Word: isetta
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Dates: during 1955-1955
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...more startling car, Bavarian Motor Works' 12-h.p. Isetta, has front wheels about 4 ft. apart and rear wheels less than 2 ft. apart, does 70 miles per gallon...
...Isetta's slogan, which has helped push production to 100 a day: "Less taxes per year (39 marks) than a city dachshund (60 marks)." Still stranger cars are ready to go on sale. One is the egg-shaped Brütsch, named after Stuttgart Designer Egon Brütsch, which stands barely 3 ft. high, has four forward speeds but no reverse, does 67 miles per gallon. Strangest of all is the Dornier Delta, which looks like an old-fashioned electric toaster on wheels; the front and back sections hinge at the top to form doors. The front seats...