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BMW Isetta 250 export '57

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BMW  Isetta 250 export '57 (1957)

Reference CH2032
Make BMW
Model Isetta 250 export '57
Type berline
Construction year 1957
KM 99321
Cilinder displacement 247
Gears manual
Steering left hand drive
  • Belgian documents
  • With trailer
  • 4 gears
  • 1 cylinder
  • 12hp

The Isetta is an Italian-designed microcar  built under license in a number of different countries, including Argentina, Spain, Belgium, France,  Brazil,Germany, and the United Kingdom. Because of its egg shape, it became known as a bubble car, a name also given to other similar vehicles.

In 1955, the BMW Isetta became the world's first mass-production car to achieve a fuel consumption of  3 L/100 km. It was the top-selling single-cylinder car in the world, with 161,728 units sold.  The name Isetta is the diminutive of Iso.  BMW made the Isetta its own. They redesigned the powerplant around a BMW one-cylinder, four-stroke, 247 cc motorcycle engine which generated 9 kW (12 hp). Although the major elements of the Italian design remained intact, BMW re-engineered much of the car, so much so that none of the parts between a BMW Isetta Moto Coupe and an Iso Isetta are interchangeable.[22] The first BMW Isetta appeared in April 1955.  In May 1962, three years after launching the conventionally modern-looking BMW 700, BMW ceased production of Isettas. A total of 161,728 units had been built.

The Isetta 250 used the  engine of the morocycle R25/3.  The advantage of that microcar : it could be driven with a motorcycle license in Germany.. The top speed of the Isetta 250 was rated as 85 km/h (53 mph).

  • Specifications
  • Bodywork
  • Length : cm/in: 225/88.6
  • Width : cm/in: 134/52.8
  • Height : cm/in: 132/52
  • Wheelbase : cm/in : 150/59.1
  • Weight: kg/lb : 353/778
  • Mechanics.
  • Displacement : 1 two-stroke cylinder  247 cc , rear wheel drive
  • Valve gear : 0
  • Fuel system : 1 carburettor
  • Gearbox : 4-speed manual
  • Driving wheels : rear wheel drive
  • Maximum power : 12 bhp at 5800 rpm
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