The Libelle was an
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n three-wheeled
microcar
Microcar is a term often used for the smallest size of cars, with three or four wheels and often an engine smaller than . Specific types of microcars include bubble cars, cycle cars, invacar, quadricycles and voiturettes. Microcars are oft ...
built in
Innsbruck by Libelle Fahrzeugbau- und Vertriebsgesellschaft between 1952 and 1954. It had a one-cylinder two-stroke Rotax engine with 199 cc and 8.5 hp, and 4 gears.
About 50 are believed to have been built; the only known "survivor" is in the exposition of the RRR scooter museum in
Eggenburg, Austria.
See also
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List of microcars by country of origin
Walter Zeichner: Kleinwagen International, Motorbuch-Verlag. Stuttgart 1999.
External links
Photographs of the LibelleWeb page of the RRRollipop Museum
Microcars
Car manufacturers of Austria
Three-wheeled motor vehicles
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Cars introduced in 1952