeing this masterpiece. One of my favorite cars ever designed is the Mercury Lead Sled, I think it would fit perfectly on your list.
When it's not disguised as a car the Lamboghini Egoista is a giant robot.
While in grade school in the late 1950s-early 1960s, the father of one of the girls in school had a green Isetta that he would bring her to school in, some of the mornings. The engine was a 2-stroke, and had the RING-DING-DING-DING sound to it. I was actually embarrassed for her...
Then about 10 years ago, I find out that the man (now deceased) who owned the company I now work for, a wholesale pharmaceutical distributorship, also owned the Shreveport Isetta dealership in the late '50s-early '60s. Small world.
One reason why the Isetta was so small was that after WWII, materials were scarce. Less metal was available for the body, and all the other parts. You could probably make 2 Isettas from the metal that'd make a full sized BMW sedan. Gas was scare to.
instead of calling it BMW Isetta, it should be called Iso Isetta, from the company that also made Iso Griffith, the fastest car of its time. Weird combination of cars they made.
The Egoista reminds me of The Mach 5 from the cartoon of Speed Racer!🤔
The Gilda looks like Supercar !
Great video. Many thanks.
Like the Alfa Romeo Carabo , also Lancia Stratos was designed by Marcello Gandini , the same designer of Lamborghini Miura and Lamborghini Countach.
Wow
All wonderful car's I love it
Thanks
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Great to see such fun cars. We would also add Smyk - 1957 Polish Microcar
In Grandpa’s Isetta i could sit behind the front seat row when i was about 4 years old. So we were 3 Person’s in it. I’m not sure that was allowed but we felt it was. I loved the front door.
The Isetta was later expanded getting a right side door, a third seat and reverse. Several other tiny Italian cars became available, over time.
let The Stig take these for a spin around a track
My uncle had a BMW Isetta. When I was a kid, it sat in the back of my Grandpa's shop. and all of us grand kids would sit in it and pretend to drive. No idea whatever happened to it. I know they moved it to a semi trailer my grandpa used as a storage container to make more room in the shop, but don't know what happened to it after that.
The Oeuf Electrique is so beautiful man
very informative and fun to watch, thanks for sharing.
This is the first time I am seeing this, It was Strange but nice and cool cars.
Nice list with great presentation
It was informative and enjoyable watching..thanks
Not at all a car connoisseur, I came here expecting mention of Etzels. I came away with a lot more names than I'd ever encountered before. And a small amount of surprise that Etzels were never mentioned at all. Good piece, in any case.
Some scenes about the BMW Isetta don't Show the Isetta but the BMW 600, which was a 4 später. Like the Isettta It had a door in its front for the Driver and one passenger and one additional sidedoor for two fürther passengers.
All of them are beautiful I had never seen most of these amazing works of art....
The Kantanka Aeroplane is one of the most eye-catching electric vehicles in the world.
The Deora's roof and lift-up windshield are actually the rear roof section and upper tailgate from a 1960 Ford station wagon. The decorative chrome frames on the side exhaust ports are Mustang taillight bezels turned 90 degrees.
I went to high school in the 60s. My biology teacher had an Isetta. It was a very cool car.
Is it just me or could the Gilda have been an inspiration for the Land Speeders in the Star Wars franchise?
There is an Isetta still operating as a Taxi in the German city of Bremen.
The Gilda looks like a cross between the 60s Batmobile and Ecto-1.
Great video!
Beautiful!!
How can anyone under 60 and outside of the USA understand the units?
Watching an Isetta rolling down the road while intense music plays in the background was quite an experience
wowww the first Red car is so tiny and nice ❤❤❤❤❤
The Scarab reminds me of my naughty cat.
Nice video. I enjoyed watching this video.
If Only they had Just invented the Electric Golf cart in the 50's that we should all be driving around town today.
lets start a petition for Shaq to buy an Isetta
Love to have and utilize the isetta here in the USA. Looks great!
Very interesting selection! Thank you!
and the safety features were... NON EXISTENT.
Love the cars from the teens to the 60s :) I know you didn't show earlier than the 30s and maybe sometime you will. My favorite was the Scarab.
Small care is very helpful for old people😊
I'd like an new 2025 Isetta; slightly longer and wider, a 2-cylinder (motorcycle) engine @ 28 HP @ 64mpg with 12" car wheels and 20-mph shock-absorber bumpers front & rear.
I walk everyday to a little store and have a beer or two. Then buy some groceries. About 1k feel fine at 77. Viva México.
Wow the Alfa and the Lancia, I love them wedge cars. The Alfa I didnt even know existed, what a car!.
The tiny cars look scary to me!!!
Multipla enter the chat.
To hell with electric cars. This is the stuff I like!
Mr. B. Here ! Odd ball cars have soft spot in my heart ❤️ just because they are odd ! 👍 👀
There are only two craziest cars, the first and last ever made.
It MUST have been a design requirement that the Messerschmidt car's roof is shaped EXACTLY like a German helmet.
I do not understand why car manufacturers do not make attractive cars as they used to
uh, the Oeuf was most certainly not one of the first electric cars. It was sixty years too late for that claim.
The Stout Scarab is very cool.
They had a lot of electric cars back in the early 1900s check out Jay leno's Baker electric. They were used by ladies that didn't want to mess with cranking their gas car by hand or dealing with starting the boiler on steam cars
The car with the door being at front is a bad idea ...little crash and your gone or left trapped inside of it
The KR200 is also known as "der Frosch" (The Frog) here in 🇩🇪.
Good Video, very interesting 👍🏻.
2:20 > Looks interesting
I came here to see strange cars, but they all look pretty normal to me.
I think it's a bit unfair to include one-off/concept vehicles like '55 Chrysler Ghia. I mean, make a one-off sedan out of toothpicks and, voila! One of the strangest cars ever made. Cheers....
Great interview,’they went crazy on it’ 😳
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My classic ride is a 1972 SS elcamino but that Scarub is something i would love to own and drive
Deus abençoe América 🙏🏻🇺🇲
I once saw the 1959 Firebird III concept car, code name: XP-73, at the Sloan Museum in Flint, MI. I checked their site and it doesn't look like it's there at the moment. It had TWO bubble canopies and looked 100 times better than the Firebird I concept car IMO. It has a fiberglass body with seven short wings and tail fins, more than a real jet! They went crazy with the fins. And instead of a steering wheel, it had a joystick between the seats. Wikipedia has 2 pictures of it, and pics of the Firebird I and Firebird II. The 1956 Firebird II, code name: XP-43 was fugly, but the Fierebird III made up for it. It was so futuristic looking, it would look at home in a science fiction movie made today.
The most absurdly unsafe vehicle ever built shown at 03:00
Electric cars were around in the early 1900s!
Nice. My fav is the HW Deora 2 in real life.
Cool vehicles
I am surprised, because you seem to have done some research, that you missed the Panther 6, try here "1977 Panther 6 Convertible - 600hp Cadillac Twin-Turbo 8.2 litre V8 Engine"
Deora, yust still a very very awesome looking Pick up......
Wonderful!
I like those cars
The Oeuf Electrique wasn't a pioneer of electric cars. Indeed, early in the 20th century when car development was in its infancy, it wasn't clear whether the gas engines were going to outlast the electrics. In the US, Detroit Electric built 13,000 cars at a time when only Ford built more.
Hahahaha nice.. it is like jetson cartoon has come to life