Last month, I took another trip to the Hague to refresh my memories on one of the world’s best car museums and to catch up with another special exhibition. The Microcars exhibition awaits visitors in the Louwman Museum until 1 September, thus there are a few weeks still to see it.
Microcars are light-weight miniature vehicles, usually powered by a motorcycle engine, but do not expect the Hayabusa as a donor.
They offered a cheap means of transport in post-war Europe and were popular until the early 1960s by which time the European automotive industry had recovered.
Today these cars are highly sought-after and have reached cult status, and offered for sale at prices over 30.000 euro, taking top spots in major classic car shows.
Microcars are a speciality of Louwman (although it has the most comprehensive collection of anything on wheels), but this time they even received reinforcements.
The microcars in the exhibition are borrowed from the PS Speicher museum and several private collectors.
The main attraction, the 1962 Peel P50, built on the Isle of Man, is the smallest microcar ever manufactured.
It is just 132 cm long, 99 cm wide and weighs merely 59 kilos.
Next to the Peel P50, even a BMW Isetta is a royal mean of transportation. A red two-door BMW remains a heartthrob, this one is no exception, when considered in this category.
If an asymmetric two door Beemer is to conform, how about a British roadster on three wheels.
This second visit to the Hague allowed me to beef up the exiting galleries of the original Louwman report, thus wholeheartedly recommend to revisit this article:
The Louwman Museum – a visit to one of the world’s oldest and most comprehensive car collection
