The bubble car design is set for another comeback in the form of the Microlino EV being built in Italy, The original bubble cars were everywhere in my youth & I have fond memories of them.
These updated versions of the city/urban runarounds have already had 24,000 orders placed for them 
Iâd have one in a heartbeat. 
I love it.
I would also have one. I try to keep my commute under 5 miles so they are perfect for me 
Only drawback with the originals if you drove fully into your garage. No reverse gear and a front opening door. There are numerous skeletons still trapped in their garages. Probably.
the maoster:
Only drawback with the originals if you drove fully into your garage. No reverse gear and a front opening door. There are numerous skeletons still trapped in their garages. Probably.
LOL 
lancpudn:
The original bubble cars were everywhere in my youth & I have fond memories of them.
Strange memory not the same as mine and explains a lot.
Challenge you to find any contemporary traffic video or photo evidence, even in central London, which shows that Jaguars and big old school rwd BMCâs, Fords, Vauxhalls Rootes and Rovers werenât far more likely to be seen than any bubble car anywhere.
Carryfast:
lancpudn:
The original bubble cars were everywhere in my youth & I have fond memories of them.Strange memory not the same as mine and explains a lot.
Challenge you to find any contemporary traffic video or photo evidence, even in central London, which shows that Jaguars and big old school rwd BMCâs, Fords, Vauxhalls Rootes and Rovers werenât far more likely to be seen than any bubble car anywhere.
Nowt so posh on our area in the early to mid 60âs, My uncle had the Messerschmitt model & two neighbours had the Isetta models with a fair few 1959 Reliant Regal as well from what I recall.
More motorcycles with sidecars than anything else & a memory of people wearing split screen googles & gauntlets lol
A mate of mine had a Messerschmitt KR200
60-ish mph a few inches above the ground with an air cooled engine roaring over your shoulder was memorable.
200cc 2-stroke engine with electric start. Turn key âwrong wayâ for reverse as fast back as forwards!
Even as low as it was he still managed to roll it, but walked away.
Would be worth a fortune today.
Carryfast:
lancpudn:
The original bubble cars were everywhere in my youth & I have fond memories of them.Strange memory not the same as mine and explains a lot.
Challenge you to find any contemporary traffic video or photo evidence, even in central London, which shows that Jaguars and big old school rwd BMCâs, Fords, Vauxhalls Rootes and Rovers werenât far more likely to be seen than any bubble car anywhere.
I think this is right. My childhood memories of bubble cars were that most people did not care for them. I fear it was because they were German. The mania for BMWs and things German was a long way off still.
the maoster:
Only drawback with the originals if you drove fully into your garage. No reverse gear and a front opening door. There are numerous skeletons still trapped in their garages. Probably.
Only those sold in the UK. This was necessary to allow them to be driven on a UK motorcycle licence.
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Never knew that ^^^^ most of the bikers I hung around with took to Robin Reliants during the winter months.
the maoster:
Never knew that ^^^^ most of the bikers I hung around with took to Robin Reliants during the winter months.
I remember quite a few Bonds about too. With a Villiers 2-stroke I think and incredible turning circles.
Iâm loving this Competizione edition London green model
the maoster:
Never knew that ^^^^ most of the bikers I hung around with took to Robin Reliants during the winter months.
Why do so many people call them Robin Reliants? You wouldnât refer to a Fiesta Ford or a Clio RenaultâŠ?
As an aside, licencing Group changes over the years meant that at different times, those who held only full motorcycle or car licences couldnât drive them.
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Dipster:
Carryfast:
lancpudn:
The original bubble cars were everywhere in my youth & I have fond memories of them.Strange memory not the same as mine and explains a lot.
Challenge you to find any contemporary traffic video or photo evidence, even in central London, which shows that Jaguars and big old school rwd BMCâs, Fords, Vauxhalls Rootes and Rovers werenât far more likely to be seen than any bubble car anywhere.I think this is right. My childhood memories of bubble cars were that most people did not care for them. I fear it was because they were German. The mania for BMWs and things German was a long way off still.
Having grown up around the motor trade in the day Iâd suggest that anything which tries to paint a narrative that the working class of the 1960âs didnât share exactly the same aspirations as executives, regarding car preferences, is politically motivated along recent political narrative lines.
The lowest of the low poverty cars were A35 and A40.Or the retrograde Mini and 1100 if they were cheap enough.
More often Cortina or Austin Cambridge as a stop gap trade in for a Zephyr or Zodiac or Austin Westminster/6110/Princess 3 litre or Cresta with a healthy mix of Rovers and Jaguars and big Triumphs thrown in.
Bubble cars were viewed in the same light as AC Invacars both death traps and an object of derision and only bought and accepted by anyone as a duress sale in the day.
Now itâs either a novelty which soon wears off, or as in this case, a political statement by the usual anti car use suspects and a surrendered automotive industry but hoping to sell a joke for a proper car price.
While the âclassic carâ market hasnât changed in which a decent Zodiac or Cresta or Austin Westminster is now worth more than a 5-10 year old BMW let alone a bubble car.
lancpudn:
Iâm loving this Competizione edition London green model
Until it gets caught in a shunt between two Teslas let alone two 7.5 tonners.The laws of bigger and two doors opening to each side = safer wonât change.
You donât get into a bubble-car; you just put it on 
lancpudn:
The bubble car design is set for another comeback in the form of the Microlino EV being built in Italy, The original bubble cars were everywhere in my youth & I have fond memories of them.
These updated versions of the city/urban runarounds have already had 24,000 orders placed for them
I do actually admit I quite like that, but at 6â2â and 18 stone I donât think it would be for me!
lancpudn:
Nowt so posh on our area in the early to mid 60âs
This looks as posh as anything seen on the streets of Surrey in the day.Not a Bubble Car to be seen.Just the usual 1960âs suspects including the E type following the Zephyr and a preference for 6 pot Triumph Vitesse v Herald at the lower end of the market if they could afford the difference.
Great days a country dragging itself up from the economic wreckage caused by two world wars.
As opposed to the dumbed down Soviet style basket case, reliant on ultra poverty cycle and micro car and public transport, planned for us.
bigstraight6:
lancpudn:
The bubble car design is set for another comeback in the form of the Microlino EV being built in Italy, The original bubble cars were everywhere in my youth & I have fond memories of them.
These updated versions of the city/urban runarounds have already had 24,000 orders placed for them
I do actually admit I quite like that, but at 6â2â and 18 stone I donât think it would be for me!
Daresay someone will offer a roofrackâŠextension on the controls, pair of goggles, and off you go!
Donât forget though itâs only a two-seater, so just like the Smart ForTwo there might actually be quite a bit of room for a larger driver.