Editing Microcar (section)

=== Bubble cars ===
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Several microcars of the 1950s and 1960s were nicknamed ''bubble cars''.<ref>{{cite journal| date =  October 14, 1957 |  title =Babies on Wheels| journal = The Times | pages = 13| quote = In sunny weather too, bubble cars are inclined, like greenhouses, to become uncomfortably hot.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|date=April 1963 | title =65 MPH and 80 MPG-That's the Messerschmitt| journal = Motorcycle Mechanics | pages = 34–35 | quote = This bubble-car has a beetle-like outline }}</ref> This was due to the aircraft-style bubble canopies of vehicles such as the [[Messerschmitt KR175]], [[Messerschmitt KR200]] and the [[FMR Tg500]]. Other microcars, such as the [[Isetta]], also had a bubble-like appearance.

German manufacturers of bubble cars included former military aircraft manufacturers [[Messerschmitt]] and [[Heinkel]]. [[BMW]] manufactured the Italian [[Iso Rivolta]] [[Isetta]] under licence, using an engine based on one from one of their own motorcycles.

The [[United Kingdom]] had licence-built right-hand-drive versions of the [[Heinkel Kabine]] and the [[Isetta]].  The British version of the Isetta was built with only one rear wheel, instead of the narrow-tracked pair of wheels in the normal Isetta design, in order to take advantage of the three-wheel vehicle laws in the United Kingdom. There were also indigenous British three-wheeled microcars, including the [[Peel Trident]].

Examples include the [[Citroën Prototype C]], [[FMR Tg500]], [[Fuldamobil]], [[Heinkel Kabine]], [[Isetta]], [[Messerschmitt KR175]], [[Messerschmitt KR200]], [[Peel P50]], [[Peel Trident]], [[SeAZ|SMZ S-1L]], [[Trojan (automobile)#Bubble and sports cars|Trojan 200]], and [[Kleinschnittger|Kleinschnittger F125]].