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^Thanks Martin and Thaes. I take it electric motors spin alot higher than ICE.

i am digging the idea of reviving isetta (it just fits perfectly)
but the last posts regarding this topic where that the economic climate was too rough for a 4th brand and that the MIN-i is going inherit everything
so what happened ? the plans must have been up in the air since a long time now since bmw is already starting an isetta image campaign
so do we still need a MIN-i?

btw: when are we going to see the reason why chris bangle left?
it must have been something huge - something like this ?

I might be in the minority here, but as nice and quirky the original was, please don't pay enough homage to the car by making the new one a 3-wheeler. 4 wheels please.

reithofer once said in an interview that there is no market for a three-wheeler

edit:what i wanted to add
i hope that bmw won't go the retro way with the New iSetta design
it needs to be done like they did it with the mini
a 1:1 design transformation - like it has been done with the VW Beetle - can be fatal

Yeah, they rev much higher. But more, the electric motor doesn't depend on rev to build power. You get full power/torque from standstill, thus no need to maintain a certain amount of revs to have power.

Thus, no need to have a gearbox, if the gear ratio is set properly considering the max speed and acceleration you want. If the max speed is too limited, then you can add a second gear. More is not necessary.

Well, I'm a bit confused. These videos look like an effort to promote the museum; I don't see or hear anything suggesting they're bringing back the brand, and I can't find a reference to the headliner quote, "Something has to end..."

bmw isn't pointing directly to the isetta
but these videos want to bring the isetta back into peoples minds
i guess that the indrect isetta campaign is getting more intense till geneva(?)

Exactly. Subtle hints because they don't want to give anything away just yet.

...and this is the point of it all. Today, and I can only take Stockholm as an example, there are thousands of cars running around without even a catalytic converter. These cars are always owned by poor people. Poor people need to be forced into the 21 century and that force will not be applied upon them until there are feasible options for them.

The force can only be applied if there is a cheap alternative. There is no point in going into debt to where you can't even pay your rent just so you can save the F__king environment.