This is the BMW Isetta, popularly known as the 'Bubble car'. Post the second world war, germany needed cheap transportation and manufacturers like BMW and Messerschmitt (who supplied everything from engines, trucks, bikes to planes) turned to provide the German people with these small vehicles - mostly running on small petrol motorcycle engines. The Messerchmitt is an equally rare automobile and was completely designed in house in germany, whereas the Isetta from BMW has its design origins in Italy.
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