Comments on: Tiny Cars

By: DOUGLAS BROESAMLE

DOUGLAS BROESAMLE — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:43:54 +0000

As a child i picked a BMW issta car as my toy my Detroit relitives were deeply involved in the big three and they thought the car was neat as a musican artist now own tiny cars and had the big gassers also…….

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:48:49 +0000

That’s fine by me; I live in Southern California!

By: Don Suttle

Don Suttle — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:32:56 +0000

Electric car scenario; It’s 6:00 PM on a cold, 42 degree weeknight, it’s raining, you are stuck in rush hour traffic inching your way home in your electric car. Electric windshield wipers running, headlights on. Defrosters on full speed, Radio on for traffic reports. No engine heat to keep you warm. The battery is operating at 50% efficiency in the cold weather and what is remaining is depleting very quickly… Sorry gentlemen I just don’t think the pure electric car works for most people. Perhaps in S. California it will.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:56:14 +0000

In the battery car age, soon upon us, distances traveled will be shortened by GPS and on-board computers, parking will be pre-arranged by cell-phone, we will park three electric cars in the place of one old gas-guzzler’s space, Two battery cars will travel abreast in the width of one gas-guzzler car, gridlock will be resolved by ‘Smart’ lights and computerized , cell-phone communicated info to battery cars. Rude, ignorant, bully drivers and those who wish to maintain the spirit of the wild west and engage in entertainment driving will be stopped immediately by road sensors and fined heavily. This is not science fiction, this is science’s answer to our current transportation woes! we are here now! Rising oil prices have forced us to change, and it is for the better! please welcome RFID chips on cars, in pavement, at traffic stops, in parking places and on your ass if it means better transportation for all. The oil barons have sunk their last American economy, they have raped our prosperity for the last time, they will soon become parasite nations without a host. The Chinese will follow our example, and the parasites will have to return to the deserts they cane from with empty stomachs or eat camel shit for all we care. We have finally conquered them and our addiction to oil!

By: DaveS

DaveS — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:46:35 +0000

LOVE the tiny cars, and I’m 6′2″!!!

Some of these pictures appear to have been taken at the Micro Car Museum.
http://microcarmuseum.com/
A fun site with names and specs for the cars.
Enjoy!

By: freyav

freyav — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:20:18 +0000

Also missing is the Goggomobil – I owned a coupe and there was also a limousine model, as well as an adorable mail truck! Link: http://www.goggomobil.com/gallery/gallery.html

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:00:45 +0000

Pictures 2,8,10,11,13 is the famous “Isetta”, manufactured in license form italian company SIso Rivolta by german company BMW after WWII in the 1950 decade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Isetta

By: glocky

glocky — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:41:15 +0000

@James: that’s a Smart car.

By: James

James — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:37:06 +0000

I second Tilly’s statement. I wish I knew more about the very contemporary jeep vehicle that is sixth from the bottom.

By: Tilly

Tilly — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:15:49 +0000

I wish the pictures had the individual car names with them.