Shut the Front Door! 1955 BMW Isetta “bubble car”
From the collection of: Mark Milligan
Located in : Art, Transportation




 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFEWiUbmZW8

Designed originally for production by a REFRIGERATOR and motor scooter manufacturer. The door was in front, and the engine was a motor scooter engine. The animation in the advert portion of the video is as kitschy as the car itself.

What Allee has to say about this:
I would’ve killed for one of these back then and still would as it’s just about the cutest car ever made. A monster masterpiece of modern transportation design and decades ahead of its time, this is still the best looking thing on the road as well as the ultimate expression of high and lo culture jammed together, a juxtaposition I’m completely obsessed with.