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God damn these bloody awful Bubble Cars!

God damn these bloody awful Bubble Cars!

“Leonard Lord, the somewhat autocratic head of BMC, reportedly decreed: ‘God damn these bloody awful Bubble Cars. We must drive them off the road by designing a proper miniature car’. ” – Wikipedia

Without the rise of the “bloody awful bubble car”, we might never have seen the birth of the Mini! This post is a tribute to the unsensible awfulness of the bubble car.

Messerschmitt KR175

Messerschmitt KR200

Messerschmitt FMR TG500

BMW Isetta bubble car

BMW Isetta & Trailer

Peel Trident

Isetta

Family Bubble

Article Date: May 07, 2009
Car Accociations: MINI,NEW_MINI
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