mmarshall

What are your votes for the funniest-looking production cars of all time?

Here are mine. I STILL bust out laughing even today, many years later, every time I look at them....especially the Isetta.

#1.......BMW Isetta http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/bmwisetta250.html. This car IMO is absolutely HILARIOUS........like no other car ever built.

#2......Messerschmitt KR200 http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/m...00-1955ir.html ......almost as hilarious as the Isetta.

#3......Corbin Sparrow http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html
Also right behind.

If you guys have anything you think is even more hilarious, let's see it........

LexFather

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jet864

Mmarshall, great minds think alike. I had the Isetta on my mind before I even clicked the link. That Sparrow thing, there's a guy near UW that drives one all the time and I had no idea what it was until right now. Thanks for the link.

Personally I don't think it gets any worse than the Isetta. Maybe that Chrysler turbine powered dual cockpit space ship thingy is close but I still give the nod the BMW.

James

Senator

All three of those "cars" were Germany post war products. I am not mistaken, the BMW dosen't even have a reverse gear.

Its kind of sad how the Messerschmitt went from pioneering jet fighters to three wheel cars.

Also, to me dosen't the Ridgeline look kind of similar to the Chevy Avalanche?

Josh

Gojirra99

Thanx Marshall those are great They look like they belong to cartoons LOL !!

Bean

iTrader: (1)

most of the current and forthcoming BMW lineup rings a bell lol

yoji6365

the ugliest cars are the ones you have to take to the repair shop or have towed. Boohoo

kirby122

The Isetta makes me think of Steve Urkel from Family Matters..

MGS4

mmarshall

No...the Corbin Sparrow was a recently-designed American electric car. The company folded about a year or so ago.

Messerschmitt was forbidden to pursue its wartime aircraft industry by the agreement that ended WWII and partitioned Germany....so was BMW.

99GS300

my vote....The VW THING!

Senator

my bad, you are correct. But I was referring to the BMW and the Messerschmitt.

I think it is kind of crazy though they had the leading technolgy in turbine mechanics. Then they were reduced to making three wheeled wonders for the war destroyed Germany.


Imagine what kind of a car Douglas or Boeing would have made if they made cars....

Josh

Vegassc400

Any of the cars in the Smart line up come to mind

I'm not sure if this made it to production but definately odd.



Another Sparrow



This flying car was designed by Canadian engineer Paul Moller. It could reach speeds of 600km but he has to keep it tethered to a crane during test flights because he doesn't have a license to fly it.

Senator

I think there is a thread somewhere in the Clubhouse that has some info in it about a smart car....

I may be off, but at least here in the US in order to fly an "experimental aircraft" You don't need to have any type of rating as far as flying is concerned. But that is in Canada, so I could be wrong.

Josh

Lexusfreak

That BMW would be on the list for sure, along with the Aztec & the AMC Gremlin.