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    BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?

    BMW City Car Confirmed, 0-Series Or Return Of The Isetta?
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    Image of jaymcminn jaymcminn
    08/05/09

    In reply to BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?
    After seeing the $40k original Isetta on NPOCP yesterday, we should have a pretty good idea of the pricing on the new model.i-Don't think so.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    08/05/09

    In reply to BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?
    Keep the BMW nameplate, but call the city car a -1 series. We could even expand on this - an electric 3 series could be named -3xx, and so forth.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/05/09

    In reply to BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?
    All I can think of is the movie "Brazil."
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    08/05/09


    @Novaload Misses Murilee: I hear you, although it was a Messerschmidt Kabinenroller, not a BMW Isetta. Too bad those guys are out of business.
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    Image of ThreeLitre ThreeLitre
    08/05/09

    In reply to BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?
    I would be OK with this on principle. But if they actually call it i-Setta, I-WILL vomit.
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    Image of pinzgauer pinzgauer
    08/05/09

    In reply to BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?

    Just in time to replace all those gas guzzling SUV's, the new family car!
    (Teardrop and babe not included, your mileage may vary)
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    08/05/09

    In reply to BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?
    I would rather have an old Isetta than a new Smart-For-Two.
    I just hope that new Isetta will have the funky reverse tricycle like wheel setup.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    08/05/09

    In reply to BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?

    This is a 1959 Isetta with a Chevy big block (730bhp). It's the automotive equivalent of sticking a rocket up a frog's ass.
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    08/05/09

    @skaycog 0.1/2: Oh my God. I need one of those.
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    Image of WhoistheWalrus WhoistheWalrus
    08/05/09

    @skaycog 0.1/2:
    Wow. So, on the Jalopmeter, how high is that? I think my mind might be blown.
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    Image of ThreeLitre ThreeLitre
    08/05/09

    @skaycog 0.1/2: A frog is being a bit generous on the size of the Isetta I think. I'm thinking more like newt.
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    08/05/09

    @pauljones: The car, or the frog?
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    Image of GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls
    08/05/09

    @skaycog 0.1/2:
    My first reaction was "Holy shit, you mean the Hot Wheels car was real?" But when I googled for a pic of the Hot Wheels car, I got stuck in some kind of e-rift and ended right back at Jalopnik:
    [jalopnik.com]
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    08/05/09

    @goingincirclez pours some out for the fallen: Google is nothing but a massive black hole. And on the other side of that cosmic wrap, there is Jalopnik. (And Megan Fox, and stuff, but we won't go into that)
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    08/05/09

    @skaycog 0.1/2: ONLY 750bhp?

    Shame on you!

    Actually not, that is just simply stunning. I think some of my brain cells just exploded when I tried to work out a rough power to weight ratio. After some more calculation, it came to this: ∞.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    08/05/09

    @Mobius mourns his fallen comrades:
    Awww...you don't want to shame me. I can think of 1000 reasons why you don't. ;)
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    Image of Drachen Drachen
    08/05/09

    @skaycog 0.1/2: Built and on display at the Bruce Weimer Microcar Museum in Monroe GA. Well worth the 1-1/2 drive from Atlanta. :-)
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    08/05/09

    In reply to BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?
    So let me guess: they'll call it the 0-series, it'll way 100 lbs less than the 1-series and have a base price that's $50 lower.
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    Image of nataku8_e30 nataku8_e30
    08/05/09

    In reply to BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?
    You can hardly blame them from wanting to get into the incredibly lucrative city car segment. After all, it's worked wonders for Mercedes-Benz-Daimler-Chrysler-whatever-they're-calling-themselves-now. Just look how much money Smart is raking in!
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    Image of layabout layabout
    08/05/09

    In reply to BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?
    Well i'm ready to hate it.........
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    08/05/09

    @layabout SAVE THE JALOP 9 !: That's the spirit!
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    08/05/09

    In reply to BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?
    Yes, just like they invoked the 2002 when introducing the 1-series.
    The all-new 7-passenger BMW Isetta. You're not the only one who's 10 times larger than in 1957.
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    Image of nataku8_e30 nataku8_e30
    08/05/09

    @Ash78: If it opened from the front, I'd still buy it.
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    Image of WhoistheWalrus WhoistheWalrus
    08/05/09

    @Ash78:
    I'm not trying to bash the 1 series, I think they're fun little (read, not so little) cars, and sized about the same as the old 3 series, but they're just not 2002s. They're just not that small, or nimble.
    I don't like the idea of reviving the Isetta nameplate, but I do like the idea of a smart fortwo competitor.
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment Edited by WhoistheWalrus at 08/05/09 10:02 AM WhoistheWalrus was starred WhoistheWalrus was unstarred
    Image of UDMan UDMan
    08/05/09

    @nataku8_e30: Ahhh, but the Safety Nazis (How's that for a tie in?) wouldn't let you buy a new car with the front end that opened...
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    08/05/09

    @Ash78: Your comment is a funny one. It's a good expose of manufacturers losing their Jalopmojo and gaining weight.
    Your comment is also a very sad one. Because it might turn out to be true.
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    08/05/09

    @UDMan: Thank goodness for the Safety Nazis... saving us from ourselves one regulation at a time.
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    Image of RadcliffeIullus RadcliffeIullus
    08/05/09

    In reply to BMW To Resurrect Isetta Nameplate?
    What I'd really like to see is a new 2002.
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    Image of Hoser Dave Hoser Dave
    08/05/09

    @RadcliffeIullus: Why when the originals are so good!
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