yeah i wonder why not more cars were made like this... why its always side by side for 2 person when this configuration would brings so much less drag and so fuel burn reduction
In my youth I had 3, all KR200s. Getting rid of them and going to a Mini seemed a good idea at the time, but now thinking back I wish I had kept at least 1 of my Schmitties.
Yes, the KR 175 and the KR 200 had Fichtel and Sachs engines, but the car was designed by Fendt and eventually he bought the whole car factory (as messerschmidt was again allowed to do aeroplanes) and Fendt came up with the Tiger
What a sensible review. So much better than certain types just making a joke of them! I bought my first Messerschmitt in 1974 for £42. The £2 was for the battery! Had it for 30 years.
@@beautgrainger147 Not as good as you might think. About 40 to 50 maybe. But you work the engines hard, they like to rev. And being air cooled its no good driving them at low revs in high gear to economise.
@@beautgrainger147 They are good engines, they used to need decoking after a few thousand miles but I imagine with modern oils and fuel that perhaps is longer. They are well made and easy to take apart, faultless really. I suppose the clutch wasn't quite up to a three wheeler so springs would need changing every so often, small things, again an easy job. Everything can be done roadside if necessary. They make a very pleasant noise too!
Never seen the four-wheeler! But an electric one would be awesome! There would have to be a F/X button: it could go "rwooowr-rat-a-tat". And a red one that went "ka-BOOMwhaaaaawr bwwwww". Traffic wouldn't be so bad.... 😎
Kelvin Reyes Something this small would never pass modern safety testing. Any crash fast enough to dent the car would probably dent the occupants too. Also, they'd be a complete liability with today's 45 ton trucks and bendy buses. After all, what you're proposing isn't that different to 1985's Sinclair C5, and the safety concerns of 30 years ago killed that off.
the safest scooter of all times. it requires the fuel for a single person alone. just look many car are driven with all their 3 sits empty!!!! by the way i ve met this car in the british masterpiece movie brazil released in 1985
Season? you mean series? where do you live lol. I have an ep of Top Gear from the 2nd October 1997, where Tony Mason talks to the people who make (or used to make?) Bubble Cars in Preston in Lancashire. Anyone know if this company is still around? I'm guessing they went out of business years ago. Why make a replica bubble car when the real ones cost about the same?. I think in the 97 ep Mason says real Bubble Cars cost 20 grand, you can still buy one for that now. I can't believe people pay that kind of money.
Had 3 in my youth....you could pick one up for less than £50. 70/gall...I'd have one tomorrow.......but like all other things. once they become an "Icon" the cost of one soars.
I can't believe people pay upwards of 15 grand for one, ridiculous, they aint worth that kind of money. But, like everything else in the classic car world, it could be a mundane, "timewarp" shopping trolley Austin Metro from the 80s or something more exciting and exotic and people will pay daft money for one. People are lured by some of these motors because their aunt, dad etc had one when they were kids, and so they want to relive those days. But when they've bought their pride and joy, most of the time the car ends up sitting in the garage most of the year, occasionally coming out for a show.
the one i rode is in orignal two tone red n white jaja. We managed to get up a easy hill... just! jaja i was young and it was full with one adult driver and two children i was one of the children jajaja was great fun and classic engineering the aircraft was more impressive but i got to ride in the road version! god times as a kid :) ps the one i rode in had a solid co pilot cover and was what i think looked like a streamline version all original mind you i think! ;) great fun! and very interesting
i always find it funny how the girl reporters on old top gear always sound like they are reading off a sheet of paper and dont sound like they know what they on about at same time lol
A West German law allowing cars of certain limits of measure and engine size (kinda like the Kei cars in Japan) to be titled and taxed as motorcycles rather than autos (also allowed for not requiring an auto license, just a simpler and less expensive motorcycle one) made it easier for certain manufacturers to enter that market (even BMW made a JV with Isetta of Italy for the namesaked "bubble car"), but for West German airplane manufacturers was even more important as the WWII Armistice Treaty didn't allow them to make any airplanes 'til '55.
BMW went into a joint venture with Isetta of Italy to make that one... BMW was more famous for motorcycles, which they could build immediately after WWII.
At least the cars appear to have been made in the same factory that made the airplanes (by a company of someone related to the family of the airplane manufacturer's owner) and had to use the factory for something since via the WWII Armistice they couldn't make airplanes until '55. Also European laws allowing for titling and taxing of these "bubble car sized" vehicles as motorcycles helped sell them in Western Europe. They helped mobilize Europe after WWII, but weren't as successful as their bigger brothers from more established marques like VW (Beetle), Renault (Dauphine), Peugeot, Citroen (2CV), Fiat (500) and BMC (Mini).
designed by willi messerscmitt for disable air men thus wheel set up, open top place crutch,s either side lower yourself in place crutches over front mudguards..push ends forward to secure arm part of crutch in door handle close lid, seat tandem same as aircraft,..wider at front due to dropping in & not missing seat, steering set up same as aircraft, across bars....first badged as an FDR but ran into legal probs, rear engine hood, easy as your on crutch,s or stick, Gunter Sachs 175 or 200cc two stroke engine, low ground height used slip streaming idea, claimed top speed 67 mph caught on in UK like most 3 wheel cars..( not reliant as this was always designed to be a car since 1930,s )...as the Suez crisis ..tankers went around Africa not thro Suez , petrol went up in price a tax which in UK was never taken off,....thus they came & went..the Kabine Rollier.......I used to work at Hans Cons at wharf road Brixton..building...yup...KR,s....these were the major importers in the uk,....even the actor Kenny Moore drove one in a film, & Richard Widmark...alo amongst others...oakey doakey....
I would drive any of those in a SECOND. Wow, those look like so much fun!
No joke, I am being serious.
Me too! these are cool
yeah i wonder why not more cars were made like this... why its always side by side for 2 person when this configuration would brings so much less drag and so fuel burn reduction
Even now in 2021 I’d still love a convertible Tiger 500. These little cars look like loads of fun and would be an adventure in themselves to drive.
"now, it's worth even more than a mazda MX5" ... yes, just a little :)
Probably its' collectability value...
There in 2021 they’d be even more expensive.
In my youth I had 3, all KR200s. Getting rid of them and going to a Mini seemed a good idea at the time, but now thinking back I wish I had kept at least 1 of my Schmitties.
As funky and weird as they look I bet they're fun to drive on a summer's day.
The hatch is like a Bf-109's, the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Yes, the KR 175 and the KR 200 had Fichtel and Sachs engines, but the car was designed by Fendt and eventually he bought the whole car factory (as messerschmidt was again allowed to do aeroplanes) and Fendt came up with the Tiger
What a sensible review. So much better than certain types just making a joke of them! I bought my first Messerschmitt in 1974 for £42. The £2 was for the battery! Had it for 30 years.
Kinda curious, what was the mpg like?
@@beautgrainger147 Not as good as you might think. About 40 to 50 maybe. But you work the engines hard, they like to rev. And being air cooled its no good driving them at low revs in high gear to economise.
@@cook5381 that doesn't sound too bad tbf, as engines were still getting more economical upto about the early 2000's
@@beautgrainger147 They are good engines, they used to need decoking after a few thousand miles but I imagine with modern oils and fuel that perhaps is longer. They are well made and easy to take apart, faultless really. I suppose the clutch wasn't quite up to a three wheeler so springs would need changing every so often, small things, again an easy job. Everything can be done roadside if necessary. They make a very pleasant noise too!
Wow. Clarkson had very long hair and a very high pitched voice back then. Or is that May?
They look great fun. I want one!!
Gracias por compartir este vídeo de uno de mis coches preferidos!!!! el Me KR 200 !!!!
People in Germany called it "Schneewittchen Sarg" (Snow White´s Coffin).
I think the Messerschmidt cars are really cool.
Original called
in Germany
"Messerschmidt
Kabinenroller." 😇
Actually VW did experiment with a similar car to this but with a microscopic diesel engine. The concept of a car this size enhances fuel efficiency.
Never seen the four-wheeler! But an electric one would be awesome!
There would have to be a F/X button: it could go "rwooowr-rat-a-tat". And a red one that went "ka-BOOMwhaaaaawr bwwwww".
Traffic wouldn't be so bad.... 😎
Messerschmitt, not Meschersmitt ....
We need a.comeback but with electric power
Kelvin Reyes Something this small would never pass modern safety testing. Any crash fast enough to dent the car would probably dent the occupants too. Also, they'd be a complete liability with today's 45 ton trucks and bendy buses. After all, what you're proposing isn't that different to 1985's Sinclair C5, and the safety concerns of 30 years ago killed that off.
They make an electric version of the Peel P50!
dont think about it as a car, think more motorcycle like. No problem with tests that way.
Renault Twizy is the closest your getting
BritishCommentWriter golf carts are street legal in many places
Dat song xD
Schmitts are very cool. I love bubbles
Einfach nur genial...
Good looking, fun, and more economical than a Prius- they should start making these again.
Had this car Citroen 2cv suspension the lean notorious in 2cv would be perfect combination of car and motorcycle.
why "meschersmitt" and not "messerschmitt"?
Aldbury, recognised the pond and stocks...
No the engine was made by Fitchell and Sachs 191cc.
the safest scooter of all times. it requires the fuel for a single person alone. just look many car are driven with all their 3 sits empty!!!! by the way i ve met this car in the british masterpiece movie brazil released in 1985
Season? you mean series? where do you live lol. I have an ep of Top Gear from the 2nd October 1997, where Tony Mason talks to the people who make (or used to make?) Bubble Cars in Preston in Lancashire. Anyone know if this company is still around? I'm guessing they went out of business years ago. Why make a replica bubble car when the real ones cost about the same?. I think in the 97 ep Mason says real Bubble Cars cost 20 grand, you can still buy one for that now. I can't believe people pay that kind of money.
I was not knowing its very old show..
Had 3 in my youth....you could pick one up for less than £50. 70/gall...I'd have one tomorrow.......but like all other things. once they become an "Icon" the cost of one soars.
I can't believe people pay upwards of 15 grand for one, ridiculous, they aint worth that kind of money. But, like everything else in the classic car world, it could be a mundane, "timewarp" shopping trolley Austin Metro from the 80s or something more exciting and exotic and people will pay daft money for one. People are lured by some of these motors because their aunt, dad etc had one when they were kids, and so they want to relive those days. But when they've bought their pride and joy, most of the time the car ends up sitting in the garage most of the year, occasionally coming out for a show.
My God she is beautiful!
woman or car? both are objects either way!
Giuliano BassWarrior thoughts?
Look out for Messerschmitt "Kabinenroller" in Germany. You can find one sometimes, like on the website classic-meile dot de for example.
It will be more as every rusted hulk has now been dragged out of the barn and restored.
600 left 20 years ago, wonder what that figure is now.
Figure less than half that or the vicinity of 300 as they have had collectability for a while already...
Messerschmitt should have tried to make a sports car like a ye'olde Ferrari or Maserati ... but who could have known
the one i rode is in orignal two tone red n white jaja. We managed to get up a easy hill... just! jaja i was young and it was full with one adult driver and two children i was one of the children jajaja was great fun and classic engineering the aircraft was more impressive but i got to ride in the road version! god times as a kid :)
ps the one i rode in had a solid co pilot cover and was what i think looked like a streamline version all original mind you i think! ;) great fun! and very interesting
I concur!!!
that's my mum. Yes mum.
Oh really? Give us an update about life. I hope you and your family doing well
I want one for my first car paint it black give it a flame job and hot rod the engine just at least 100 mph
i always find it funny how the girl reporters on old top gear always sound like they are reading off a sheet of paper and dont sound like they know what they on about at same time lol
Can someone explain to me why german airplane factories where making smal little cars after ww2?
becaus also heinkel dit this after the war
A West German law allowing cars of certain limits of measure and engine size (kinda like the Kei cars in Japan) to be titled and taxed as motorcycles rather than autos (also allowed for not requiring an auto license, just a simpler and less expensive motorcycle one) made it easier for certain manufacturers to enter that market (even BMW made a JV with Isetta of Italy for the namesaked "bubble car"), but for West German airplane manufacturers was even more important as the WWII Armistice Treaty didn't allow them to make any airplanes 'til '55.
because they were forbidden by allied countries to continue making aircraft
mark beadsworth as they were also when the war broke out. They just didn’t listen very well
Очень красивая машинка и девушка.
sweet
so German airplane makers started making cars? Isn't that what happened to BMW?
BMW went into a joint venture with Isetta of Italy to make that one... BMW was more famous for motorcycles, which they could build immediately after WWII.
This wasn't made by Messerschmitt. The name was borrowed only.
At least the cars appear to have been made in the same factory that made the airplanes (by a company of someone related to the family of the airplane manufacturer's owner) and had to use the factory for something since via the WWII Armistice they couldn't make airplanes until '55.
Also European laws allowing for titling and taxing of these "bubble car sized" vehicles as motorcycles helped sell them in Western Europe. They helped mobilize Europe after WWII, but weren't as successful as their bigger brothers from more established marques like VW (Beetle), Renault (Dauphine), Peugeot, Citroen (2CV), Fiat (500) and BMC (Mini).
I want one 😁😁
I want the Helen.
Sell it to me please .......!!!!!!!!
where and how much?
two t's, no D.
designed by willi messerscmitt for disable air men thus wheel set up, open top place crutch,s either side lower yourself in place crutches over front mudguards..push ends forward to secure arm part of crutch in door handle close lid, seat tandem same as aircraft,..wider at front due to dropping in & not missing seat, steering set up same as aircraft, across bars....first badged as an FDR but ran into legal probs, rear engine hood, easy as your on crutch,s or stick, Gunter Sachs 175 or 200cc two stroke engine, low ground height used slip streaming idea, claimed top speed 67 mph caught on in UK like most 3 wheel cars..( not reliant as this was always designed to be a car since 1930,s )...as the Suez crisis ..tankers went around Africa not thro Suez , petrol went up in price a tax which in UK was never taken off,....thus they came & went..the Kabine Rollier.......I used to work at Hans Cons at wharf road Brixton..building...yup...KR,s....these were the major importers in the uk,....even the actor Kenny Moore drove one in a film, & Richard Widmark...alo amongst others...oakey doakey....
Designed by Fritz Fend. First badged with Augsburg Eagle but, following trouble with Mercedes, changed to FMR.
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"meschesmith"
I prefer Spitfier
Could you imagine getting in accident with a hummer in one of those?
hummer driver dies instantly... no its not a joke hummers are extremely unsafe.
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IT Look Like a frog😂
Messerschmitt didn't make the engine - Fendt did.
Wankel.
Go have a baby lady!
the human race is deterioating
calm down mate, its just a bubble car