I just saw the oddest car on the road today. It was very small, like it would only seat one, and I’m pretty sure it had two wheels in front and one in back. It definitely looked like it was newly-manufactured, not an antique, and it wasn’t very aerodynamic looking. It sort of looked like a lump with wheels. I guess the best description would be like a Beetle sliced in half lengthwise.
Anyone have any idea what this was?
The “not very aerodynamic looking” comment is throwing me off - otherwise I’d guess it was a Corbin Sparrow.
Perhaps a BMW Isetta?
I think scr nailed it with that Corbin Sparrow.
Though I don’t quite understand your (scr’s) comment that my “not very aerodynamic” bit threw you off that. The Sparrow (now that I have a closer look) looks like a nose. I’m no aeronautical engineer, but I tend to think of aerodynamic as something like the Tri-Magnum, Fire-Areo or Badsey Bullet from d1a1s1’s link.
I wonder if people remember this car showing up on several episodes of “Family Matter’s”. Steve Urkel used to drive one on the set.
IANAAE either, but the Sparrow looks very aerodynamic to me. It has a smooth rounded nose and a tapered tail, and no major components sticking out from the smooth body.
