Driving the Weird Italian Car That Saved BMW

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[@aljavinramirez9699]

More up to speed 🍩

[@deepakmenon7733]

Never. Raid is horrible

[@woundedsanity]

you should be ashamed... dislike just for that

[@Lemon.8]

[@jesseshort8]

You missed the 3rd thing guaranteed on KZbin, that everyone is gonna skip right through that Raid ad.

[@FloridaDieselRepair]

A new segment Justin and Nolan reviewing vintage cars

[@Stormraught]

Thats a sweet idea

[@Bumholioh]

Indeed. Finally a comment by someone not crying. . Bravo sir top idea 👌👌

[@tpaplayzstuff7271]

B2B but o l d

[@X88DRAGON]

that would be actually cool, if it happens I wish they review the good old aircooled vw

[@jawanpowell9053]

That's is a cool idea!

[@ganainmmtl]

I really like how, over the months, Justin found his groove and seems to be enjoying himself in front of the camera!

[@Superdude1119]

I noticed that too! It's been cool to see him go from sort of timid to really letting himself relax and showing his personality. He totally fits in the group perfectly 🤙

[@ryanhinman7730]

Just continually showing us why this is the best crew on KZbin

[@MATAKE2000]

@@ryanhinman7730 used to be back in the day. Ever since donut got bought, their videos have definitely gotten more boring and sort of ‘copy and paste’ type of uploads

[@ganainmmtl]

@@MATAKE2000 I didn't know that. Makes sense, now that I think of it. It's a shame, really...

[@MATAKE2000]

@@ganainmmtl back to your original comment. Nothing about Justin coming on. I think he is a welcome addition to the crew. Just miss the old days of money pit and up to speed

[@BajaJo]

My grandparents used to drive their 1-door Isetta from Germany over the Alps to Italy for vacation, with my dad sitting on the back shelf. They still own that car :)

[@lowkeydiegoduran4724]

That's sick :)

[@darrellbeets7758]

that tells u alot about how reliable it is, long drives with mountains in a very car unfriendly enviroment, no worrys.

[@schnuffelpuff3923]

@@darrellbeets7758 Who would have thought that the clone of an italian car can go through the italian alps. Almost like the company who designed and build them took that into account. :D

[@DarthKaese]

My Grandfather had a blue Isetta with a small caravan. He was driving from Germany to Italay with my Grandmother. He had to drive over the Gotthard Pass. He told me it was quite nice until he was in traffic on the way up and the clutch started smelling.

[@TheDeepDiveLLC]

How young were your grandparents when they had your dad? Bro... you need to have them write a history class in what happened for the moon hit earth

[@Wolfnshr]

7:58 Nolan: "Are we getting on the freeway right now?" Justin: " Yes" The look of fear on Nolan's face at that moment was priceless 😆

[@FAT9L]

How it feels merging into the interstate in my Miata

[@tjenadonn6158]

The look of someone making peace with every single deity ever worshiped by humanity in the span of two seconds.

[@careful...Icarus]

I always had that same fear driving my old 1976 right hand drive Post Office Jeep on the highway. Could do maybe 59mph with a good wind behind it...downhill.

[@ryansprague605]

I appreciate Justin reaching for the door that wasn’t there 9:30

[@shobin05]

😂 good catch

[@JasonGroom]

Saw that too, couldn't help but laugh

[@joempoem478]

I like the look on his face as he realises.

[@simplicity2661]

LMAAAOOOOOO

[@pattyriceberg]

I love Justin being more comfortable with the Donut guys now. Can really tell he vibes with the guys and has like found his spot.

[@joshuamns1]

dude same. i even prefer justin over nolan 9/10 times

[@bobpowers4454]

When I was in high school in 1963, one of my friends had an Isetta 300. He was able to get into the hall ways of the school and drive it to one of his classrooms. He was suspended for 3 days after he agreed to sell the car. He was also grounded for a month (but his dad thought is was hilarious). I rode in it ONCE and never again.

[@stephanrichardson1003]

What a legend

[@Youngstomata]

pics or its not true

[@Bigkcoc]

Ain’t no way

[@jdruin1]

Someone I dated in college had an uncle that had one. That thing was so small it made a Smart car look kinda big. I can totally see this happening.

[@realemonful]

Wishful thinking little buddy! Typical commercial doors are 36" for handicapped reasons not 55" lmao

[@briangarrow448]

My high school writing teacher had one of these. She still had it when she taught my daughter, nearly 30 years later. She and her partner were definitely gear heads. I hope Bob and Betsy see this and get a smile!

[@sleek86]

i love how they both go to grab standard door handles when they go to switch drivers.

[@XboxRacingUK]

I noticed hahahaha

[@Tanquavioousdingleberry]

We evolved with it 😂

[@ayyyitsfrosty40]

Justin was the best hire since Zach Jobe. He was super shy at first, now Justin is a star of his own on this channel! Wholesome man, I wish I could give him a hug

[@mikey08857]

The Urkel mobile!!!!!! Thank for this episode. Justin went from Organizing car meets to being a KZbin star. Congrats man! I have the White Velo in the Velo Group in NC

[@Elmer_RedEagle]

He had a older 3 wheeled version.

[@DustinDIY]

Thats what i said lol

[@adamstrachn]

Same thing I said 😂

[@J.R.jr-pc7bo]

I loved seeing the Urkel mobile! Damn thing is so weird looking that it's awesome!

[@MrZnoman]

I showed this video to my grandma and it brought back so many memories. She and her husband used to own one as there first ever car back in the days. They actually went pretty much all over Europe with it, starting from the middle of Germany tho. She said they where overtaken by Trucks when the went over the Alps with it. But they always found good parking spots in the cities they visited. 😅

[@R32-z5i]

My mom bought an isetta years ago, drum brakes were leaking and it wasn’t starting. Finally fixed it up this last weekend and got to drive it, man what a hoot. Not the fastest, not the best handling, but damn does it bring a smile to your face.

[@Patkilla7558]

Iconic car. If you remember Family Matters, you'd know this was Steve Urkel's car in the show. This video brought back so much 90's nostalgia for me.

[@shtopfl5247]

I have never seen this body style of the Isetta i totally didn’t know they made a „sedan“ version WITH AN EXTRA DOOR 😦🤯

[@ramadjones]

RITE??? I was hoping they were going to talk more about that. This seems like a rarer version of the Isetta. What is the gas mileage like with 2+ people in the car? How hard was it to drive? How would daily driving be with that vehicle? Could it handle cold climates like Michigan or Illinois?

[@TheWinjin]

@@ramadjones it seems like there's no climate at all in it, but I guess there must be something, Jo Klug up there talks about his grandparents riding it in the alps, it would be extremely uncomfortable to use below like 18 Celsius if it didn't have even rudimentary heater.

[@Rentta]

Yeah this is known as BMW 600 partly based on Isetta

[@rogerpratchet]

@@TheWinjinAFAIK option gasoline air heater handles this.

[@skylovescars69420]

They have an isetta 600 (this one) on display at my local BMW dealer

[@HXXIIA]

Please more of these 2 reviewing oddball and tiny cars together. Very wholesome content from 🍩

[@ElShotte]

One of the coolest cars I've seen in a while. The fact that it got 78 MPG *before* Hybrid was a thing is astounding. What is also astounding is that the commercial was almost 2 minutes long on a video that's just over 11.

[@someblokeidk8565]

I'd love to see more of Justin and Nolan testing out classics or any car haha

[@analeak4938]

i love this, idk why but this feels so much more like up to speed than the previous episodes of whatever this is and i really hope it'll advance back to up to speed even more

[@ssenssel]

How bout you enjoy the free content and stop trying to dictate how YOU think the channel should be?

[@analeak4938]

@@ssenssel oh, sorry, maybe you understood me wrong or my comment came off in a way it wasn't supposed to or something, as i didn't want to dictate what they and their channels content has to be. I simply wanted to share my feelings about donut media's change in the content they release. and i really do still like their content, it just feels like they now feel much less like a car channel you can learn things from, with up to speed, b2b and money pit not running anymore, and it was just refreshing to see more informative content back on this channel.

[@carjizz2902]

5:23 u can see a bicycle going backwards

[@JordanKwon]

0:09 "This is the smallest BMW ever made" BMW Motorrad: Am I a joke to you?

[@bradleyborrowman2115]

Nolan and Justin entering freeway: SPEEEED Also Nolan and Justin entering freeway: gets passed by a Prius

[@matt_acton-varian]

Fun fact: Up until the 60s the UK had a law that classed 3 wheeled vehicles as motorcycles. Up until the 50s cars and their associated costs (tax, insurance etc) were kept prohibitively expensive for the working classes. Owning a car was seen as a wealth status item. Due to the law mentioned above, Three wheeled vehicles like the smaller Isetta were not classed as cars and were taxed as motorcycles, making them affordable vehicles for the masses for the first time.

[@daniel0atk]

I won't ever be able to unsee Jaleel White driving one of these 💀

[@ClyFaker]

"Did I do that?"

[@esteban8681]

"That's what Isetta"

[@squid_fish]

Urkel was the brother I never had.

[@bmw328igearhead]

I ****'in loved the episode were he turned it into a drag car and smoked that (new at the time) Camaro.

[@Alex_564]

That's what I setta.

[@gilbertdarisse4705]

When I was living in Aberdeen, Washington there was a person rolling around in one of these painted yellow. She even had a personalized plate for it. Called in LMNDRP. Such a oool, cool car.

[@half-stash]

The dead-inside RAID ads always get me. Pay the bills boys still love ya'll!

[@Knowles860]

9:32 you both looked for the side door handles to get out at the same time lmao

[@discgolfwes]

and now we're UP TO SPEED on the BMW Isetta!

[@Tr0llHunt3r]

I swear, Justin and Jeremiah and Zack have came into their own. Each adds so much to their segments and feel like they've been a part of the team for ages.

[@higherstandard710]

First saw this on Family matters!! It was Steve Urkles car 😂

[@keithjones894]

The addition of justin has been awesome. Dude has a great personality, and he and Nolan work really well together

[@CentralTexasRailJetProductions]

LOL The Issetta! Brings me to a throwback when Doug Demuro reviewed one in 2017. Glad y'all can experience it for yourselves!

[@EBT1987]

Background bicyclist at 5:22 got some skills.

[@the_irish_captain7567]

There is one of these, albeit one of the smaller ones, in my town of Traverse City, MI where the current owner restored it. The current owner is a relative of a person that was pivotal in jumpstarting the automotive program we have at my local community college and that person was the original owner of this particular Isetta. Every summer, typically a week before school starts we have a car show that raises funds strictly for the automotive program. This car show is a memorial car show named in that person's honor (who originally had the Isetta), after they passed away. This person was so influential in making sure that there was an education program for automotive repair in Traverse City..

[@JohnStortz]

What a cool story! Sounds like he was a great dude.

[@johnnymason2460]

The BMW Isetta did appear on Family Matters. That's where most people will remember it from. I certainly do.

[@jobanski]

So I’m guessing there’s going to be an episode with these guys fitting into a classic Mini? “Big Guys vs Little Cars” shoot put them in a Mini with the Honda engine swap and see their reactions!

[@christopherscott3120]

We've got a rapidly-growing JDM scene in my area, and one of my larger friends has taken it upon himself to try and fit into every type of kei car he can. So far he's been in a Honda Today, Suzuki Cappuccino and a Honda Beat.

[@SWISS-1337]

Iso revolto was just some from Italy saying "it's revolting" in English but they misunderstood and thought that sounded awesome

[@jmanj9379]

Kickass episode. Would love to see more car reviews and drives.

[@KarmaWolf63]

I was told by my Grandfather and my Father too that if I ever bought a BMW they would come back from the dead and haunt me. My Grandfather served in WWII and was involved in the liberating of Various camps and my dad did some tours in Vietnam. I ended up serving for 30 years too, but I guess I get it. I mean BMW made engines for Germany and was very involved with the Nazi Regime so it was a product that was banned for me. There are others too but I won't say the names to be fair. So every time I see a BMW I think of the atrocities my grandfather described in the horrors he witnessed during that time. I know we should forgive but in this case I get it. I won't touch anything from the Middle east. Just how it is. The enemy is always going to be the enemy in some places. Never the less great video from you guys again. I enjoy all you make.

[@KJ_1611]

Consider the scenario where they replace the current engine with a Hayabusa engine. This would likely result in setting a new Nürburgring record( or some kind of record).

[@indysaab]

I’m 6’8 and purchased a manual 2016 SmartCar. The looks I’d get when I got out of it. Surprising spacious inside. Lots of fun to drive too, believe it or not.

[@jasonmcelroy1938]

The way Justin responded to Nolan after saying "I hope we don't get hit by a car" had me 🤣

[@DemarcusQ]

The new age Isetta has to be the bmw i3!! I’ve driven an i3 and it feels wayy more comfortable then my Tesla! Some models even come with one of BMW’s motorcycle engines again but this time to charge the battery because it’s electric! Y’all need a review on one of those!

[@TheForeverRanger]

I love how Jobe takes a subtle jab at their sponsor lol.

[@bcc5701]

I was looking for this comment. “Only two things are sure on KZbin…” lol

[@DylanMLH]

Y’all should have gotten the even smaller version of it. You have to open the front of the car to get in. My neighbor had multiple and loved them.

[@GrumpyIan]

The bus version is so you can have your friends push it up a hill for you.

[@ERIC-uv5iu]

What if you guys make a bunch of videos reviewing vintage economy/micro cars and if they are still practical in the modern day.

[@jferguson7100]

You have to thank urkel for making this car is damn hip as it is!

[@themroc8231]

You should find a Renault Twingo: the last great small people mover in history. And it might be tiny, but you would be surprised and how comfortable 4 big guys can be in it and how great the seats feel.

[@alwaysinmotion1417]

Us old viewers who first saw this car piloted by an Urkel genuinely appreciate this video. Well done gents.

[@nikosoukkala2648]

4:40 Fun fact: in Finnish iso means big, so the translation of "Isetta" would basically mean "little big" in Finnish

[@burgersquid]

you guys just love fillin these little cars up with bears and I'm here for it.

[@joshuadejong7115]

They ain't built like bears tho. I would never fit in that thing lmao.

[@chinruiz4113]

9:33 lmao Justin looking for the nonexistent driver's door handle 😅

[@bosch_doc]

Really loving this Nolan and Justin combo.

[@AntiNity_official]

It's actually not the smallest. It's isetta 600. And before that they had the first isetta, that was even smaller and had only one front door and different width of the axles Ps. You mentioned this after 1/3 of the clip

[@shadowgattler]

And now there's an EV Isetta coming out in Europe

[@Eastovids]

It is a limo 😂 3:00

[@andrewiconkerr]

Donut, still trying to find a car the size of a donut..

[@robertsteel3563]

I remember maxing the Isetta out in FH3 and going crazy with it on the big lake in the Blizzard Mountain Expansion Pack!

[@weedconesuer]

For everyone asking for them to go back to the old videos you guys need to understand these dudes are mechanics first youtubers second. They have an actual business to run that's continuing to grow and require more attention. They're doing what they can when they're able to just be happy they still put out content for you to enjoy regularly

[@the46guide94]

What’s their day jobs? I didn’t realize they were mechanics?

[@CaliViking8O5]

​@@the46guide94 he's completely wrong.

[@weedconesuer]

@@CaliViking8O5 no not really.. just watch the video of Nolan working on his project car. He was locked in the shop until it was finished and still had to do video meetings because the business is more important than the project car he was working on for a KZbin video

[@CaliViking8O5]

@@weedconesuer I've been watching donut for years. This is just a KZbin channel

[@CaliViking8O5]

@@weedconesuer James is literally an actor. And Nolan is just a host. Jeremiah was an engineer, he quit to become an actor. They have a whole support staff made up of staff from the entertainment industry. A few other hosts have been mechanics, but they were brought onto the show as hosts not as mechanics.

[@adamkolm6711]

You guys are having a blast in that little beamer lol. You know you want one 😉.

[@stephenlockwood2201]

Well I’m 19 and I’ve been stuck in the hospital with a broken femur due to a car accident since Sunday; so thanks for putting interesting and entertaining content out you guys it’s really helped me get through this 🤙

[@carterfou]

9:33 Justin reaching for the door handle 😂

[@shifty1927]

I got a few spare rotax 670s n 670HOs that would rip in the isetta. 130hp two strokes🔥 . I've been putting them in 85 honda oddyseys and they're great.

[@acrustypancho917]

Hey don't forget about another thing, the Isetta was also the main villian for the Cars 2 movie (I mean in general, not to the actual racing, that was Franchesco)

[@francoisdvanderwesthuizen]

It actually makes sense even today. Known, large manufacturers builds cheap, entry-level, mostly economy, cars and sell them by the masses and this helps to fund and develop their sport car models...

[@simonatkinson1107]

There is a 3 wheel version with just the front door. It was 3 wheeled so it could be classed as a motorcycle and you didn’t need a car licence just a motorcycle licence to drive one. The scariest fact as these cars had NO reverse gear!! Park against a wall and you can’t get out and you can’t back up either.

[@xevan_knight_official]

Justin and Nolan have very good chemistry when they do videos together...it seems so natural😊😊love them so much

[@necrisuni]

9:33 - Jason looking for the handle of a non-existing door to get out ... :D

[@KestrelTown]

This Isetta is actually coming back! A Swiss company called Micro is remaking the Isetta, but as an EV! It's called the Microlino. It's small, it's electric, and it's fabulous!

[@Aeroman66]

Iso licenced the Isetta to many other manufacturers too. The first car produced in Brazil was an Isetta made by a lathe manufacturer called Romi. Many people still point any Isetta clone as a "Romiseta", contracting the name Romi-Isetta. Now, DKW guys might contest this info, but, yep, Romi did first...

[@Devinatron]

It would be pretty cool if you guys could get your hand on one, give it more power and power steering, make it modern and fast!

[@tubaterry]

This is the first time I realized this thing was so popular! I thought it was super niche, but 200,000 units is no joke!

[@torstenbrunke4026]

They should search for a real BMW Isetta... This is a BMW 600!

[@doerrm73]

That's not an Isetta - it's the BMW 600 which is longer and has a two cylinder engine while the original Isetta has a 250 or 300cc single cylinder.

[@s70driver2005]

Awesome vid!!! As a Kei car owner in Texas I can say you can drive around no problem. But just be ready to have equal parts fun and terror. Especially on the Highway or high winds.

[@Feintgames]

Very cool car. The lines are awesome. Looks cool with the flared fenders and huge headlights. It's a great Italian formula that never gets old. Why more manufacturers don't follow this formula is beyond me.

[@Astraeus..]

Upgrade the brakes, throw on some bigger tires (some wider 11s would be nice) and swap that old engine out for something newer (say out of a 1200R) and this thing would actually be ridiculously fun to drive around in. Maybe a modest cage to give you some peace of mind, just in case...

[@Agent_Missouri]

I do auto transport for a living and a customer of mine, BMW of Northwest Arkansas, has one of these on display in the showroom. Thing is a time capsule! Looks brand bee

[@Theproofmob]

5:23 That cyclist was so blown away by the car that he was cycling backwards to adore the car even more!

[@SaturnSpotter]

Yo Nolan looks good in that driver seat. This car fits him

[@haroldneely9253]

It would be great to see old segments brought back, but there is one constant I think we can agree on, and that is Nolan, this show would bomb,and probably wouldn’t have even launched. While others try to go all out Hollywood he hasn’t changed 👍

[@402SHO]

I feel like donut should build some mini coopers next and race those around cali 😂

[@giancarlovelandrez3413]

whenever I see old footages of old vehicles 6:30 it always screams ELECTRIC!!!

[@kais2345]

I really wish cars would trend back to smaller and even micro cars! Pretty hard to have people feel safe around trucks/utes though.

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

In Germany this car was nicknamed the Kissing Bubble ("Knutschkugel") for the way it looked and because you sat so close together.

[@captaindelta43]

When car companies take "SIZE DOESN'T MATTER " Way too seriously, while making a car

[@haydenburchfield126]

Man. The Yiddish music in the portion of the background while getting into a German car is pretty funny. Nice touch

[@meehdrescher]

I still have fond memories sitting in an even smaller version with a 300cc engine with only 13 hp, I was in the BMW World in Munich and they actually let people sit in it and drive it for a few meters.

[@dth2brny121]

Yep...Nolan and Justin definitely DID THAT 🤣☠️ Nice to see the Isetta 600 with the extra door and MO' POWAH in the wild though

[@mindfultec2226]

I have one of these not nearly as clean and this video is exactly what I needed to get the motivation to work on it

[@marvinjudegorospe8181]

Without the Isetta, the X, M, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3 series and Z4 wont be hitting the streets. Just imagine a world without BMW.

[@sckricks12]

You should visit the Gilmore Car Museum in Michigan and check out all of their cars there. They even have the Isetta you're showing here and the EV you rode around in!

[@sethoselken9562]

Donut should cover the BMW 700, both the sedan and coupe.

[@johnd8892]

The much more conventional 700 was really the car that saved BMW. To quote Wikipedia : The BMW 700 is a small rear-engined car which was produced by BMW in various models from August 1959 to November 1965. It was the first BMW automobile with a monocoque structure. The 700 was a sales success at a time when BMW was close to financial ruin.[5] The 700 was also successful in its class in motorsport, both in its stock form and as the basis of a racing special called the 700RS.

[@mikeadams2351]

our family had one just like that, the Deluxe, in 1966-9. none of us knew it was a BMW. the old man being Italian thought it was too.

[@lnrbry]

The 3 wheeled model. was actually licensed as a motorcycle in some countries and qualified for a MUCH lower tax. (Reverse was also supposed to be locked out but.. an easy fix)

[@SizSkiizd]

I'm surprised so few in the comments have pointed the obvious out yet; that's clearly not an Isetta, but a BMW 600. Similar to the Isetta, but bigger, symmetric wheels, rear door, rear seat, different taillights... also powered by a 600cc engine as opposed to the 250cc and 300cc of the Isetta - so not the "smallest BMW ever". It was not designed in Italy either. I guess you guys call it an Isetta as more people have heard of the Isetta, but it's the equivalent of calling a VW Squareback a Beetle.

[@adrianisalright]

Would pay big money for Nolan and Justin to do a buddy cop tv show with this car as their cruiser.

[@thedude2596]

You both smiling the entire run, i think that said everything about the car. Don't care of the shape, big or not, it's fun and that's matter.

[@Atvsrawsome]

Kinda wish they made cars for cheap like this today. Something simple and reliable.