Economical and practical small cars were already available in the 1950s. Most of them belonged to the cabin scooter category and the Heinkel cabin impressed then, as it does today, with its well thought-out design and many refinements. This would have made it the market leader, but customers turned too quickly and too early to the "real" cars and left the practical "microcars" behind. This report portrays a Heinkel Type 154 cabin from 1957 and presents the history and elegance of the design, supplemented by many historical illustrations and original sales brochures from the time.