Heinkel built the Kabine's door so the steering wheel would not swing out with it, solely to dodge Iso Isetta's hinge patent.
Lead trim: Kabine Model 150, 174 cc (9.2 PS) · up to 10 hp
Heinkel KabineKabine · 1956–1966
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FactHeinkel built the Kabine's door so the steering wheel would not swing out with it, solely to dodge Iso Isetta's hinge patent.
The Heinkel Kabine, designed and built by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke from 1956 to 1958, then produced under licence in Ireland (Dundalk Engineering, 1958, withdrawn for poor quality), Argentina (Los Cedros S.A., 1959-1962, alongside Studebaker pickups) and, from 1960 to 1966, the UK as the Trojan 200 by Trojan Cars. Its steel unit body opened via a single front door (to avoid infringing Iso Rivolta's Isetta hinge patent the steering wheel did not swing out with the door), with a fabric sunroof doubling as an emergency escape hatch, and it had a reverse gear unlike some rival bubble cars. The Model 150's 174 cc single made 9.2 PS at 5,500 rpm (87 km/h, 54 mph); the three-wheeled 153 and four-wheeled 154 (October 1956) used a 204 cc engine, later reduced to 198 cc for insurance purposes, at 10.1 PS at 5,500 rpm (90 km/h, 56 mph) with 9.7 lb-ft at 4,700 rpm. All had a single-cylinder air-cooled overhead-valve four-stroke and a 4-speed gearbox with reverse. It appeared in the films I'm All Right Jack (1959), Blue Murder at St Trinian's and The Naked Truth (both 1957) and Murder in Eden (1961). Length 2,550 mm (100.4 in), width 1,370 mm (53.9 in), height 1,320 mm (52.0 in); the registry's 800 lb curb-weight floor rejects both the 551 lb Model 150 and the 639 lb 153/154, so curb weight is left out of the specs.
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Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kabine 153/154, 198–204 cc (10.1 PS) | 1956–1958 | Single-cylinder | 10 hp | 9.7 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| Kabine Model 150, 174 cc (9.2 PS) | 1956–1958 | 0.2 L Single-cylinder | 9 hp | 9.5 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
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