File:BMW Isetta 600 (29933911206).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(3,663 × 3,295 pixels, file size: 4.41 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description

Cascais Classic Motorshow, Cascais, Portugal

in Wikipedia


The Isetta is an Italian-designed microcar built under licence in a number of different countries, including Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil,Germany, and the United Kingdom. Produced in the post-World War II years, a time when cheap short-distance transportation was most needed, it became one of the most successful and influential city cars ever created. Because of its egg shape and bubble-like windows, it became known as a bubble car, a name later given to other similar vehicles.

The BMW Isetta was in 1955 the world's first mass-production 3-Litres/100km car. It was the top-selling single-cylinder car in the world, with 161,728 units sold.

BMW The BMW 600 was intended as an enlarged Isetta with more power and a more conventional four-wheel configuration.


BMW Isetta 600, showing hinged steering wheel, next to 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) boy The front end of the 600 was virtually unchanged from the Isetta, but the 600's wheelbase was stretched to accommodate four seats. A conventional rear axle was added. BMW introduced the semi-trailing arm independent suspension on the 600. This suspension would be used on almost every new model for the next four decades. Because of the increased size and weight, the 600 had a more powerful engine than the Isetta. The 600 had the 582 cc twin engine from the R67 motorcycle. Top speed was 103 km/h (64 mph).

In two years, only 34,000 600s were produced, partly due to price competition with the entry-level VW Beetle. In the late 1950s, consumers wanted cars that looked like cars, and they had lost interest in economy models. Sales of the 600 were, however, aided by the energy crisis of 1956–1957.
Date
Source BMW Isetta 600
Author Pedro Ribeiro Simões from Lisboa, Portugal
Camera location38° 41′ 38.16″ N, 9° 25′ 21.98″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by pedrosimoes7 at https://flickr.com/photos/46944516@N00/29933911206. It was reviewed on 17 October 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

17 October 2020

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current18:06, 17 October 2020Thumbnail for version as of 18:06, 17 October 20203,663 × 3,295 (4.41 MB)JotaCartas (talk | contribs)Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:BMW_Isetta_600_(29933911206).jpg&oldid=892331164"