“Sitting curbside with rock in roll club advertisements taped to his doors, the brave little car shivered in the Swedish rain as tourist pointed, laughing at him.” What a natural for Little Golden Books or a pre-Michael Eisner Disney cartoon…
It started with an Englishman named Wall and would lead to a pair of major league manufacturers, but at the moment it was bounding through the outfield grass of a ballpark in New Kensington, Pa. At the wheel was Jimmy…
To listen to automakers snipe about tightening fuel economy standards, you’d think it impossible to squeeze more miles from a barrel of Extract of Arabia. This, of course, is not the case, particularly if you design a vehicle expressly to…
Originally published in Autoweek, June 20, 1983 BMW Isetta 300; Photos by John Matras The first problem is getting in. Sure, the door opens with a twist of the handle, but it’s on the front of the car. I can’t…