#bubble car

In the early 1950s, Iso Spa made refrigerators and scooters. Owner Renzo Rivolta moved into cars with a tiny, egg-shaped model using a motorcycle engine. The Isetta was introduced in 1953 and sold well but trailed off with sales ending in 1955. Rivolta’s trick was to licence production, most notably to BMW, for whom the Italian bubble car was a life-saver, selling a total of 161,728 units and keeping the company afloat when production ended in 1962.

Expected around 2028, it will likely cost about €13,000, sitting between the Topolino and the future electric Pandina, with rivals like the Dacia Hipster.

The French use their AMC Pacer for stomping rights!.

the bearskin AA gun isn't participating

The Lomax is a "Kit-Car" type vehicle generally fitted with Citroen 2CV components which began production in 1983 by the Lomax Motor Company of Willoughton, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. In the late 1980s production was transferred to the Mumford Motor Company of Gigg Mill, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, where it was produced until the 1990s. As well as the UK, Lomax vehicles were also marketed in the Netherlands and in the UK. Germany. Since 2009 the Lomax has been produced again by Cradley Motor Works in St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. The models it sells are the 223 (3 wheels), the 224 (4 wheels) and the Supertourer (also 4 wheels). The original prototype, built in 1982, was designed by Nigel Whall. It had a custom-built four-wheel chassis that was specially built with a shorter wheelbase than the donor vehicle, a Citroen Ami8. The Lomax's design is reminiscent of the legendary Morgan 3-wheeler of the 1930s. The Lomax was comprised of a fiberglass body mounted on an unmodified Citroen 2CV or Dyane chassis. Later, a steel tube chassis was introduced. Lomax vehicles are generally of the Roadster type, without a roof. The early three-wheelers were actually four-wheel models, with the two rear wheels close together, in the style of the Heinkel bubble cars of the 1960s, however that structure was quickly scrapped in favor of a single rear wheel, as that road tax for 3-wheelers in Britain was ostensibly cheaper than for 4-wheelers. Later versions were true tricycles with two wheels at the front and one at the rear. A 4-wheel drive version with an unmodified Citroen 2CV chassis would later appear. The names of the vehicles were; 223 (2 cylinders, 2 seats, 3 wheels), or 224 (2 cylinders, 2 seats, 4 wheels). Some models used engines from the Citroen GS or GSA. The latter were called 424 (4 cylinders, 2 seats, 4 wheels). Lomax vehicles are typically equipped with 29-hp engines, weigh approximately 450 kilograms (990 pounds), have two seats, and have a top speed of 140 km/h (87 mph).

Last time I saw a car like this was in a Richard Scarry book, and the worm driving it was having a busy day. Made for a 2005 Birds Eye Peas advert, this pea-shaped go-kart with Volkswagen lights was built to fall apart as it was driving (!)