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The bubble that burst

A SAD END FOR THE TROJAN NAME

In the 1950s, there was a somewhat brief interest in forms of cheap personal transport that were not of the bicycle or motorcycle type. These were known collectively as ‘micro’ cars; in all probability, the most memorable of this subset of quirky forms of motor transport were the bubble cars – notably the German-manufactured BMW Isetta and Heinkel makes. Both were externally similar with a front forward opening passenger door, but the former vehicle was assembled around a tubular frame and the latter was of monocoque construction.

HEINKEL IN GERMANY

Following the end of the Second World War hostilities, Germany was forbidden to build aircraft by the Allies, so the aircraft company, Heinkel, turned the company’s design skills to building motor vehicles and in 1953 began production of the Heinkel Tourist

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