Spotted: Not a Peel P50... what is it?

[Zero102]

Saw this micro car headed the other way on John Laurie this past saturday. At first glance I thought it was a Peel P50 like from Top Gear but when I got home and googled the P50 this clearly isn't it. Not sure what it is, but I got a kick out of seeing it so I thought I'd share :)

http://i.imgur.com/Fgv0I.png

[Kona9]

BMW Isetta?

[Penguin_Racecar]

Bingo. Looks like an Isetta.

[Disoblige]

298 cc single-cylinder 4-stroke (53 mph (85 km/h) top speed), nice haha.

[BokCh0y]

Originally posted by Kona9
BMW Isetta?

:werd:

great spot btw op.:thumbsup:

[Supa Dexta]

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls0s1qOYRE1qhughh.jpg

[Stealth22]

Originally posted by Kona9
BMW Isetta?
Bingo. When I saw the picture, I remembered seeing "that BMW" on TopGear, but couldn't remember the name of it.

They were talking about the Reliant Robin, then Clarkson showed off the Isetta, had May drive it into a fake garage and locked him in.

May: "I can't get out. Maybe I should back up."

Clarkson: "Yeah, go ahead and back up."

May: "Where's the reverse gear?"

Clarkson: "Hasn't got one."

:rofl:

[taemo]

lol whats the price of that and they don't sell that in Canada right?
would be a fun beater to drive around the neighbour

[J-hop]

Originally posted by taemo
lol whats the price of that and they don't sell that in Canada right?
would be a fun beater to drive around the neighbour

LOL well considering they stopped producing them in the early 60s and they are collectors items now I'm sure you'll find a beater one to rip around in.

[kvg]

Cool spot.

[projekz]

The owner's name is Steve. He lives out in Hawkwood. He collects and restores them. I believe he was looking to sell this one for about $65,000 if I'm not mistaken.:thumbsup:

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Nice spot!

[Euro_Trash]

Holy crap $65k. Cool little car though

[Kloubek]

Hate to see it in a collision.

[HK2NR]

Originally posted by projekz
The owner's name is Steve. He lives out in Hawkwood. He collects and restores them. I believe he was looking to sell this one for about $65,000 if I'm not mistaken.:thumbsup:

Hawkwood Auto's Steve?

[A3GTiVR6SC]

I saw one of these(mediocre cond) 6-7 yrs ago for sale in the bed of a truck at PnP. He wanted $3500. Should've snatched it up & flipped it for huge profit now...

65K is just ridiculous though..:nut:

[brucebanner]

Originally posted by Supa Dexta
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls0s1qOYRE1qhughh.jpg

First thing I thought of. Family Matters, classic show haha.

[Zero102]

$65k?! :eek:

Thanks for the info on what it was, I finally thought I had a cool enough spotting to share on here, sorry for the car-dvr quality shot of it but I couldn't exactly whip out my phone while I was driving ;)

[Spoons]

Originally posted by A3GTiVR6SC
I saw one of these(mediocre cond) 6-7 yrs ago for sale in the bed of a truck at PnP. He wanted $3500. Should've snatched it up & flipped it for huge profit now...

65K is just ridiculous though..:nut:

Could EASILY get 65K at auction if it is as good of condition as it looks (hard to tell from the picture).

These cars are pretty rare. I saw a real nice one go at auction for 200K.... Two guys really wanted it with really deep pockets.

[JustinMCS]

Originally posted by Spoons


Could EASILY get 65K at auction if it is as good of condition as it looks (hard to tell from the picture).

These cars are pretty rare. I saw a real nice one go at auction for 200K.... Two guys really wanted it with really deep pockets.

200k? BS. 65k? BS.

You can get them for 25k. Here is one at a buy it now price on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-Other-1958-BMW-Isetta-/130692979584?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1e6de89b80#ht_1216wt_1165

One in BC for 25k

http://bc.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-1958-issetta-B-M-W-300-WITH-SUNROOF-W0QQAdIdZ292830591

One sold at Barret Jackson for 47k but had a really amazing restoration.

Not sure where you guys are getting your numbers lol.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=74&aid=304

[Graham_A_M]

^ I was going to say $65k is a fuck load of money for what you get. I'd have a very hard time doing even $25k.

[510-Trevor]

Originally posted by Spoons


Could EASILY get 65K at auction if it is as good of condition as it looks (hard to tell from the picture).

These cars are pretty rare. I saw a real nice one go at auction for 200K.... Two guys really wanted it with really deep pockets.
When and where did you see one go for 200k? According to my research the record price for one of these was set at Barrett Jackson in 2010 for $43000.