![]() 10/03/2019 at 11:00 • Filed to: BMW, bmw isetta, West Germany | ![]() | ![]() |
I swear it’ll be worth every second of your time.
BMW sure knows how to make some fucking amazing mini films.
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Torch did a post on this yesterday as well (no doubt inspired by BMW’s video):
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The Isetta is the best BMW ever
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Very cool.
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BUT THE E30 M3 IS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR
source: BringATrailer
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So...does anyone know where the BMW isetta was built? I can’t seem to find it anywhere? Im just curious if this was a case of buying titanium from the soviets to build jets to spy on the soviets kind of deal. Im guessing not.
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In a factory, presumably.
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but can we even be sure of that? I’ m not willing to take that risk.
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It’s not British.
I think that alone makes it a safe bet.
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“In 1957, Isetta of Great Britain began producing Isetta 300 models at their factory in the former Brighton railway works under licence from BMW”
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Well shit.
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Super dope, thanks for posting. Kids now will never understand what a big deal the Berlin Wall coming down was.
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I know your question was not entirely serious, but I wondered...
According to the French Wikipedia entry on the Isetta (all models) it was built in the Milbertshofen works, one of the two motorbike
factories BMW used to have until 1945
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Fun fact: West Berlin police officers often rode BMW motorcycles
BMW motorcycles have a long and interesting history. Much of which isn’t very flattering.
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sweet! thanks
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Bresso, Italy: 1953-1958
Suresnes, France: 1954-1958
Santa Barbara d’Oeste, Brazil: 1956-1961
Munich, West Germany:1956-1962
Brighton, UK: 1957-1962
San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina: 1959-1964
Apparently