Charles Fregeau" > wrote in message
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> . Or that at the same time VW was making the last of the oval-windows, BMW
> was making something called Isetta (sic)

I think the Isetta was an Italian machine simply branded by BMW. All kinds
of those things happen. Ferrari made the Dino but had Fiat sell it because
it wasn't a V-12. BMW took the low road.