In 1952 the French car pioneer Victor Bouffort designed a revolutionary, egg-shaped, plastic microcar. He made a tour through Germany to sell his design. There was a lot of interest, but nobody took out a license. He must have inspired some, because it didn’t take very long before Brütsch and Tourette came up with very similar vehicles, which they claimed to be their own idea.
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true genius often is terrible at selling itself. shame