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Date: Tue, 13-Sep-83 18:43:21 EDT
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inmet!alpert    Sep 12 09:05:00 1983

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	A BMW 530I would blow your doors off. That subaru cannot even
	match the power of the BMW's. They are supper.
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BMW 530I's and the like are for wimps who need an automotive extension
to their insecure egos.

The only *REAL* car that BMW ever produced was the little-known
BMW Isetta, produced in the late 1950's.

Sporting a 1-cylinder 300cc engine, this bubble-shaped wonder
is approx. 1/2 the size of a Renault LeCar. It is the only car
BMW ever built that approaches the greatness of the Subaru 360.

For those who equate sportiness with a lack of doors, and would
not be caught dead in a four-door automobile, the Isetta
is a revelation -- it features a single door which is the entire
front of the vehicle (the dash and steering column are mounted
on the inside and pivot with the door).

While I don't presently own an Isetta, I do run across them on occasion
and hope to do so at some point.  Then I can be the envy of all those
frustrated 530I drivers as they scratch their heads in bewilderment
at the *very* noticeable BMW emblems on this 800-lb. wonder of 
automotive technology.

The Isetta was BMW's crowning achievment.  It's been downhill for
them ever since...



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			-- Bob Alpert
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                           Cambridge, MA 02138

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