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...Mopetta, a tiny (only 3 ft. high) one-seater with three wheels, a plastic body, and a motor the size of a cabbage head, which sends it scuttling along at 30 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Buy-Eyed Over Bugs | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

Midget Auto. A three-wheeled, pne-seater auto, 67 in. long, 39 in. high, weighing 132 Ibs., is being manufactured by Egon Briitsak Fahrzeugbau of Stuttgart, Germany. With a plastic body, a 2.5-h.p. engine driving the front (single) wheel, and three speeds, the Briitsch-Mopetta hits a top speed of 24 m.p.h., averages 99 miles per gallon. The car is amphibious, has a paddle wheel attached to the front wheel for use when operating in water. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Nov. 5, 1956 | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

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