Born in the years following World War II as an alternative to motorcycles, microcars remained popular until the 1960s thanks to their low fuel consumption and affordable price and maintenance. The BMW ...

One of the best reasons to attend a race, even if you don't like motorsports, is the near limitless opportunity to go carspotting. Maybe you've seen more than your fair share of predictable exotics ...

If you know the name Messerschmitt, the image that may jump to mind is of a screaming World War II aircraft engaged in a vicious dogfight high over battle-torn Europe. While it is true the German ...

In 1952, German aircraft engineer Fritz Fend presented a design for a Kabinenroller, or Cabin Scooter, to the Messerschmitt aircraft corporation, which had been prohibited from manufacturing aircrafts ...

191-cc two-stroke single, one-barrel, four-speed. Signal red with black vinyl. Older restoration shows paint problems around panel edges and side entry area. Most flat surfaces still shiny, not much ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Microcars. You know, those tiny cars that look like they barely fit one person, typically powered by a motorcycle engine, and most importantly, ...

At first glance, the Messerschmitt KR200 might not seem like the most practical vehicle. Its Lilliputian size and Jetsons proportions hardly make you think it’s the perfect daily car. It doesn’t even ...

A few years back, a German team resurrected the adorable Messerschmitt microcar as an electric-assist two-man Velomobile. At the time, some people wondered why it didn't just skip the pedals, drop a ...

I saw this on the Innovative, Banned, and Unique Racing Cars Facebook page, and it caught my attention like an unnoticed hand on a groin: a Messerschmitt KR200 microcar with a massive, brutal Hemi V8 ...

No, I'm not actually at the controls of a German fighter but if I'm not in a plane, is it a car? Or even a bike? Well neither, really. It's a bubble car, designed by Fritz Fend for the company that ...

After market demand suddenly dried up for ME 109 and ME 262 fighters in 1945, German aircraft maker Messerschmitt began a new battle for survival, building among other things sewing machines and ...