Of course, you don't turn into a shit just because you buy a Mercedes-600. It's the other way round: the reason you can afford to buy a Mercedes-600 is that you turn into a shit •
Victor Pelevin
Virtual gallery dedicated to tiny cars produced in era of no marketing •
Scootacar
1957•1964
According to corporate legend, the car was dreamed up to please the director’s wife,
who wanted something easier to park than her Jaguar •
BONDBUG
1970•1974
The car was conceived as a show-piece but was received with much enthusiasm and ordered into production. Some 2200 cars were manufactured •
To live fully, we must learn to use things and love people, and not love things and use people •
John Powell
MESSERSCHMITT
1953•
Messerschmitt company was banned from producing military aircraft, it began to produce Fend’s so-called Kabinenrollers, or cabin-equipped scooters •
INTER 175 BERLINE
1953•1958
Yet another motorized scooter with a lift-back hatch.
In profile the car resembles an airplane •
microcar design has been ahead of its time: there was no marketing department to report to •
ARTEM DEZHURKO
VESPA
1957•1961
Designed by Piaggio, the Italian manufacturer of Vespa scooters, and licensed to the French firm ACMA.
The Vespa 400 was produced during the years 1957–1961 •
FUJI CABIN
1955•1958
Working with Fuji, Hitachi produced the Fuji Cabin, a scooter with a polyester cabin. The design was by Ryuichi Tomiya, the greatest of the early Japanese car designers •
