1955 BMW Iso Isseta Very Rare Coupe

Very Rare 1955 Iso Isetta This rare little car is NOT a BMW Isetta ? it is an ISO Isetta. The original Isetta was created by the Italian firm of Iso SpA. Iso's owner, Renzo Rivolta, was building small trucks and motor scooters. He decided he would like to build a small car for mass distribution and the engineers Ermenegildo Preti and Pierluigi Raggi designed the small car to use the motorcycle engine of the Iso Moto 200 and named it Isetta, which means little ISO. The engine is Iso?s own 236 cc two-stroke motorcycle engine with a starter that also doubles as the generator. The transmission has forward speeds and reverse. The little car gets between 42 and 58 mpg! In 1954, Iso entered several Isettas in the Mille Miglia where they took the top three spots in the economy classification. Over the 1000 mile course, the drivers achieved an average speed of 43 MPH.