The National Motor Museum Trust

In 2005, the National Motor Museum played host to some of the most bizarre vehicles ever proposed for serious production. Supported by a collection of equally strange and unusual objects, the exhibition was a celebration of motoring things weird and wonderful.

This exhibition has now ended.

Vehicles that were on display:

The last surviving Autocar, a three-wheel car that the manufacturer claimed was capable of carrying nine people.

Designed by Marcel Leyat who adapted aviation technology, including a tandem two-seat cockpit as well as a propeller mounted on the ABC engine at the front, to produce this extremely interesting vehicle.

A 'tricar' that featured a motorcycle and sidecar wheel arrangement, yet all four occupants sat within a single body shell.

Produced as a scaled-down car to help children develop an awareness of road safety, as well as giving them a basic training in car handling.

Built by a famous German aircraft company after World War II, the KR200 had a two-stroke engine that could, at a pull of a lever, be put into reverse, effectively giving the car four reversing gears.

The car that coined the term 'bubblecar' and one of many cheap automobiles resulting from the Suez crisis fuel shortages of 1956.

Advertised as 'The covered scooter with a car sized door' it had two seats in tandem and handle bars for steering.

Built by the Isle of Man’s only production car manufacturer and costing less than £200 when new, the fibreglass single-seat P50 featured a single door on the nearside for access and a lever beside the driver to start its 49cc DKW. moped engine.

A bizarre creation intended for the sport of hill climbing, it displayed a trapezoidal wheel arrangement with one wheel at the front and one at the back for steering, and an axle three-quarters to the rear driven by a BMC 1,800cc engine.

Built by a props company for singer/songwriter Michael Jackson's film Moonwalker to a Nuccio Bertone design originally penned for Lancia but never put into production.

Proposed as an all-terrain, multi-purpose vehicle, suitable for manufacture and use on the unpaved roads in developing countries.

A tiny electric car promoted as a vehicle that could be used by drivers as young as 14 years old.

Created by custom car builder, Andy Saunders, to an Alex Trimulous styling exercise for the Ford Motor Company in 1958.