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After seeing this design in Funny Face, I wonder why we ever lost it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VELAM

You get in from the front! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUXiQMozHkM



People didn't like their legs being part of the car's crumple zone: https://carbuzz.com/news/famously-unsafe-bmw-isetta


Also, in the event of an accident, you're trapped.


When I first saw this car (pre-internet), it was in the music video for Depeche Mode's "Never Let Me Down Again"... I refused to believe it was a real model that wasn't just made for the video. It just seemed so impractical.




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