By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

If you’re familiar with the specs of the Isetta microcar—three wheels, anemic two-stroke engine, nonexistent crash protection—you might not think it’d be the best choice for autocross. And guess what? You’d be totally correct! From this clip, I can’t tell whether this is a BMW model or one of numerous other versions made in Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil, or Britain. But what anyone with functioning eyeballs can see is that it goes up on two wheels while navigating one of the turns, and that it’s completely hilarious. Hopefully the little commuter didn’t sustain any damage during the ordeal.

The blog DarkRoastedBlend has gathered up a whole heap of the web’s best pics of the tiniest cars ever made—from the wingless-cockpit Inter 175 A Berline to the cyclops-space-invader Peel. Some of these cars you can literally lift with one hand, and on the road they can get 100 mpg or more. Check them out!

Earlier this year at the New York Auto Show, GM debuted these three microcar concepts, and invited the public to vote at its website on which of the baby vehicles was their favorite. Today at the LA Auto Show, GM announced that the poll, which attracted a record-setting 1.8 million respondents, showed the Beat to be the overwhelming winner. As a result, the Beat will go into production, becoming available for the global market in mid-2009. While GM assures that the Beat will be ultra-efficient, it was the only car of the three to run a turbocharged 1.2L—the other two micros were equipped with 1.0L engines. Check out the full story at Motivemag.