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Goggomobil Dart



The Goggomobil Dart was a small futuristic microcar developed in Australia by Sydney company Buckle Motors Pty Ltd. Only around 700 examples of the Dart were ever produced from 1959 to 1962. The stylish car featured a fiberglass two seater open sports car body, without doors, and the whole package weigh in at only 345 kg. It was powered by a rear mounted twin cylinder two stroke engine available in both 300cc and 400cc and included a rather small luggage compartment built into the front end.

Kleinschnittger



Kleinschnittger was a German built minicar produced between 1950 and 1957. The small sporty cars featured an aluminium body and were powered by a 125 cc single cylinder two-stoke engine that produced 6 hp (4 kW) enabling it to reached a top speed of 70 km/h (43 mph). Not surprisingly the little bugger was very fuel efficient consuming less than 3 litres per 100 km.

Zündapp Janus



No list of funky minicars would be complete without the Zündapp Janus. This rather strange microcar was built by Zündapp, a motorcycles that decided it was time to make a more weatherproof vehicle, between 1957 and 1958. The fashionable, or not, “coming or going” design depicted two faces, one looks forward while the other one looks back. The Zündapp Janus was powered by a mid-mounted 2-stroke single cylinder 250 cc engine that produced 14 hp (10 kW), enabling a top speed of 80 km/h (50 mph). One of the cars most notable features was the suspension that was of the MacPherson strut type and proved to be very comfortable. Production started in June 1957, but only 1731 cars were made in the first six months. By summer 1958, Zündapp abandoned the project and sold the factory to Bosch. A total of 6902 Zündapp Janus cars were made.

Biscúter



The Biscúter was small minicar developed in Spain Autonacional S.A. of Barcelona. Following the Second World War raw material shortages and generalized economic difficulties made very small, economical cars popular in many countries including Spain. The Biscúter was developed as a domestic substitute for imported European vehicles. Small, inexpensive and Spanish, the microcar became quite popular with production reaching some 12,000 units.

Heinkel Kabine



The Heinkel Kabine was a Microcar built between 1956 and 1965 in Germany , Argentina, Ireland and England. Initially it was made with a 174 cc 9.2 hp, then a 204 cc and later a 198 cc single cylinder four stroke rear mounted engine. The car contained many similarities to BMW’s popular minicar, Isetta, most notably it’s oval shape.

[tags] BMW, Germany, Argentina, Ireland, England, Microcar, [/tags]