1958 Zündapp Janus
Length: 9’4”
Seating: 4
Power: 14 hp
Estimate: $30,000 – $40,000
This East German motorcycle company couldn’t have picked a better name for its foray into microcar manufacturing. The Roman god Janus bore two faces, and so too does this little microcar. The single front door swings open much like an Isetta; a single rear door does the same, allowing access to a rear-facing bench seat. Power comes from a little 14-hp, 248-cc two-stroke single stuffed between those two seats. Zündapp built only 6900 cars before abandoning the project a year after its inception, but the Janus may be more widely known because it played the villain in Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2.
