I wonder what it feels like to ride in one of these

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1543132264479985&set=pcb.1543132477813297

it's more interesting to watch a fish out of water, than one in water

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220770165604256&set=gm.2454307541429148&idorvanity=527146584145263

there will be a cool bunch of small cars auctioned off on Sept 30th in Ohio... Bantams, Isettas, a Metro, a Messerschmitt, and much more

1959 Messerschmitt KR200-Showing 755 Miles and Owned by the Same Family for Over Fifty Years

 1957 BMW Isetta 300-Repainted, Original Interior, Hartz Cloth Roof, Showing 14,326 Miles; 1959 BMW Isetta 300-Frame Off Amateur Restoration, Repaint, New Interior, Lots of New Chrome, Hartz Cloth Roof

https://www.muncysells.com/auctions/1959-messerschmitt-bmw-isettas-vintage-microcars-classic-automobiles-1946-ford-convertible-two-bantams

A fire dept had a Metro? Huh!

 

https://photobygibson.com/archive/collections/archive/Firematics-1960s/

seen on tonight's walk in the neighborhood

This is the first Nash Metro I've come across while walking this year. 

I think that's a Mustang under the car cover, it's been right there, since about 2010

I think these two Metros parked within spittin distance of each other shows that someone is either collecting Metros, or, bought a back up for parts to keep the best one running

using spare tires for both front tires? Is that weird? Or make some logical reason I am not not aware of? 

I don't know what RTPS means in context of miles per gallon.

the internet acronym finder has these suggestions for RTPS:  https://www.acronymattic.com/RTPS.html

and the one that makes sense is Rear Tire Protection System ... as in it's a front wheel drive that won't spin the rear tires because the engine is so low power it couldn't spin any tire

the original owner of this 2000 Chevrolet Metro stopped driving it at 402 miles, it's on Bring A Trailer, current bid $11,800, auction ends in 6 days

 

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38094812/2000-chevy-metro-auction/

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2000-chevrolet-metro/

well, this is tiny but cool

 

http://vectorville.blogspot.com/2021/09/metropolitan.html

underpowered even for a relatively small car, but they were good looking little cars

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-1120#post-14000113

If I were a rich car collector that wanted a variety of cars to drive when the feeling struck, Id have a couple dozen cars, one of them would be one of these

but with at least 200 horsepower so it could merge into traffic. I heard these are really underpowered

https://dragoneclassic.com/currentofferings/1954-nash-nki-custom-convertible/

FWIW, I'd have this list of cars in that imaginary collection:

Messerschmitt Tiger, Isetta 300, 69 Corvette 427 tri power 4 speed, Hurst Super Stock Dart, 69 George Hurst Olds prototype, '32 roadster, land speed racing Bellytanker, '68 429 Boss Mustang, 65 R code GT 350, '65 427 side oiler Cobra, Golden Sabre GTO, that Penske Sunoco Camaro, the McQueen Baja Boot, and Thomas Crown Affair Meyers Manx, the Smokey Yunick Hurst Floor Shift Special, a hemi GTX, a Buick GNX, a 60s mini, a great old Morgan

well, that's a good start to a list

just a cool photo... I bet those Metros made great high school or college cars, and no back seat which would have relieved parents of the worry of make out sessions (you know what I mean)

It didn't go fast, wasn't a sports car that the kids would lead foot in, and its got great vision all around, and easy to back up or park... both from the easy viewing of all 4 corners, and smaller size of the car. 

I wish I had one... you know, if I were rich and could have a collection of cars, this would be one. 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by.428585/page-6231

a 1960 Metro station wagon concept car? It's adorable. The factory didn't make them, several people have in the last couple decades, and why not diy if you like the look? You'll have the only one around!

Design by Richard Arbib January 17, 1956. 

After working for Harley Earl in Detroit, Arbib opened his own studio in New York and ultimately developed designs for more than three hundred companies over the last 45 years of his career.  

https://en.wheelsage.org/nash/metropolitan/28208/pictures/zrwiak

https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/18781/richard-arbib-attributed-to/designs-for-a-nash-metropolitan-station-wagon

imagine a race limited to Metro bodies, but anything goes under the body, unlimited mods, upgrades, engines, fuels

http://sucksqueezebangblow-juice.blogspot.com/2017/09/goodwood-revival-2017.html

this crazy little gasser Nash just sold on Ebay for 6k

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-Nash-Standard-gasser-pro-street-hotrod-racecar-dragcar-rod/264557511168?hash=item3d98db4200:g:B5gAAOSwU4hd0bDC
https://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/please-shove-an-engine-into-this-1954-nash-and-make-it-angry-again/

winner of Hot Wheels 50th anniversary Legends contest and national search

any car with a parachute is something to be wary off... but a Nash Metro with wheels outside the car? That's quite interesting!

it is cheaper and easier to rent a big forklift now and then, when needed, than to install a really honking big freight elevator.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/thehagginmuseum/photos/?tab=album&album_id=598263723549061

Nice!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/676841185784386/permalink/1608022962666199

Love at first sight, a '62 Nash Metro... and it only has 2,083 miles on it

each time gas prices spike, there’s renewed interest in the Geo Metro... why? With no tech, it was rated 43 mpg city, 52 freeway...

when GM was loathe to slap a Chevy badge on anything imported or created from a joint venture with a foreign automaker, they formed the Geo brand and used it to sell several vehicles, mainly through Chevrolet dealers.

The Geo Prizm came from a joint venture with Toyota and shared its platform with the era’s Toyota Corolla.

the fuel-efficient Geo Metro was available from 1989 through 1997 under the Geo brand and for a few more years as the Chevrolet Metro. Based on the second-generation Japanese-market Suzuki Cultus, the Geo Metro was very similar to the the Suzuki Swift.

At the time, it was the least expensive convertible you could buy in America.

While all Metros were pretty Spartan affairs, the Metro XFi was introduced in 1990, and the EPA rated it at 43 mpg in the city and 52 mpg on the highway.

The XFi model went away when the Metro was refreshed in 1995. It was the last subcompact no-frills econobox.


1.0-liter three-cylinder engine that produced a grand total of 55 horsepower, and ran on small skinny, hard tires. No electrical convienences, no power switchy stuff.

It did have one airbag, and air conditioning, no anti lock brakes until after the 1995 change up

It was a high mileage commuter, and that is it. No fun, but, also, dirt cheap, and high mileage. I still see at least one a day.

Hyper milers have further lightened the 1600 pounds, and get as much as 75 mpg.

Enthusiasm for the Metro grew to almost cult-like status during a 2008 run-up in fuel costs, with Metro XFi models commanding prices near their original sticker prices. Car and Driver even used a 1998 Chevrolet Metro in a fuel mileage comparison with the 2010 Honda Insight and 2010 Toyota Prius. The Metro beat the hybrids.

Should you consider getting one? Hell no. If you were ever in a collision, you'd die. You'll never get one to pass smog, and getting parts? Forget it.

https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/geo-metro?src=usn_tw