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BMW is poised to give the go-ahead to a tiny Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) that will help to revolutionise city-centre driving. The rear-engined city car could be called Isetta and will first arrive in American showrooms in 2012.
The project was created because of new Californian regulations (soon to be copied by 12 other US states) which require big car makers to sell between a few hundred and a few thousand ZEVs every year from 2012.
However, global sales of the new model are also likely...Read the full article

It looks to me like the car has been in an accident.

65 AMG:

It looks to me like the car has been in an accident.

 

An accidental 'liason' between a 1-series and a Smart fortwo? 

NiallOswald:

An accidental 'liason' between a 1-series and a Smart fortwo?

 

Could be and it looks like  the Smart bit chunks out of the 1-Series' face.

We sure would love to see this vehicles in America, but Bush's latest fuel economy standard, or more correctly his latest fuel extravagance standards, is doing his best to kill the California ZEVs before they even get started.