I know what you�re thinking. You�re thinking, �I really wish I could get a car as odd-looking, frail and evil-handling as the classic BMW Isetta, but with all the drawbacks of electric power!�
Well, friends, have we got the Vietnamese cars for you! Harrington Group, makers of assorted oddball reproduction parts (P1800 bumpers, 2CV interior kits), has put together the first example of what they�re calling a Harrington BB.
And while it may look like an Isetta - exactly like an Isetta, including the plaid interior - it is, in fact, a completely new car from the ground up, with rack-and-pinion steering, steel tube chassis and four wheel hub electric motors. The BMW genes go deep, however, and it sports the Isetta�s white wheel and single dial control panel, and woeful swing axle rear suspension.
According to Harrington, they�re aiming for a (faster) production version for 2009; a hybrid; and assorted other electric 3- and 4-wheelers.
Electric Henkel, anyone?
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