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FMR 1958-1961 - Four wheels instead of three

Name: FMR KR 200 1961
Brand: FMR

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Created in 2013

Text:

Roger Gloor

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

Bruno von Rotz

Michael Furman - Courtesy RM Auctions

Darin Schnabel - Courtesy RM Auctions 2012

Emanuel Zifreund

Bonhams

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Daniel Reinhard

Bruno von Rotz

Michael Furman - Courtesy RM Auctions

Darin Schnabel - Courtesy RM Auctions 2012

Emanuel Zifreund

Bonhams

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FMR KR 200 (1959) - the lady also seems to like the cabin scooter (Techno Classica 2013)

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A cabin scooter from FMR - Motorworld Classics Berlin 2016

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FMR KR 200 (1959) - three wheels are enough for efficient locomotion (Techno Classica 2013)

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FMR KR 200 (1959) - the lightest at 240 kg in front of the heaviest, namely a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost from 1922 weighing 2,400 kg (Techno Classica 2013)

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FMR TG 500 (1958) - at the start of the Solitude Revival 2013 in Group A - GT & Touring

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FMR KR 200 (1962) - beautifully designed DAVC stand with Messerschmitt cabin scooter - Retro Classics Stuttgart 2014

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FMR Tiger TG 500 (1959) - as lot 106 at the Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction on August 14, 2015

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FMR TG 500 Tiger (1960) - Microcars on the occasion of the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2012 at the Villa d'Erba

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F.M.R. Tg 500 'Tiger' (1960) - offered as lot 132 at the RM Auction "Art of the Automobile" on November 21, 2013 in New York

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F.M.R. Tg 500 'Tiger' (1958) - offered at the auction of the Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum by RM Auction on February 15 and 16, 2013

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Messerschmitt KR 175 (1954) - bird's eye view

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Messerschmitt FK 175 (1953) - much admired at the 1953 Geneva Motor Show

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Summary

There have been around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. FMR, manufacturer of aircraft-like cabin scooters, is one of these vanished brands. The Messerschmitt-KR and the four-wheeled Tiger model from 1957 came from FMR.

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No, three-wheelers are not included in this AR series. But in 1957, the FMR brand, which had emerged from Messerschmitt production, supplemented its KR = cabin scooter series with the four-wheel Tiger model. But first things first: in 1952, the resourceful designer Fritz Fend persuaded the legendary former fighter aircraft manufacturer Willy Messerschmitt to use his empty factory facilities in Regensburg to produce a small car. Fend developed a three-wheeled wagon with tandem seats, above which a Plexiglas roof opened out to the side. The Messerschmitt KR 175 celebrated its premiere at the 1953 Geneva Motor Show: tubular frame with floor pan, welded sheet steel body, handlebar instead of steering wheel, rear single wheel on swing arm and an air-cooled single-cylinder two-stroke engine with 174 cm³ and 9 hp in front of it. The Messerschmitt clearly stood out from other cabin scooters with its cockpit resembling an airplane cockpit. By 1964, almost 66,000 KR 175 and KR 200 had been sold ...

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