1959 Messerschmitt KR200

This is one of the cars on display at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018.

It's a 1959 Messerschmitt KR200, the Kabinenroller, which was designed by Fritz Fend. Since Willy Messerschmitt was not allowed to produce aircraft after the war the car was built in his factory at Regensburg by Fend, Messerschmitt having little to do with production other than lend his name to the project. When Messerschmitt was allowed to produce aircraft again in 1956 he sold the Regensburg works to Fend who continued with production there until 1964. The first Kabinenroller built by Fend was the KR175 which had a 173cc Fichtel & Sachs single-cylinder two-stroke engine, and for the subsequent KR200 the engine was enlarged to 191cc. Two people could travel in these cars, sitting in tandem one behind the other.