Microcars fest in NY

[Timmer]

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/04/26/microcars-swarm-the-big-apple/

some very cools cars,

Tim

[RIMSPOKE]

THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS AT THE NEW YORK AUTO SHOW .

LAST YEAR THEY SET ASIDE ROOM FOR JUST 5 MICROCARS .

THE DISPLAY WAS SO WELL RECEIVED THAT THEY HAVE NOW EXPANDED IT .

INTERESTINGLY , ALMOST ALL THE OTHER CARS ON DISPLAY AT THE SHOW

ARE NEW ONES .

IMAGINE 50 YEAR OLD TOY CARS ON DISPLAY ALONGSIDE THE LATEST

PROTOTYPES , CONCEPT CARS & NEXT YEARs NEWEST MODELS .

BUT THE MICROCARS GET AS MUCH ATTENTION AS ANYTHING ELSE THERE !

I AGREE COMPLETELY , MICROCARS ARE COOL .

[RIMSPOKE]

HERE ARE SOME YOU-TUBE VIDEOS TAKEN AT THE EVENT :

ISETTAS :

PEEL P-50 . I HAVE DRIVEN THIS CAR :

SUBARU 360 :

NSU WANKEL SPYDER & BUGEYE SPRITE :

[Timmer]

Very cool videos! back in the middle 1990's there was an event here in town at the George Eastman House called 'Reels and Wheels'; it was on a Saturday, I had a malaga '73tii back then and checked out this event; there was an Isetta and a Messershmitt as part of the car show, another beauty was a '59 red MG

Tim

[RIMSPOKE]

HERE IS A HEMMINGS BLOG ARTICLE ON THE NY MICROS :

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/04/26/microcars-swarm-the-big-apple/