26 bhp, 582 cc air-cooled four-stroke opposed twin-cylinder engine with Zenith carburetor, four-speed manual transmission with synchromesh, front trailing arm suspension with coil springs, rear semi-trailing arm suspension with coil springs, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes.

Wheelbase: 66.9 in.

Please note that some of proceeds from the sale of the Craig McCaw Collection with benefit Stanford, the Revs Program at the University, and other charities including The Nature Conservancy.

By the mid-1950s, West Germany had begun to recover from the turmoil of World War II, and its population was no longer satisfied with the tiny “microcars” being provided for their transportation by local automakers.

BMW answered the need by extending their popular Isetta microcar, with—somewhat amazingly—accents by Michelotti and Pinin Farina, on a lengthened four-passenger chassis with advanced coil-over suspension at all four corners.

Access to the front seat was by the Isetta’s trademark “front d...