Stimson Scorcher
Britain’s licensing authorities weren’t too sure what to make of the Stimson Scorcher in 1976,...
Small Cars Club
Microcars, 3-wheel cars and small cars
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Lepoix Ding
The French-born industrial designer Louis Lepoix was probably best known for his commercial vehicles and...
Zagato Zele 1000
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Italian coachbuilder Zagato was a byword for motoring excitement—a dream...
Fiat ESV 1500
The impetus for Fiat’s attempt to create the safest possible city car came from the...
NSU Wankel Spider
A rotary engine is any power unit that dispenses with a crankshaft to eliminate reciprocal...
Austin Mini
Conceived as an alternative to the “bubble cars” popular at the time of the 1956...
Fiat 500 Nuova
Despite Fiat’s 1936 500 “Topolino” being a well-liked little car in its day, the Nuova...
Powerdrive
In the arcane world of British microcars, David Gottlieb is a near-mythical figure. The designer...
Isetta 300
Bubble cars were a European fad in the 1950s. These tiny, cramped contraptions offered minimal...
Fiat 500 Topolino
Even when Fiat tackled the low-price end of the car scale, it was incapable of...