"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
07/13/2015 at 17:36 • Filed to: FMR, Tg500
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
07/13/2015 at 17:36 • Filed to: FMR, Tg500 | 1
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Microcar Monday.
The ultimate example is of course the FMR Tg500. It’s usually called a Messerscmitt Tiger but it wasn’t actually either of these. Messerschmitt acquired the design of the three wheeled Kabinenroller and when that showed signs of no longer being a thing - and they were allowed to make aircraft again - they transferred the rights to FMR who then got the idea of something with a bit more go and one third more wheels. Oh, and a reverse gear. The three wheeler relied on a reversing engine, just like large ships today.
Enter the Tg500 which as you might expect a 500cc engine in place of the 175 and 200 units of the three wheeler. It went really quite well, but not in sales terms with only 320 made. Like quite a few other sales failures the surviving ones - which is most of them - are worth a fortune.
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By way of contrast, here’s a less pampered one being actually used
Jonee
> Cé hé sin
07/13/2015 at 21:40 |
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FMR really wanted to build a proper 4 wheeled microcar, but they didn’t have the money to retool the factory, so they stuck a 4th wheel on the Kabinenroller. They did manage to build one prototype of the “big” car, though.
And, interestingly, the left over Tiger motors were sent to Australia to power Lightburn Zeta Sports.