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Country | Automobile Name | Manufacturer | Engine Make/Capacity | Seats | Year | Other information |
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GDR | Trabant P50 / 500 | VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke, Zwickau | 500 cc | 4 | 1959–1963 | [1] [2] |
GDR | Trabant P60 / 600 | VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke, Zwickau | 600 cc | 4 | 1962–1964 | [2] |
GDR | Trabant 601 | VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke, Zwickau | 600 cc | 4 | 1964–1990 | [2] |
GDR | Zwickau P70 saloon | VEB Automobilwerk Zwickau (AWZ), Zwickau | 684 cc | 4 | 1955–1959 | [1] [2] |
GDR | Zwickau P70 coupe | VEB Automobilwerk Zwickau (AWZ), Zwickau | 684 cc | 2 | 1955–1959 | [1] [2] |
Germany | AWS Shopper | Automobilwerk Shopper GmbH, West Berlin (Rudow) | Glas 247 cc | 2 | 1970–1974 | Used chassis and engine from Goggomobile T250 [1] [3] |
Germany | BMW Isetta Motocoupé (250) | Bayerische Motoren-Werke AG, Munich | BMW 247 cc | 2 | 1955–1957 | [4] |
Germany | BMW Isetta 300 | Bayerische Motoren-Werke AG, Munich | BMW 295 cc | 2 | 1956–1962 | [4] |
Germany | BMW 600 | Bayerische Motoren-Werke AG, Munich | BMW 582 cc | 4 | 1957–1960 | [4] |
Germany | BMW 700 | Bayerische Motoren-Werke AG, Munich | BMW 697 cc | 4 | 1959–1965 | [4] |
Germany | Brütsch "Spatz" | Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | Fichtel & Sachs 191 cc | 3 | 1954–1955 | [5] |
Germany | Brütsch Zwerg | Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | Fichtel & Sachs 191 cc | 2 | 1955–1956 | [5] |
Germany | Brütsch Zwerg - Einsitzer | Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | DKW Hobby 74 cc | 3 | 1955–1956 | [5] |
Germany | Brütsch Mopetta | Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | Fichtel & Sachs 49 cc | 1 | 1956–1958 | [5] |
Germany | Brütsch Rollera | Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | Fichtel & Sachs 98 cc | 1 | 1956–1958 | [5] |
Germany | Brütsch Bussard | Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | Fichtel & Sachs 191 cc | 2 | 1956–1958 | [5] |
Germany | Brütsch Pfeil | Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | Lloyd 386 cc | 2 | 1956–1958 | [5] |
Germany | Brütsch V2 | Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | Fichtel & Sachs 98 cc or Maico 247 cc | 2 | 1956–1958 | [5] |
Germany | Brütsch V2-N | Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | Fiat 500 479 cc | 2 | 1958 | [5] |
Germany | C.A.M. | Carl Amesmaier, Munich | Lloyd 293 cc or Zundapp 598 cc | 1951–1956 | [1] | |
Germany | Champion | Hermann Holbein, Blaustein (Herrlingen), Baden-Württemberg | Triumph 196 cc | 2 | 1946 | [6] |
Germany | Champion Ch-1 | Hermann Holbein, Blaustein (Herrlingen), Baden-Württemberg | Triumph 198 cc | 2 | 1949 | [6] |
Germany | Champion Ch-2 | Hermann Holbein, Blaustein (Herrlingen), Baden-Württemberg | Triumph 248 cc | 2 | 1949 | [6] |
Germany | Champion 250 | Champion Automobil GmbH, Paderborn, NRW | Triumph 248 cc | 2 | 1950–1951 | [6] |
Germany | Champion 250S | Champion Automobil GmbH, Paderborn, NRW | Triumph 248 cc | 2 | 1950–1951 | [6] |
Germany | Champion 400 | Champion Automobil GmbH, Paderborn, NRW | ILO 398 cc | 2 | 1951–1953 | [6] See also de:Champion (Auto) |
Germany | Champion 400 H | Rheinische Automobilfabrik, Hennhöfer & Co, Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate | Heinkel 396 cc | 2 | 1953–1954 | [6] |
Germany | Champion 500 G | Rheinische Automobilfabrik, Hennhöfer & Co, Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate | Heinkel 452 cc | 4 | 1953–1954 | [6] |
Germany | Condor | Fahrzeugwerk Weidner, Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg | Heinkel 677 cc | 1957–1958 | [1] | |
Germany | Cuno Bistram | Cuno Bistram | 146 cc | 1 | 1954 | About 50 cars were made [1] |
Germany | DKW F89 Meisterklasse | Auto Union GmbH, Düsseldorf;Ingolstadt | DKW 690 cc | 4 | 1950–1952 | [1] |
Germany | Dornier Delta | Dornier GmbH, Munich, Bavaria | ILO 197 cc | 4 | 1955 | Prototype designed by Claudius Dornier with the aim of diversifying Dornier's range of products. This design formed the basis for the Zündapp Janus [6] |
Germany | Dornier Delta II | Dornier GmbH, Munich, Bavaria | Glas 392 cc | 2 | 1969 | Prototype [6] |
Germany | Dornier Delta II G | Dornier GmbH, Munich, Bavaria | Steyr-Daimler-Puch 493 cc | 2 | 1971 | Prototype [6] |
Germany | Dornier Delta 2e | Dornier GmbH, Munich, Bavaria | electric motor | 2 | 1972 | Prototype [6] |
Germany | Econom "Teddy" | Econom-Fahrzeugbau, Hellmuth Butenuth, Spandau, Berlin | ILO 245 cc | 2+1 in a dicky seat | 1950 | Prototype, only three produced [6] See also de:Econom |
Germany | Fend Flitzer | Fend Kraftfahrzeug GmbH, Rosenheim | Victoria 38 cc | 1 | 1948–1949 | About 30 cars produced [6] |
Germany | Fend Flitzer | Fend Kraftfahrzeug GmbH, Rosenheim | Fichtel & Sachs 98 cc | 1 | 1949–1950 | 98 cars produced [6] |
Germany | Fend Flitzer | Fend Kraftfahrzeug GmbH, Rosenheim | Riedel 98 cc | 1 | 1950–1951 | 154 cars produced. Work had commenced on a two-seater model when the company joined forces with Messerschmitt. The car eventually appeared as the Messerschmitt KR175 [6] |
Germany | FMR Tg500 | Fahrzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH, Regensburg | Fichtel & Sachs 494 cc (30.1 cu in) | 2 (tandem) | 1958–1961 | Often erroneously referred to as the Messerschmitt TG500 or the Messerschmitt Tiger. FMR had the rights to continue using the Messerschmitt name and logo on the KR200 when they took over production, but did not have the rights to use them on any other vehicle. [7] |
Germany | Fuldamobil | Also made under licence in Argentina (as the Bambi), Chile (as the Nobel), Netherlands (as the Bambino), South Africa, Sweden (as the Fram King Fulda), Greece (as the Attica and also the Alta, India (as the Hans Vahaar) and United Kingdom (as the Nobel). | ||||
Germany | Goggomobil | Glas | ||||
Germany | Goliath | |||||
Germany | Heinkel Kabine | |||||
Germany | Kleinschnittger | |||||
Germany | Lloyd | |||||
Germany | Maico MC 400/H | Maico-Fahrzeugfabrik, Ammerbuch (Pfäffingen), Baden-Württemberg | Heinkel 396 cc | 2 | 1955–1956 | [6] |
Germany | Maico MC 400 G | Maico-Fahrzeugfabrik, Ammerbuch (Pfäffingen), Baden-Württemberg | Heinkel 452 cc | 4 | 1955–1956 | [6] |
Germany | Maico MC 400/4 | Maico-Fahrzeugfabrik, Ammerbuch (Pfäffingen), Baden-Württemberg | Heinkel 396 cc | 4 | 1956-1956 | [6] |
Germany | Maico MC 500/4 | Maico-Fahrzeugfabrik, Ammerbuch (Pfäffingen), Baden-Württemberg | Heinkel 452 cc | 4 | 1956–1957 | [6] |
Germany | Maico 500 Sport | Maico-Fahrzeugfabrik, Ammerbuch (Pfäffingen), Baden-Württemberg | Heinkel 452 cc | 2 | 1957 | [6] |
Germany | Messerschmitt KR175 | Messerschmitt AG | Fichtel & Sachs 174 cc (10.6 cu in) | 2 (tandem) | 1953–1955 | Briefly assembled under license by Mi-Val of Brescia, Italy as the Mi-Val Mivalino [8] |
Germany | Messerschmitt KR200 | Messerschmitt AG Fahrzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH, Regensburg (FMR) | Fichtel & Sachs 191 cc (11.7 cu in) | 2 (tandem) | 1955–1964 | Messerschmitt sold their factory to FMR in 1956. FMR retained the right to use the Messerschmitt name and logo on the KR200. [7] |
Germany | Meyra | |||||
Germany | NSU Prinz | NSU Motorenwerke AG | ||||
Germany | Smart EV | |||||
Germany | Smart Fortwo | |||||
Germany | Smart Roadster | |||||
Germany | Spatz | |||||
Germany | TWIKE | electric motor | earlier from Switzerland | |||
Germany | Zündapp Janus | |||||
Greece | Alta 200 | Alta Inc, Athens | Heinkel 198 cc | 2+2 | 1968–1974 | Based on the Fuldamobil S7 with changes to styling [1] [9] |
Greece | Attica 200 | Bioplastic S.A, Moschato, Athens | Heinkel 198 cc [a] | 2+2 | 1963–1972 | Fuldamobil S7 built under licence [9] [10] |
Greece | Attica 200 Convertible | Bioplastic S.A, Moschato, Athens | Heinkel 198 cc [a] | 2+2 | [9] [10] | |
Greece | Attica Cabrioletta convertible | Bioplastic S.A, Moschato, Athens | Heinkel 198 cc [a] | 2+2 | Beach style car with open sides and with a flat sun-shade roof [9] [10] | |
Greece | BET 500 | Biotechnia Ellinikon Trikyklon, Athens | Fiat 594 cc | 5 | 1973–1975 | [10] |
Greece | DIM | DIM Motor, George E. Dimitriadis & Co, Athens | Fiat 594 cc | 4 | 1977–1982 | Fibreglass bodied saloon based on Fiat 126 mechanicals [1] [11] |
Greece | Dimitriadis 505 | George Dimitriadis, Athens | 4 | 1958 | [12] |
The Fend Flitzer was a three-wheeled invalid carriage designed and built by Fritz Fend. The Flitzer established many of the basic concepts on which Fend's later Messerschmitt Kabinenroller microcars were developed.
The Messerschmitt KR200, or Kabinenroller, is a three-wheeled bubble car designed by the aircraft engineer Fritz Fend and produced in the factory of the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt from 1955 until 1964.
The Messerschmitt Kabinenroller was a series of microcars made by RSM Messerschmitt from 1953 to 1956 and by Fahrzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH, Regensburg (FMR) from 1956 to 1964. All the Messerschmitt and FMR production cars used the Kabinenroller's monocoque structure, featuring tandem seating and usually a bubble canopy.
The FMR Tg500 was a sports car built by Fahrzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH, Regensburg (FMR) from 1958 to 1961. Based on the Messerschmitt Kabinenroller monocoque, which otherwise was a platform for three-wheelers, the Tg500 was a four-wheeled car with a two-stroke straight-two engine. FMR had taken over production of the KR200 from Messerschmitt in 1956. While the KR200 still used the Messerschmitt name and logo, the Tg500 was badged as an FMR.
The Messerschmitt KR175 microcar (1953–1955) was the first vehicle built by Messerschmitt under its 1952 agreement with Fritz Fend. In concept, although not in actual design, it was an extended version of the Fend Flitzer invalid carriage. Approximately 15,000 were built before it was replaced by the Messerschmitt KR200 in 1956.
Biotechnia Ellinikon Trikyklon, or BET, was a small vehicle manufacturer founded in Athens by Petros Konstantinou. It was one of several manufacturers - the first appearing in the early 1940s - that converted BMW or other motorcycles into light utility three-wheelers. In 1965 it entirely designed and built a small five-seat passenger car with a BMW 125cc motorcycle engine. Although the type was certified, only one was built due to problems in availability of parts for further production. Following this design, three-wheeled truck models were developed and produced. A second passenger car model was designed and introduced in 1973, known as model 500, with a Fiat 500cc engine. With metal body, seating up to five passengers and featuring very good road handling, it was a rather advanced three-wheeler for its time. It was certified for production and 15 were built, of which one survives to this date in excellent condition. There were even talks with a South African company involving plans for exports or even transfer of production to that country, but they were never realized. The company ceased production in 1975.
AK Hellas was a Greek manufacturer of light trucks and other metal products. It designed and produced two basic types of vehicles - all three-wheelers with 50cc engines, taking advantage of a favorable classification as "motorbikes" according to Greek law. One group of models it produced since 1965 were light trucks with "motorcycle" structure, a type of vehicle also produced in Greece by MEBEA, Mego, Alta, Saracakis, Pitsos, Markal, Naxos and others. The other group of models were "proper" micro-trucks, with "automobile" structure of steering, controls etc. It was in this category that AK Hellas became the biggest truck manufacturer in Greece, leaving behind MEBEA, Delta, Minicar, Zamba and other smaller Greek manufacturers. The company's T200 model, using a Sachs 50cc 4.8 hp engine and with a payload of 150 kg was produced between 1968 and 1975 with three different cab designs and in several versions. According to Dimitrios N. Aggelopoulos, several thousand units were produced, while other branches created by the same entrepreneur, were involved in production of pleasure boats, biological cleaning units, telephone booths, phone switchboards, generating sets, helmets, storage tanks, prefab container houses, wind turbine blades, irrigation systems, etc.
Scavas is the name of sports cars designed by Greek engineer Vassilios Scavas that were never industrially produced.
C.AR was a Greek automotive company, founded in 1970. Originally it was called ARCO, both names being formed from the name of its founder, Constantinos Argyriadis, an engineer and architect. With its headquarters in Thessaloniki and a well-equipped factory in Kilkis it concentrated on design and development of automobiles and related technologies, including composite materials, novel suspension and brake designs, electric vehicles, etc. None of its vehicles, though, entered production and thus this company represents an odd case of personal vision and persistence with catastrophic financial results.
Fritz Fend was an aeronautical engineer. He was noted for designing Messerschmitt's Kabinenroller (cabinscooter) KR175 and KR200 microcars, for co-founding FMR, the company that took over production of the Kabinenrollers in 1956, and for designing the FMR Tg500, a sports microcar based on the Kabinenroller. Fend continued his career as an inventor and designer after the KR200 ended production. Fend was working on another lightweight vehicle project shortly before his death.
A range of small vehicles have been produced by various manufacturers since the 1950s that have been specifically designed to be driven by a wheelchair user, without the need for the user to transfer from the wheelchair. This distinguishes them from the majority of adapted cars, which are designed to be driven from a conventional driver's seat, whether the driver is a wheelchair user or otherwise impaired. They can be considered a sub-class of wheelchair accessible vehicles, which are predominantly converted mass-production models.
Egon Brütsch Fahrzeugbau, usually shortened to Brütsch, was a German automotive design and automaker based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.
The Dimitriadis model 505 was a Greek microcar developed in 1958 by G. Dimitriadis, founder of the Bioplastic boat and automobile manufacturer. This car represented his first effort in automobile production, and was presented in a number of exhibitions in Greece. According to Mr. Dimitriadis, its production was eventually considered non-profitable compared to that of three-wheelers. Thus, he switched to the licence production of the German Fuldamobil three-wheeler.
The AC Petite is a three-wheeled British microcar with a rear-mounted 350 cc (21 cu in) Villiers single cylinder, two-stroke engine. The car has a single bench seat seating two adults, and was said to be capable of 60 mpg‑imp to 70 mpg‑imp and 40 mph (64 km/h).
The Powerdrive was a three-wheeled microcar with a rear-mounted 322 cc (20 cu in) Anzani two cylinder, two stroke 16.5 metric horsepower (12 kW) engine.
Invalid carriages were usually single seater road vehicles, buggies, or self-propelled vehicles for disabled people. They pre-dated the electric mobility scooters and from the 1920s were generally powered by a small gasoline/petrol engine, although some were battery powered. They were usually designed without foot-operated controls.
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