{"id":21085,"date":"2016-11-10T12:17:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T11:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/bmw-1956-isetta-250\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T14:08:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T12:08:07","slug":"bmw-1957-isetta-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/bmw-1957-isetta-300\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW, 1957, Isetta 300"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW Isetta 300, 1957<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Isetta was introduced in 1953<\/strong> by Iso Automotoveicoli Spa,<\/strong> a company founded in 1939<\/strong> with the name Isothermos<\/em> for the production of heaters and refrigerators. After the war, Iso started manufacturing motorcycles and scooters<\/a> and later, in the \u201860s, fast GT cars<\/a> powered by big American V8 engines.
\nIn Italy, the production of Isetta stopped in 1955,<\/strong> but the car kept being produced under licence by BMW, which sold it throughout Europe.
\nThe car on show is a German-built Isetta, also called motocoup\u00e9 for its compact size. It had this odd egg-shaped body that resembled an helicopter<\/strong> and sufficient room for two people inside.
\nThe single\u00a0front door<\/strong>\u00a0was rather unusual, and the steering wheel and column were fixed to it.
\nThe Isetta in its Italian version became famous for the participation in the 1954<\/strong> and 1955 Mille Miglia,<\/strong> winning in the special ranking related to performance in 1954.<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n