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	The Mighty Microcar by Jim Motavalli
		The microcar is definitely an acquired taste, one that so few Americans acquired back in the day that the cars still look like visitors from another planet, 50 years after they were introduced.
		Microcars were streamlined bubbles that could achieve 80 miles per gallon but struggled to reach 50 miles per hour--even downhill.
		Microcar prices usually start around $1,500 for a "basket case" Isetta and zoom upwards to $40,000 for an ultra-rare four-stroke Messerschmitt Tiger, but hordes of running and driving cars are available in the $10,000 range.
	www.electrifyingtimes.com /microcar.html (489 words)

	Microcar-Zenn Introduced In The UK
		The market leader in microcars, and the company that gave its name to the genre, Microcar, is now to introduce the award winning* ZENN to the UK – which is to be the lead European country for the company’s EV thrust - in both two and four seater form.
		Microcar compact low-emission urban vehicles are manufactured in France and distributed in the UK through over 60 dealerships by Microcar UK.
		Microcar compact low- and zero-emission urban vehicles are manufactured at an ultra-modern plant located 30 minutes drive from the city of Nantes in western France, by Microcar SA, a member of the Bénéteau group.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2006/07/16/014906.html (816 words)

	Green Car Congress: Chinese Microcar with Italian Design for European Markets
		Like other microcars, the MyCar is meant only as a short-range city street vehicle—and is regulated by a different ruleset than for larger cars.
		These microcars are technically light quadricycles, governed by EU directive 2002/24/CE which sets out three fundamental criteria: speed, empty weight and maximum power.
		MyCar is a new challenger for car makers such as Aixam, JDM or MicroCar (yes, it's brand).
	www.greencarcongress.com /2006/01/chinese_microca.html (1307 words)

	Museum Information
		The microcar, a vehicle born out of need, was a child of its time and became the symbol of a people's spirit.
		The microcar or "bubble car" came to symbolize this period of renewed energy and pulling together.
		The Museum Collection is primarily focused on Microcars in the late 1940's- pre-1964 range with Engine sizes of 700cc or less (many are 250cc and 50cc) and 2 doors or less.
	www.microcarmuseum.com /info.html (500 words)

	Car Bus Demonstrator,carbus,smart car, microcar, mass transit,autobus, vehicle mass transit
		As the microcar becomes popular, the 92’-long O-Bahn (German) bus could be converted to a microcar transporter by replacing the body structure with a double-deck configuration: 16/deck for a favored for total of 32.
		The weight of the microcars, containing up to 128 passengers in the four-passenger model, is exchanged for the 158 passengers, their seats, and air conditioning equipment of the passenger-only version.
		It is not reasonable to expect clusters of microcars, based on a common destination station, to arrive simultaneously at the departure station along with their assigned transporter.
	faculty.washington.edu /jbs/itrans/petrie_paper.htm (2624 words)

	Isetta Microcar \| Strange Vehicles
		Milan based refrigerator manufacturer Rennzo Rivolta of Isotherm created the Isetta microcar in 1953.
		In 1955 he sold the licence to manufacture the Isetta in Germany to BMW leading to the BMW Isetta.
		Interestingly although the BMW Isetta sold far better than the Velam Isetta many consider Velam's design to be superior.
	www.diseno-art.com /encyclopedia/strange_vehicles/isetta_microcar.html (100 words)

	Microcar Details, Meaning Microcar Article and Explanation Guide
		Microcars are usually designed and produced for economic purposes when materials are scarce and/or fuel is scarce and expensive.
		Many microcar designs flourished in post-World War II Europe, particularly in Germany, where former military aircraft manufacturers such as Messerschmitt and Heinkel were prominent microcar makers.
		These are known as keicars and differ from most of the European microcars in that they are typically designed and built as scaled-down versions of very traditional car configurations, while European microcar designs tend to be unorthodox and sometimes bizarre.
	www.e-paranoids.com /m/mi/microcar.html (282 words)

	Microcar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Microcars are usually designed and produced for economic purposes when materials and heavy equipment are scarce or fuel is scarce and expensive.
		Microcars built in Europe after World War I were often motorcycle based and referred to as "cycle cars".
		Another name for microcar is Station Car, where the intended use is to travel from a suburban home to an interurban transit station or Park and Ride lot where the vehicle remains until the operator returns from the commute to and from the workplace.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Microcar (1245 words)

	ARBÖ :: Microcar
		April 2002 muss bei Microcars rückwärts ein Aufkleber „45“ angebracht werden.
		Microcars erhalten ein Mopedkennzeichen, dass rückwärts im Bereich der Kennzeichenleuchte zu montieren ist.
		Microcars unterliegen sowie jedes Kraftfahrzeug der § 57a Wiederkehrenden Begutachtung.
	www.arboe.or.at /2178.html (186 words)

	Marca Motor
		Microcar acaba de lanzar el nuevo MC2, un modelo en un color plata aluminio y azul claro metalizado, que gracias a sus dimensiones de 3.07 m de largo se convierte en el microcoche más grande jamás construido.
		Como todos los Microcar el nuevo MC2 tiene motor diesel, velocidad limitada a 45 km/h y se conduce sólo con licencia de ciclomotor, con el aliciente de que presenta los mismos acabados que un turismo convencional.
		Microcar MC2 está disponible desde 11.558 € IVA incluido.
	www.marca.com /edicion/marca/marca_motor/lo_mas_nuevo/es/desarrollo/506310.html (350 words)

	microcar's Profile:
		To get connected to microcar and be able to share personal albums, write testimonials and grow your network, click here to send an invitation.
		microcar i think a good person nice and very accurate of his self.
		Microcar is a kind of person that we can easily approach in my own judgement for him because i don't him in person.
	friendfinder.com /p/member.cgi?&site_tab=social&mid=8208199_23506 (211 words)

	Microcar \| The Choice for Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Microcar is part of the BÃ©nÃ©teau Group, one of the leading names in the leisure sector and a world leader in sailing equipment.
		With a market presence in almost 30 countries and installations on both sides of the Atlantic, every brand within the group benefits fully from the groupâs international position, its know-how and a perfect combination of all its many skills.
		The technology and expertise of sail boat manufacture has been transferred to Microcar enabling the toughest and safest product, to exacting production standards ISO9002.
	www.greenfleetawards.co.uk /microcar (145 words)

	La Repubblica/Auto: il supplemento
		Microcar, minicar, si chiamano così i nuovi gusci a motore che stanno occupando le grandi città italiane.
		E infatti da Roma le microcar stanno conquistando altre metropoli.
		Vuoi mettere: non serve la patente, le piazzi dove vuoi, soprattutto danno una casa, una specie di cartoccio in vetroresina, ai nostri figli, ai quali davanti alla torta del compleanno abbiamo fatto il giuramento dei genitori moderni, ma: «Chiedici tutto, ma non il motorino».
	www.repubblica.it /auto/supplemento/20011215/42afavo.html (569 words)

	The Microcar Concept
		A 'microcar' is an enclosed automobile built on a very small and light scale.
		It's a sort of half-car, which fits into your life as an addition to a larger car, or to public transportation, either of which will meet your long-range and high speed travel needs.
		In this respect, a microcar is similar to an electric car: It does a limited job more economically.
	mysite.verizon.net /vze6omtd/jorysquibb/id9.html (740 words)

	MORGAN COUNTY CITIZEN: Vespa and microcar rally draws visitors (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Beginnning near the Bruce Weiner (Dubble Bubble) Microcar Museum south of Madison on US-441, over a hundred of the peculiar vehicles descended on downtown Madison’s East Jefferson Street near the courthouse from 2 to 5 p.m., providing onlookers with an exhibition of rather unconventional transportation and meanwhile pumping some money into the local economy.
		"We’re looking for scooter people to become interested in microcars and microcar people to become interested in scooters," said Jim Janecek, the Microcar and Minicar Club’s webmaster and rally master for the weekend’s festivities, as well as the proud owner of a BMW Isetta.
		The mini- and microcars date back to early in the evolution of the automobile, but their popularity burgeoned in Europe from the second World War until the 1970s.
	morgancountycitizen.com /gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid:652 (468 words)

	Indiacar News-Microcar launches Zenn EV into UK market
		The UK is to be the lead European market for Microcar-ZENN, an electric microcar manufactured in France and developed in partnership with Canadian company Feel Good Cars - in both two- and four-seater form.
		With a targeted 60 mile range on a full charge under typical urban driving conditions and a top speed "in excess of the average urban level", the Microcar-ZENN's importer says it offers many of the features that have hitherto been missing from the sub-£8,000 EV market, including regenerative braking and optional lithium ion battery power.
		Microcar UK also distributes petrol-powered compact low-emission urban vehicles (quadricycles, for type approval purposes) manufactured in France in both two and four seat versions that offer fuel efficiencies of 60-plus mpg, starting at on the road prices of £6,495.
	www.indiacar.com /xnewdet.asp?id=n35415 (159 words)

	Lightfoot Cycles - Products
		The MicroCar is a two-seat quad, somewhat similar to the Lightfoot
		The MicroCar has a compound-gear transmission, which provides a wider range of gear ratios than does the Duo; the MicroCar thus has very low gear choices (as low as 9 gear inches) and can climb even very steep hills.
		With its car-like layout, with wheels to the outside of the riders, the MicroCar is more stable with a single rider and can be ridden extensively solo.
	www.lightfootcycles.com /microcar.htm (390 words)

	M • i • C • R • O --- 1st Ever sri Lankan Car
		The goal of MicroCars International is to license the MicroCar Manufacturing/Assembly Technology to qualified licenses in other countries of the world.
		MicroCars International also serves as a marketing consulting to new Licensee helping them develop and implement strategies to work with the local government, financial institutions and others to promote and sell their product.
		MicroCars provides consulting to the Licensee once engaged on engineering the plant, the procurement and management of materials, the training of workers and employees, equipment sales, certain products sales, manuals, quality control and technical assistance.
	www.microcars.lk /international.htm (584 words)

	Microcar and Minicar Classic - Links
		Microcars and minicars had their real heyday after WWII, when war-damaged economies had to start small.
		This is because most evolved from war torn aircraft factories which were prohibited from building airplanes after the war but still employed some of the finest and most experienced aircraft engineers.
		Most microcars sported one or two cylinder motorcycle or motorscooter engines (usually two stroke designs), and often evolved in three wheeled configurations to take full advantage of favorable tax treatment under loopholes originally designed for motorcycle/sidecar rigs.
	www.bubbledrome.org /mm_link.htm (245 words)

	Microcar. About Microcar. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum microcars, bmw isetta, messerschmitt...
		The microcar, a vehicle born out of need, was a child of its time and became the symbol of a...
		After TEN years, it's one of the finest meets in the land for microcars and minicars, their owners, and all the people who enjoy them.
	autoclan.com /Microcar (256 words)

	WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: DIY 100 MPG Microcar (Site not responding. Last check: )
		September 28, 2006 12:40 PM Maine gadgeteer Jory Squibb has posted plans on his site for Moonbeam, a "microcar" design based on heavy modification of a couple of motorcyces that Squibb has created and implemented.
		Squibb's plans are not copyrighted, and he encourages his site readers to attempt to build their own microcar.
		While this solution is obviously not for everyone (Squibb estimates the project cost him $2500 and took 1000 hours of labor), but it's exciting to see people working with low-tech and relatively low-cost solutions to energy and traffic problems.
	www.worldchanging.com /archives/004997.html (463 words)

	Feel Good Cars, Microcar and ITAQ Participate in the 2006 Michelin Bibendum Challenge
		We feel that there is a tremendous potential for the ZENN in Europe and that the ZENN will be an integral part of a massive shift towards positive, inexpensive, zero emission urban transportation solutions" Mr.
		Since 1982 MICROCAR has been producing fuel efficient, lightweight micro-vehicles mostly for the European market.
		ITAQ is collegial technology transfer center and offers research and development, technological transfer, strategic information and training services to organizations involved in the development of sustainable transportation technologies.
	www.ccnmatthews.com /news/releases.Controller?action=check4Cookies&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=598511 (827 words)

	Microcar and Minicar Classic - Schedule
		This is a great time to get acquainted and see some terrific microcars buzzing all around the neighborhood.
		The field will be buzzing with activity as we play "Microcar Games", and volunteers give rides to an appreciative public, to help raise the awareness of our unique vehicles.
		Many of the local spectators have never seen a Microcar, so expect a strong "gawk effect." TV news coverage is likely.
	www.bubbledrome.com /mm_sked.htm (702 words)

	ZAP sees electric car boom, additional microcar sales - The Boston Globe
		DETROIT -- ZAP, a California company looking to develop a market for electric vehicles, said it was nearing $1 million in orders for a Chinese-built battery-powered car it has begun selling in the United States.
		that it's bringing its Smart microcar to the United States in 2008 still leaves his company another full year to sell its modified version of that vehicle, the subject of a legal clash between the companies.
		ZAP has been selling the German automaker's Smart cars in the United States after modifying the tiny cars to meet US regulatory standards, including meeting more stringent crash safety standards.
	www.boston.com /cars/news/articles/2006/07/09/zap_sees_electric_car_boom_additional_microcar_sales (531 words)

	Microcar Photos \| MetaFilter
		September 7, 2006 2:44 PM Microcars are cool.
		Because while the little 1970's microcars are indeed cool, I want something with a bit more, you know, ability to scare the hell out of a passenger.
		This microcar (no idea what kind it is) was incredibly popular in Amsterdam.
	www.metafilter.com /54593/Microcar-Photos (952 words)

	Microcar - A new way to drive
		Microcar introduces new 2006 model year cars, with new colours.
		Microcar UK announce with great pleasure the introduction of
		The long wheel base models are the largest models ever produced by Microcar, with true 4 seat and wide door entry, Microcar clearly is the leader for space, refinement and performance in this sector.
	www.micro-car.co.uk (220 words)

	Automobiles and aeroplanes: Heinkel - 4Car Feature - from Channel 4
		The bubble cars - tiny two-seaters with a front-opening windscreen/door - were mostly three-wheelers, with two wheels up front and one to the rear, though a handful of four-wheeled examples were made, and there were even a few vans and convertibles.
		The Heinkel microcar was eventually built in Germany, Argentina, Ireland and England.
		Its factory in Purley Way, Croydon, made right-hand drive cars, sold under the brand name of Trojan in the UK (avoiding the use of a name associated with German war-planes), but by the mid-1960s the microcars were uncompetitive against the revolutionary Mini and its followers, and production ended in summer 1964.
	www.channel4.com /4car/ft/feature/retrospective/5934/1 (449 words)

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