So, I’m getting all jazzed up about seeing Cars on Sunday and I head over to the official website to look around. They now have pictures of many more cars, including Guido.
Take a real close look at Guido, he’s an Italian forklift (or that’s the official description) and he has 3 wheels.
Guido looks like an Isetta to me! Of course, the Isetta was not a forklift, but I guess Guido could be some kind of wierd conversion. I don’t know my Isetta history very well (just what I read in the Wikipedia), but it also doesn’t look to me like Iso (the Italian scooter manufacturer that originated the Isetta) made a 3 wheel Isetta. Here is a picture of a nearly mint Iso Isetta.
It does look like a 3 wheeler from this view, but it is actually a very short axle with 2 wheels in the rear.
Here’s a BMW Isetta with 3 wheels. Notice the difference in BMW’s headlights vs. Iso’s headlights. Then, compare the BMW headlights to Guido’s.
If Guido is an Isetta, shouldn’t he be named Deiter?
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Run on December 3, 2011
Great movie! I want the DVD :)
Cars: The Movie–3 thumbs up!
Well, I went to see Cars on Sunday with the family. I’ve been jazzed about this one since the first trailer hit the internet! Lasseter did not dissapoint. I loved all of the ‘car crazy’ references and the kids loved…
I would guess he is an Italian forklift, built by ISO or one of their contemporaries in the 50′s.
Therefore we see a resemblance to the ISO/BMW Isetta. HOWEVER, There does seem to be an Isetta during the credits, Billy Crystal as Mikey from Monsters Inc.