I'm sorry but if I was 14 I would love this. Imagine the freedom? You and your mates could all get different colours and race around town playing car hide and seek. It's not a downgraded car, it's an upgraded bicycle. Genius.
Over here in France there is a class of vehicle called a "Non permis" - a vehicle that you can drive without a driving licence; so if you've never had a licence, or been banned from driving for any reason, or too young to have a car licence - the non permis car fits the bill. The Citroen Ami has been designed and built to sell to fleet operators in larger cities where congestion and pollution is at it's worst. IT'S NOT A CAR. It's an Urban Utility Vehicle or an UUV.
I hope your comment gets etched on the Citroen Ami, coz the moment people set their eyes on this, they would want to know as to why and who created this abomination.
Yep, it is limited in speed because it is driveable without a driving licence, just as a 50cc scooter. But I would say "sans permis" instead of "non permis", also called "voiturette" ;-)
+ I see this car as an electric alternative for those Piaggio Apecars that you see in Italian villages, where all the streets are too narrow for normal-sized cars. + It is also sold in the Fnac, both in France and Belgium so far. The Fnac is a retail chain for books and electronics. Not a car shop.
@Ислам Саутиев Yes,... but in some European countries you see a lot of these Quadricycle cars. The fuel-based alternative of this car would be the Aixam City or a Renault Twizzy, those cars don't require a driving license either.
@Ислам Саутиев What about cyclists or pedestrians? Don't they ride on the roads, don't they walk on them or at least cross them? You learn the basic rules in childhood. Otherwise, you require supervision (as you are danger to yourself). Licensing is based on the amount of damage you can do, how dangerous you are to others (or even yourself - that's the case with motorcycles due to high mortality rates). That's why there are weight and speed limits or even limits on power to weight ratio. And nothing absolves you from your duty to know the stuff. You are supposed to know all the relevant laws and rules, in all areas of your life. But I'm not sure how exactly this works in France. I know they have AM licences - from 14 years old and you need these for mopeds. Now, as I understand it, older people are grandfathered. If you were born before a certain date, you don't need this licence. It's probably a matter of alignment with EU law (they didn't take away the privilege from people who already had it - who were already 14+). And if you need an AM licence for a moped, then why should you be able to drive this without one? I think something is being lost in translation. I would be willing to bet that current 14 year olds do need an AM licence. Just like in other EU member states (the age limit differs, it's 15 years where I live).
Why does this seem such a brilliant idea even though almost every reviewer thrashes it? Developing that cheap electric vehicle keeping potential customers in mind is a fantastic job.....this is when a car is not a status but practical parking and economical solution for city life.
Me and my friends would have loved this when we were younger, it's a really safe way to start your driving journey and start becoming road safe.. genius idea.. but even now as a 30yr old woman who has never driven and it to scared to start driving, I think this is perfect, so cute and it's not too fast, enough space for a quick pop to the shops or to go to work, two seats are great. Really practical for city woman life style. Can't wait for this to launch in the UK.💄👠👜 Only thing I wish was that you would have spoken about it a bit more positively about the Ami, it's definitely going to be popular 👍
Brilliance? Certainly not engineering brilliance. But marketing brilliance, maybe. I do suspect we'll see a lot of these things being driven around inner cities by millennial Hipsters.
only problem that the avarege is 10mph because you travel 15 minutes at 40mph and wait 45 in traffic jam and lights in this Ami you travel 20mph for 30 minutes wait 45 minutes and charge for 3 hours, basically your avarege speed is 2.35mph, I would rather walk it's faster
@@goldaxe91 WTF You just abused mathematical calculation to the point it has not relevance to reality. Charge time is not relevant to a city commuter, you simply don't use much range.
@@goldaxe91 Probably best you spend that time working out your maths in future. 20mph for 30 mins before needing to charge implies a 10ml / 16Km range. I suppose if you're gonna simply make up the stats for yourself, anything might sound possible, but it has nothing to do with the practical reality of this little vehicle, especially for the vast majority of trips people undertake for commuting etc.
I really love the concept and the way Citroen is thinking. Obviously this is not a regular car. But it's great way to get around the big cities, especially for those who almost never leave the city. It saves you the costs of a driving licence, yet you don't have the horrible delays that come with public transport.
As an alternative to an electric assist bicycle it makes great sense - for city use. You wouldn't want to use it outside of 30mph zones, and no it isn't quick but most cars in the middle of a city aren't quick - 6mph is the average speed in central London. I love the thing.
Putting things this way. I do recall overtake, really slowly, SEVERAL Ferraris. All of them awesome "top models"! We were all on, a bumper to bumper, stop and go traffic! In the outskirts of Lisbon-Portugal! For the more curious, they were going to an international Ferrari gathering in Sintra and Cascais! ;-) Truth be told in those conditions my cheap Econobox. Was quieter, way more comfortable, cheap, economical, less pollutant... The ONLY point where it lost badly was the "status" symbol factor! With this said, the AMI fits the bill perfectly! It was designed with a particular goal and a specific function. Where it fits brilliantly with a very Citroen design touch! What's not to like?! ;-) Comparing apples to apples should be the norm! So compare it, not to a Jaguar V8! For goodness sake! But to other "scooter replacement" vehicles! Suddenly it jumps from a jokingly review, to the top of the range! It's that simple! ;-)
I like this car… give it 45 mph top speed and it would be a perfect little runabout. Not everything has to have 500 +hp, and that’s from someone who drives a new amg c63s. A time and place for everything.
From my experience (50cc scooter) 28mph is too slow even for the city, at least where I live. In some long streets where there aren’t buildings nearby, cars become dangerous if you go too slow, the Ami should go at 60km/h in my opinion
I can't help but like it, it makes no apologies for what it is and a lot of the cost savings to keep the cost down are really practical ideas, like the identical front and back panels and only needing to make one version of the door to put on either side.
The Ami is brilliant for 80% of the normal use of a car. My daily commute is 15 miles, an average speed of 20 mph, and all on 30 mph roads. If it was available in the UK it would be a definite contender.
In almost all reviews, Mat gives interesting engaging reviews - this one, it was clear from the start he did not like and sought to expose its limitations. The car is marketed as a cheap city car and in that respect, it meets its objective perfectly. It would be akin to exposing the lack of boot and seat capacity in a Koenigsegg.
Unnecessarily salty review. As others have commented, this is more a micromobility type of vehicle rather than competing directly with other EVs and certainly has its place in congested cities like London. In France you can lease this for less than £20/month. It’s an affordable alternative for people who don’t need a full size car but don’t want to use an e-scooter or e-bike.
This is actually perfect for teens in the city and suburbs. Parents don’t have to take their kid everywhere, the car is safe with a reasonable speed, easy to control. I can imagine a student driving to his friend’s house using this.
Great idea, send a mentally and emotionally undeveloped human out onto the road, with zero driving experience, in a vehicle that skirts safety regulations and doesn’t even have airbags. What could go wrong?! 😅
@@BenNotVictoraside all of that, if the teen has mental health and emotional struggles, they will be made much worse by inflicting this car on them. It's like the equivalent of sending them to school in ugly shoes
Atleast the Fiat 126 has double the horsepower(16hp) in comparison, whereas the Ami only has 8hp comming out from an EV motor which drives it's front wheels.
I would definitly choose the 126. I love that car since I was a child as one of them used to get me to the school lots of times. That air cooled engine sound is unique.
@@fraka899 Ok, bro. I heard Matt saying that it has 16horses while he was reviewing his own Fiat 126, but you're right that it has 24hp and brake hp too, anyway it had a top speed of 65mph(105km/h), so I don't get how you used to hit 120km/h,(did you slightly tuned it, or was the analogue speedometer indicating something which wasn't so accurate??).
I think you’ve been a little harsh on this one Matt. It’s been designed as a cheap, very basic option for short journeys / urban driving… and it does that to a perfectly acceptably standard. It’s the kind of thing that many older people would own as it would be perfect for a short drive to the shops and around town etc. It’s also the kind of thing that many people would have as a cheap-to-run 2nd car, again for short journeys.
Exactly right! I'm getting old, as a senior and pensioner. I rarely go more than seven kilometres a day. I could easily bypass the faster streets, and it would do me for about 99% of my driving needs. Ugly? No! Funky!
I'm sorry, but your type of comment is what car manufacturers think, and it's thinking that's somewhat disconnected from reality. Because yes, there are a lot of people who drive less than 5 miles a day, but that may only be true for 99 journeys out of 100. As for that 1 journey out of 100, what if you wanted to go somewhere that was 20 miles away on a motorway? Even a conventional small petrol city car like an i10 or an Aygo can easily handle motorway driving, but it's completely out of the question for the Citroen Ami. So what's the point of spending thousands on a car which you can never take out of your own town or city? Why not spend a little bit more, and have a car that can easily handle the occasional journey out of the town/city?
@@33LB Apology accepted. All you are saying is that you’re not in the target market for this vehicle. That’s fine, thousands of other people will be 🤷♂️.
Part of the caveat is the term “urban driving”. I think that definition changes for each person…. Is urban driving New York City, or is it Small town USA ? Once you eliminate all the locations and destinations where either public transportation or a more conventional vehicle is more practical the locations and destinations where this becomes more practical than either public transportation or a more conventional vehicle become very small. And it’s becomes very difficult to live your life with this thing WITHOUT also access to either PT or PVs so having access to this become superfluous. It’s best chance is to exist where small electric vehicles (golf carts) already are established as a significant mode of transportation and have the networks in place to cater to them. Otherwise you either have to simply hope that enough people will buy them to force a change in the way your community is laid out or hope that the community choose to change the way it is laid out and force people to buy these vehicles in large number over conventional vehicles. The conversion from horse and buggy to automobiles occurred because the automobile offered something the horse and buggy couldn’t duplicate, this doesn’t do that compared to a conventional vehicle as much as people would like to think.
@@MrSheckstr I think you’re overthinking this. It will be perfect for hundred of thousands of people, and not a good choice for everyone else. The people that it works well for (people in big cities, elderly people that do 1 drive a week to the shops and back, and young people as a cheap option for a first car) will consider it and some will buy, others won’t. It’s really no more complicated than that 🤷♂️
@@nadir1378 to be fair it isn't a bad idea. It would probably do well in Florida where I'm living, people drive their golf carts around all the time here lol.
As a town vehicle it’s perfect. It’s about the same price as a carbon pushbike much beloved of MAMILS. …..And - you don’t need to wear Lycra to use it. I’d buy one
Dude i'm from France and there is no way i would buy this sh*t, even an eletric scooter is better than this and as a bonus for all of you, if it starts raining hard it will rain inside this dump. Citroën "creative merdologie".
@@sylvaind.6786 to someone that doesn't know that a Porsche 911 GT3 uses fabric door pulls to save weight, according to Porsche. It is unexpected because Porsche is not only a very sporty brand but a luxurious brand. Fabric door pulls are seen as cheap (which they are), luxury is associated with expensiveness not cheapness. Therefore, a fabric door pull is surprising to see in a 911 GT3 without knowing why it is there.
These would be perfect to drive around in new York City. They just changed the speed limit to 25 mph throughout the whole city. If only they had a bigger battery so you could get farther range on them. Hopefully we see something like this in the US soon.
There is a sadly not cheap, portable charging station "Zipcharge Go" coming on the market next year with 4 kWh power. For a car that's enough to find a charging station nearby but for this Ami with it's 5.5 kWh, it could mean the range becomes perhaps not 70 km but 120 km.
@@patrickrannou1278 That wouldn't bother me. If the range was cut in half, it would still last me about three days without a charge. After all, it's a city car with very limited speed. You're not going to take it on the highway.
I can see this as a viable option for someone living in a bigger city and never going outside the city limits. The fact that it barely cost anything to own and operate is a huge plus. No MOT, no tax and probably just crumbles for an insurance. However..... Snow, heavy rain or simply too much sunshine would make the days of any Ami owners pretty damn miserable. A perfect "car" for a perfect day.
Actually, as a kind of city car that you can rent for a short while through an app or something like those e-scooters, i think that would actually work really well. Kinda cool, honestly.
I could see the concept but there are a million different factors to think about and you gotta think about vandalism and people breaking these or popping the tyres
This thing is awesome! I'd totally use it instead of my current car to go to the shops or around town. I live in a busy city with a lot of traffic jams and barely any parking spots that fit my SUV so this could actually solve a lot of problems around short-distance trips, and when I'm not using it, I reckon it'd fit in the boot of my bigger car :D
Fun fact: the world record for 200 meters in running which means 1/8 mile is 19.19 seconds and is held by usain bolt, so this car is slower than a man, and also both of them max out at 27 mph
@Andrew hi Andy, always good to correspond with someone who should be working for their taskmaster, rather than poking their oversized beak into business that is none of theirs. If as you allude, I'm not the sharpest, where does that leave you, you who didn't make the cut to be in the box?. Looking forward to your next mediocre post. Hope that helps. 🙂
Good luck driving this in the UK, most drivers are impatient nobs that will sit on your bumper for doing any less than 35 MPH in town - I can’t imagine how stressful that would be in this tiny Ami.
Same here in France, limit is 50 kmph in town and now most of the time on smaller roads it's even 30 and I can assure you that no one drives at those speeds.
This is what we in Sweden call a ”moppebil” pretty much everyone hates you if you drive one of these. And in Sweden you can drive one of them at the age of 15.
I think most reviewers have missed the point with the Ami. It's not a compromised car, it's an ebike on steroids! If I could have driven this aged 14 it would have put the biggest smile on my face and been suitable for 100% of my journeys. With ebikes costing thousands and full EV cars in a different league in price I can see exactly where it fits for shared urban transport. Bravo Citroën.
I think it's pretty iconic! The references to bygone people's cars (like the window and door openings) combined with the bright accents on the interior. You bring your speaker and smartphone. I wish it had coloured panels on the outside and it would be necessary to know how an accident at its top speed would work out.
As negative as this review seemed I'm still interested as a little electric runabout. It seats two, has an enclosed heated cabin, and can easily do a 12 mile commute on 30mph roads so that's all my needs covered. While I could buy a petrol car I'd rather not. Going to a petrol station is inconvenient compared to charging at home. Petrol cars are smelly, you have only to walk alongside a busy road to smell it. So how's about comparing it to a used EV like a Nissan leaf 24kwh?
What a fantastic little car, especially for a Beginner driver, I felt you were very negatively biased in review to this car it felt like you were reviewing from a vs a Rimac position :|
I love the innovation to make a simple car with smaller battery. 5.5kWh battery capacity in the Ami, 35.5kWh in the Honda E, 58kWh in the ID3. The weight of those long distance electric cars causes wasteful energy consumption for most journeys.
Why do I feel so hurt by condescending remarks like that? Even if only one person says it out loud in a group and the others simply just stare and say nothing, I feel like everyone's judging me and I'm not welcomed by the community or something…
@@prlreviews1729 If I was a reviewer and getting paid from driving a “ridiculous”-looking city car/quadricycle, then it'd be funny and they can laugh all they want, and I'd be grinning behind the steering wheel. But if I was a French teenager at 19 and cannot afford a proper car and had to get this car/quadricycle because of financial or health reasons, then it suddenly becomes more hurtful.
Tbh if I lived in a busy town, that be really good little car to get back and forth to work. Save the milage on your good car. I don't think 2 of you could go out and put the weekly shop in it but popping to the shops for some milk and bread on the way back from work would be great. Some electric bikes cost more than that car. Shame it didn't put the touchscreen out of a C1 and some dash speakers inside it....it would have just completed the interior a bit....my wife has a 108 (basically same car as C1) and the touchscreen is underrated.
Looks quite cute really, and not bad value! Truth is, these things will get increasingly popular over time, and Citroen was clever to tap the market early.
These reviews are usually very good but this seems to have missed the point. Many will consider purchasing something like this on account of the petrol shortage. For short trips into town this would be ideal and very good value for money. A review on its own terms comparing it to its peers would be helpful!
Electric mobility done right. These will be fun and interesting! Although I suspect that the e-scooter mayhem from a few years ago will return with a vengeance. (Those were also fun, so I’m not that worried)
This is a little run around for town/city driving. Yet there are so many reviewers not reviewing it as such. It's all half joking reviews, taking it around a track, timing it etc. Talking about everything it doesn't do and what it isn't designed for. Respect to you for actually driving it around a town, briefly.
This reminds me of when news readers used to leave articles about computers to the end and almost laugh when they introduced it. You’re not comparing this car to a muscle car or even a family hatchback, it’s a small, electric car for super short journeys that just might help reduce pollution and contribute to reversing the damage we have caused to the planet. Well done Citroen for trying. Matt, you’re not Clarkson, he’s a twat, stop trying to be Clarkson.
It is like when someone judges cars of years ago to today's standards. A model T Ford wasn't made for today's rules but made for the rules and road conditions for it's time. I doubt a car of today would do well in conditions that the Model T Ford was built for.
Something like this but with a bigger boot for shopping / the dog, air con, and 40mph top speed would actually be perfect for most of my journeys. Share a proper car with the partner for long motorway / out of town journeys, and use this for local commutes, shopping, popping round to friends etc.
@@mojonojo3 not sure why it would have to be trebled - would need a more powerful motor, chassis extended by 2 or 3 feet, and an air con system, but aside from that it would still be a very small and basic 'car'. Perhaps it would have to follow more stringent legal requirements if it wasn't limited to 30mph, but a 'proper' car like the dacia sandero can do that for under £10k.
@@mrgreatauk Weight is the key, the more mass the bigger motor the bigger the battery, which then also adds to the cycle of then also needing to increase size of motor and battery, every ounce adds to this. AC is also very punishing on battery. you then have reduced number of potential sales as it no longer fits in the category that the car was designed to fit as specified by French & Belgian law, car would also have to be RHD, Futher limiting it to UK & Ireland. so you no longer get cost discount of mass manufacturing so cost goes up again.
Tbh, as a working woman, living alone, in a country with very high demand of expenses with low salary range, have very congestive roads, Only goes out to wither work and run errand and grocery. This is actually I’d love to buy for ease of traspo. Only thing I do not like is it not having AC tbh. It serves ots purpose being a UUV pretty well. It’s not meant for a luxuious drive anyway
The Rimac could do the 1/4 mile, reverse back to the start line and then do the 1/4 mile again and this thing still wouldn't have reached the finish line 😅
Jokes aside this quadricycle will actually be appealing for the youth. It may get younger people into cars! Also it would be good for people living in flats as it takes up no space! 😂
I mean you still need the 8 grand to buy the thing. Most young people don’t have 8 grand laying around to spend. Especially on a useless one trick pony like this.
Between a moped or that, I think it's safer to have an Ami rather than a mopped for a teenager. And for city driving it's perfectly fine, who need a massive SUV in London?
Exactly...of course there are better EV options BUT for the purpose it is designed it is pretty perfect. Would be great to see these on golf courses as well though to be fair that would be fun! lol
I can see this being very popular. Especially with the younger generation and ladies. City dwellers and those who aren't into cars but despise public transport. Similar to the electric scooters and bike rentals. Nervous drivers and even the elderly. Fun little thing, but they did their research here, there is a market for this.
This car is EPIC. I really believe it is the future of city driving, just give it a tiny bit more top speed and battery. It is a perfectly optimised device. Gas powered cars wouldn't be so bad environment-wise for the time being, if they were only used for long distance driving.
I will buy it for my father when it's available in my country. Expected specifications are 60 kmph top speed, 100 km true range, AC, Fully openable window, Multi Function TFT display with Android Auto, 1-2 Air Bags, Solar panel roof as an accessories and price will be 5K USD/EURO.
Honestly: It's awesome. If everyone would drive cars like that we could nearly double the parking space in the cities. The lack of aircon is a huge issue though. Makes it basically not an option for me. WHY THERE'S NO AIRCON?! Come on... Also: Charging with the door open. Bad idea.
Citroen or French cars are designed for mobility and the genuine features that it offers as described by the man, it is to make many certainties these days, since it is the compact built and power packed. The features that it possess is a power on its own. Scientifically and modernly designed for city driving. Get yours now, up for deliveries worldwide. Cleverly mini, hugely power packed. Contact your nearest supplier/agent. SMEs.......respectively.
I live in rural Texas. This and any other small EV would be good to get around town, visit neighbors, go to the lake, and go to church. I wouldn't dare drive to and around the city of Dallas in it.
Name a better way to spend €6,000. We'll wait...
Any Suburu wrx i can find (i dont think u can get a sti under 6k tho)
Buy 6000 1 euro cheesburgers
Used Lexus IS250, cheap reliable luxury
(And yes, you can get them for under 6k)
Honda civic
I love your videos
I'm sorry but if I was 14 I would love this. Imagine the freedom? You and your mates could all get different colours and race around town playing car hide and seek. It's not a downgraded car, it's an upgraded bicycle. Genius.
as a 15 year old, me and my mates do that, not with a citroen ami but with an old ligier "microcar" ye, basicly that
If you and your mates all have £6000 to spend on this, than yeah sure
Same
I agree
For us this is actually really good
@@FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpidey - You can also rent it for 20€/month.
In France, there is only one color availlable, except if you use this for commercial use (pizza delivery, etc...). I guess it's the same thing in UK.
From drag racing an F1 car to reviewing whatever this is. Carwow sure is a variety channel
We try!!
Matt’s got range ,for days ..
Unlike this ami.
I love how @Late Braking profile pic is judging the ami. He has seen enuf of this bullshit. 😂😂
XD
From a 2,000hp Rivera review to an 8hp Citroën review, carwow is somewhat diverse.
Over here in France there is a class of vehicle called a "Non permis" - a vehicle that you can drive without a driving licence; so if you've never had a licence, or been banned from driving for any reason, or too young to have a car licence - the non permis car fits the bill.
The Citroen Ami has been designed and built to sell to fleet operators in larger cities where congestion and pollution is at it's worst. IT'S NOT A CAR. It's an Urban Utility Vehicle or an UUV.
I hope your comment gets etched on the Citroen Ami, coz the moment people set their eyes on this, they would want to know as to why and who created this abomination.
Yep, it is limited in speed because it is driveable without a driving licence, just as a 50cc scooter. But I would say "sans permis" instead of "non permis", also called "voiturette" ;-)
+ I see this car as an electric alternative for those Piaggio Apecars that you see in Italian villages, where all the streets are too narrow for normal-sized cars.
+ It is also sold in the Fnac, both in France and Belgium so far. The Fnac is a retail chain for books and electronics. Not a car shop.
@Ислам Саутиев Yes,... but in some European countries you see a lot of these Quadricycle cars. The fuel-based alternative of this car would be the Aixam City or a Renault Twizzy, those cars don't require a driving license either.
@Ислам Саутиев What about cyclists or pedestrians? Don't they ride on the roads, don't they walk on them or at least cross them? You learn the basic rules in childhood. Otherwise, you require supervision (as you are danger to yourself). Licensing is based on the amount of damage you can do, how dangerous you are to others (or even yourself - that's the case with motorcycles due to high mortality rates). That's why there are weight and speed limits or even limits on power to weight ratio. And nothing absolves you from your duty to know the stuff. You are supposed to know all the relevant laws and rules, in all areas of your life.
But I'm not sure how exactly this works in France. I know they have AM licences - from 14 years old and you need these for mopeds. Now, as I understand it, older people are grandfathered. If you were born before a certain date, you don't need this licence. It's probably a matter of alignment with EU law (they didn't take away the privilege from people who already had it - who were already 14+). And if you need an AM licence for a moped, then why should you be able to drive this without one? I think something is being lost in translation. I would be willing to bet that current 14 year olds do need an AM licence. Just like in other EU member states (the age limit differs, it's 15 years where I live).
Why does this seem such a brilliant idea even though almost every reviewer thrashes it? Developing that cheap electric vehicle keeping potential customers in mind is a fantastic job.....this is when a car is not a status but practical parking and economical solution for city life.
EUR 6000 isn't that cheap to being with.
@@karaloop9544 it is for a brand new car
@@turnip5465 "car" ;)
@@karaloop9544 It doesn't matter how it is called. It is just as irrelevant as status.
@@Kiev-in-3-days its not cheap for what it offers.
Instead of a mat vs yianni running race, how about a race between this and mat running
You mean yanni running? You gotta make it fair for the car
@@Thedude.997 OOHH MY GOSH! NICE ONE, I UNDERSTAB=ND WHAT YOU MEAN! V )
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hahaha
Usain Bolt found his worthy opponent
@@HughRussell06 It's a 2 month old bot profile and still not banned.
Let's be honest. It is sufficient for 60% of people living in the city.
True the rest is for your ego.
no
@@rizkyp no wtf
If it just wouldn't be that dumb looking and so on... French...
No because no air conditioner in it, this car is literally an oven in my country 🤣🤣
If someone parks too close to you, then you could just push it out
You can pick it up and bring out of the parking lot 😂
@@nuky_999 omg imagine that 😂
Just keep the safetybelt on, and you don't have to pay parking tickets and no tax either, because you don't have to pay that for your rugsack.
Me and my friends would have loved this when we were younger, it's a really safe way to start your driving journey and start becoming road safe.. genius idea.. but even now as a 30yr old woman who has never driven and it to scared to start driving, I think this is perfect, so cute and it's not too fast, enough space for a quick pop to the shops or to go to work, two seats are great. Really practical for city woman life style. Can't wait for this to launch in the UK.💄👠👜
Only thing I wish was that you would have spoken about it a bit more positively about the Ami, it's definitely going to be popular 👍
People are clearly not seeing the brilliance of this thing.
Brilliance?
Certainly not engineering brilliance.
But marketing brilliance, maybe.
I do suspect we'll see a lot of these things being driven around inner cities by millennial Hipsters.
@@ohlordy2042 what constitutes engineering brilliance for you? Did you notice the swappable front and rear and the two doors for reducing costs?
@DSM Nice troll
@@dsm4652 get a life, u obviously don't know nothing about cars, sad boi
@@ahsookee nickname totally relevant lel
The average speed in London is 10 mph. Must be frustrating driving around in a way faster vehicle, like the Ami.
only problem that the avarege is 10mph because you travel 15 minutes at 40mph and wait 45 in traffic jam and lights
in this Ami you travel 20mph for 30 minutes wait 45 minutes and charge for 3 hours, basically your avarege speed is 2.35mph, I would rather walk it's faster
@@goldaxe91 I don't think your 3 significant figure accuracy is justified.
Especially when RJ over take this biscuit box
@@goldaxe91 WTF You just abused mathematical calculation to the point it has not relevance to reality. Charge time is not relevant to a city commuter, you simply don't use much range.
@@goldaxe91 Probably best you spend that time working out your maths in future. 20mph for 30 mins before needing to charge implies a 10ml / 16Km range. I suppose if you're gonna simply make up the stats for yourself, anything might sound possible, but it has nothing to do with the practical reality of this little vehicle, especially for the vast majority of trips people undertake for commuting etc.
This is literally a car Mr. Bean should drive. It even has that door that is closed with different key.
And hit the three wheeler while driving it.
Mr. Bean ev very
He's son will
He can’t drive it cos it’s not a car
@@neeljavia2965 the crash count of the three wheeler was soo much 😂
I really love the concept and the way Citroen is thinking. Obviously this is not a regular car. But it's great way to get around the big cities, especially for those who almost never leave the city. It saves you the costs of a driving licence, yet you don't have the horrible delays that come with public transport.
We’ve had ours 8 months. Here’s my 4000km review. ua-cam.com/video/1IgKw9DM-II/v-deo.html
Why are car testers under the sad illusion they are funny and clever ? Complete pratt
As an alternative to an electric assist bicycle it makes great sense - for city use. You wouldn't want to use it outside of 30mph zones, and no it isn't quick but most cars in the middle of a city aren't quick - 6mph is the average speed in central London. I love the thing.
6mph!!
When Red Ken was Mayor it was 12mph
Putting things this way. I do recall overtake, really slowly, SEVERAL Ferraris. All of them awesome "top models"!
We were all on, a bumper to bumper, stop and go traffic! In the outskirts of Lisbon-Portugal! For the more curious, they were going to an international Ferrari gathering in Sintra and Cascais! ;-)
Truth be told in those conditions my cheap Econobox. Was quieter, way more comfortable, cheap, economical, less pollutant... The ONLY point where it lost badly was the "status" symbol factor!
With this said, the AMI fits the bill perfectly! It was designed with a particular goal and a specific function. Where it fits brilliantly with a very Citroen design touch! What's not to like?! ;-)
Comparing apples to apples should be the norm! So compare it, not to a Jaguar V8! For goodness sake! But to other "scooter replacement" vehicles! Suddenly it jumps from a jokingly review, to the top of the range! It's that simple! ;-)
Imagine being a 14 year old in France and getting this as your birthday gift.
great gift, way more safe than a scooter.
Better get a lambretta or a Vespa
Probably be a weekend drive then. Wouldn’t wanna drive that to school.
@@JUNOLIN true, you'd get bullied so hard
Imagine being a 14 year old in France and getting a €6,000 birthday gift !!
I like this car… give it 45 mph top speed and it would be a perfect little runabout. Not everything has to have 500 +hp, and that’s from someone who drives a new amg c63s. A time and place for everything.
I agree with you
45mph and the range would half, and in the city top speed is never above 30
Yes but it DOESN'T do 45mph!
Give it a top speed of 45 mph and it would kill you if you crashed it, just about.
From my experience (50cc scooter) 28mph is too slow even for the city, at least where I live.
In some long streets where there aren’t buildings nearby, cars become dangerous if you go too slow, the Ami should go at 60km/h in my opinion
I can't help but like it, it makes no apologies for what it is and a lot of the cost savings to keep the cost down are really practical ideas, like the identical front and back panels and only needing to make one version of the door to put on either side.
The Ami is brilliant for 80% of the normal use of a car. My daily commute is 15 miles, an average speed of 20 mph, and all on 30 mph roads. If it was available in the UK it would be a definite contender.
Yes not more than 20% of people in the UK use the motorway to get to work everyday. That’s why they’re so quiet.
@@benjaminamnk you clearly don't drive on the motorway often 🤣
better , buy a Tombstone to go with your AMI.
@@markplott4820 don't be silly. It doesn't claim to be a motorway car
I
80% of the use at 80% of the speed
In almost all reviews, Mat gives interesting engaging reviews - this one, it was clear from the start he did not like and sought to expose its limitations. The car is marketed as a cheap city car and in that respect, it meets its objective perfectly. It would be akin to exposing the lack of boot and seat capacity in a Koenigsegg.
Come on, it's mostly done for fun. Matt also has a great sense of humor, which he realized he could use here.
Just buy a fucking smart. Its better in litterally every way
@@PPedroFernandes except for the fact that you can't drive it from 14 years old
@@WiardiVK buy a scooter then.
@@WiardiVK You can in several places in the United States.
Unnecessarily salty review.
As others have commented, this is more a micromobility type of vehicle rather than competing directly with other EVs and certainly has its place in congested cities like London.
In France you can lease this for less than £20/month.
It’s an affordable alternative for people who don’t need a full size car but don’t want to use an e-scooter or e-bike.
less than I pay for my iphone !.....65p per day
Perfect effect for London’s crawling traffic
dude 20 quid a month.. i want one
How about in countryside?
I don't think the review is salty at all
This is actually perfect for teens in the city and suburbs. Parents don’t have to take their kid everywhere, the car is safe with a reasonable speed, easy to control. I can imagine a student driving to his friend’s house using this.
Great idea, send a mentally and emotionally undeveloped human out onto the road, with zero driving experience, in a vehicle that skirts safety regulations and doesn’t even have airbags. What could go wrong?! 😅
"safe"
getting crushed like a fking paperbox
And hiding it in a hedge three streets away, meaning they have to walk half the way there and potentially get mugged on the way.
@@BenNotVictoraside all of that, if the teen has mental health and emotional struggles, they will be made much worse by inflicting this car on them. It's like the equivalent of sending them to school in ugly shoes
Death trap
Wouldn't like to get hit by a G-Wagon in that one. Ha!
Or any big suv for that matter
@@HughRussell06 or literally any other vehicle. A Renault tweezy might kill you in that thing no joke
or by an Audi A8...
or a land cruiser
Or a rolls Royce
This makes your Fiat 126 seems like a rocket.
Fiat 126 is a rocket
Atleast the Fiat 126 has double the horsepower(16hp) in comparison, whereas the Ami only has 8hp comming out from an EV motor which drives it's front wheels.
I would definitly choose the 126. I love that car since I was a child as one of them used to get me to the school lots of times. That air cooled engine sound is unique.
@@johndavidson3424 126 has more than 16 hp pal. Full 24 horse power. I used to hit 120 kph with it 30 years ago
@@fraka899 Ok, bro. I heard Matt saying that it has 16horses while he was reviewing his own Fiat 126, but you're right that it has 24hp and brake hp too, anyway it had a top speed of 65mph(105km/h), so I don't get how you used to hit 120km/h,(did you slightly tuned it, or was the analogue speedometer indicating something which wasn't so accurate??).
Can't see it as a daily driver but as a rent car for a big city. It should be way better, than an E-Scooter.
was just thinking that , Have a bunch of them scattered round london for rent.
An E scooter is way more fun tho.
People would most likely steal them just like the rentable bikes
Will clog up city
E scooter is faster, cheaper and more fun to ride. Plus you won’t get bullied for having one
‘People probably aren’t aware I am going backwards cause the back is the same as the front’ 😂
Drag race: Citroën Ami vs. Model T vs. pennyfarthing bicycle vs. a horse
And a bull dog
Waiting for that
Horse wins
BIG YES.
@@aahilabbas4014 Yeah easily, racehorses can do 40 mph+
I think you’ve been a little harsh on this one Matt. It’s been designed as a cheap, very basic option for short journeys / urban driving… and it does that to a perfectly acceptably standard.
It’s the kind of thing that many older people would own as it would be perfect for a short drive to the shops and around town etc.
It’s also the kind of thing that many people would have as a cheap-to-run 2nd car, again for short journeys.
Exactly right! I'm getting old, as a senior and pensioner. I rarely go more than seven kilometres a day. I could easily bypass the faster streets, and it would do me for about 99% of my driving needs. Ugly? No! Funky!
I'm sorry, but your type of comment is what car manufacturers think, and it's thinking that's somewhat disconnected from reality. Because yes, there are a lot of people who drive less than 5 miles a day, but that may only be true for 99 journeys out of 100. As for that 1 journey out of 100, what if you wanted to go somewhere that was 20 miles away on a motorway? Even a conventional small petrol city car like an i10 or an Aygo can easily handle motorway driving, but it's completely out of the question for the Citroen Ami. So what's the point of spending thousands on a car which you can never take out of your own town or city? Why not spend a little bit more, and have a car that can easily handle the occasional journey out of the town/city?
@@33LB Apology accepted.
All you are saying is that you’re not in the target market for this vehicle. That’s fine, thousands of other people will be 🤷♂️.
Part of the caveat is the term “urban driving”. I think that definition changes for each person…. Is urban driving New York City, or is it Small town USA ? Once you eliminate all the locations and destinations where either public transportation or a more conventional vehicle is more practical the locations and destinations where this becomes more practical than either public transportation or a more conventional vehicle become very small. And it’s becomes very difficult to live your life with this thing WITHOUT also access to either PT or PVs so having access to this become superfluous. It’s best chance is to exist where small electric vehicles (golf carts) already are established as a significant mode of transportation and have the networks in place to cater to them. Otherwise you either have to simply hope that enough people will buy them to force a change in the way your community is laid out or hope that the community choose to change the way it is laid out and force people to buy these vehicles in large number over conventional vehicles.
The conversion from horse and buggy to automobiles occurred because the automobile offered something the horse and buggy couldn’t duplicate, this doesn’t do that compared to a conventional vehicle as much as people would like to think.
@@MrSheckstr I think you’re overthinking this. It will be perfect for hundred of thousands of people, and not a good choice for everyone else.
The people that it works well for (people in big cities, elderly people that do 1 drive a week to the shops and back, and young people as a cheap option for a first car) will consider it and some will buy, others won’t.
It’s really no more complicated than that 🤷♂️
So basically this is a golf cart with doors.
Exactly what I was thinking
@@nadir1378 to be fair it isn't a bad idea. It would probably do well in Florida where I'm living, people drive their golf carts around all the time here lol.
A golf car is not a road legal vehicle in Europe. The Ami is.
@@clerns isn't Florida hot? Mat talks about how this thing is a greenhouse. You'll be getting sautéed as you drive along in this
@@mcstaal It's too expensive for a 14 year old and too short of a range for an adult
This is what EVs should be. Every reviewer bores on about testing " yet another SUV" yet when something truly different comes along they trash it.
As a town vehicle it’s perfect.
It’s about the same price as a carbon pushbike much beloved of MAMILS. …..And - you don’t need to wear Lycra to use it. I’d buy one
i bet you are french
Dude i'm from France and there is no way i would buy this sh*t, even an eletric scooter is better than this and as a bonus for all of you, if it starts raining hard it will rain inside this dump. Citroën "creative merdologie".
@@sdrubaa you are the only based french
Would love to see this modded. Carbon fibre body panels. Tesla motor etc
With more grippy tires it would do a Wheelie lmao
@@nebe0719 AWD, 4 wheel burnout xD
@@nastyG184 lol
Just stop the speed limiter and this car will be perfect.
@@stephen10. prob will only go 45mph anyway
“Launch it from 0 to…some miles an hour”.
Tbh would love to try one. Sure as hell wouldn’t take it on public roads.
Mat: "There's fabric door pulls, just like on the Porsche 911 GT3"
Me: "Wait, what?!"
What is so surprising???
@@sylvaind.6786 That Porsche has a fabric door lever.
@@neeljavia2965 yes. And?
@@sylvaind.6786 to someone that doesn't know that a Porsche 911 GT3 uses fabric door pulls to save weight, according to Porsche. It is unexpected because Porsche is not only a very sporty brand but a luxurious brand. Fabric door pulls are seen as cheap (which they are), luxury is associated with expensiveness not cheapness.
Therefore, a fabric door pull is surprising to see in a 911 GT3 without knowing why it is there.
Ferrari F40
These would be perfect to drive around in new York City. They just changed the speed limit to 25 mph throughout the whole city. If only they had a bigger battery so you could get farther range on them. Hopefully we see something like this in the US soon.
The Ami is coming to Washington DC as a rent car.
@@aidanclarke6106 Really? Maybe there's hope we'll get it in Canada too.
There is a sadly not cheap, portable charging station "Zipcharge Go" coming on the market next year with 4 kWh power.
For a car that's enough to find a charging station nearby but for this Ami with it's 5.5 kWh, it could mean the range becomes perhaps not 70 km but 120 km.
@@dlittlester I wonder how the battery handles Canadian winters.
@@patrickrannou1278 That wouldn't bother me. If the range was cut in half, it would still last me about three days without a charge. After all, it's a city car with very limited speed. You're not going to take it on the highway.
People: We want an affordable electric car!
Citroën: Hold my Beer.
I can see this as a viable option for someone living in a bigger city and never going outside the city limits. The fact that it barely cost anything to own and operate is a huge plus. No MOT, no tax and probably just crumbles for an insurance. However..... Snow, heavy rain or simply too much sunshine would make the days of any Ami owners pretty damn miserable. A perfect "car" for a perfect day.
Actually, as a kind of city car that you can rent for a short while through an app or something like those e-scooters, i think that would actually work really well. Kinda cool, honestly.
I could see the concept but there are a million different factors to think about and you gotta think about vandalism and people breaking these or popping the tyres
@@rehanmehmood5974 Time to make them using solid rubber tyres, or the type that forklifts use
@@smothdude still very prone to vandalism I mean at the end of a day its a car
So many quirks if Doug can get his hands on one.
THISSSSSSSS
Diss is a Citroen Ami and its the quirkiest quirky car ever
Imagine the extra HP after Emelia Hartford gets one. :)
Doug Demuro would have an absolute field day going on and on about this car's amazing quirks. lmao
He'd be giggling uncontrollably every 5 seconds
He wouldn’t be able to fit his massive head in it though.
😂😂😂 🤣🤣 he reminds me of quagmire
@@senzosithole9614 #nailedit
His 6ft3 or 6ft4 height won't fit here.
This thing is awesome! I'd totally use it instead of my current car to go to the shops or around town. I live in a busy city with a lot of traffic jams and barely any parking spots that fit my SUV so this could actually solve a lot of problems around short-distance trips, and when I'm not using it, I reckon it'd fit in the boot of my bigger car :D
Fun fact: the world record for 200 meters in running which means 1/8 mile is 19.19 seconds and is held by usain bolt, so this car is slower than a man, and also both of them max out at 27 mph
Why would it be logical and sensible to compare this QUADRICYCLE...not CAR...to a human?.
They should have called this the Citroen Bolt shouldn’t they? Trick missed.
Can Mr Bolt run at that speed for 40 miles ? Don't think so 😂
@Andrew hi Andy, always good to correspond with someone who should be working for their taskmaster, rather than poking their oversized beak into business that is none of theirs. If as you allude, I'm not the sharpest, where does that leave you, you who didn't make the cut to be in the box?. Looking forward to your next mediocre post. Hope that helps. 🙂
@Andrew Don't feed the troll...
Good luck driving this in the UK, most drivers are impatient nobs that will sit on your bumper for doing any less than 35 MPH in town - I can’t imagine how stressful that would be in this tiny Ami.
Not stressful at all, there's no rear view mirror
Well tbh that would be the same speed as a cyclist but it takes up more space
Same here in France, limit is 50 kmph in town and now most of the time on smaller roads it's even 30 and I can assure you that no one drives at those speeds.
and when you get next to (or under) a bus/truck... people buy SUVs for a reason and that reason is not to go off road
Well its pretty annoying when you'r trying to get to work and some nonce is going 50% under the limit because it rained last Tuesday
This is what we in Sweden call a ”moppebil” pretty much everyone hates you if you drive one of these. And in Sweden you can drive one of them at the age of 15.
Dem är så jävla dåliga den här citroen är mycket bättre
Hi Volvo lover 🇸🇪
Riktigt cool bil 😂
In Finland, we call them "mopoauto". We also don't like them.
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"Hey dude, why are you pushing your car down the road? Any problem?"
"Nah, not really. I'm just charging it."
Matt: An EV you can drive from 14 years old
Me: *scream in confusion*
The return of VSP
1:50 Mats so proud of himself realising he’s found the front to the back 😂
My girlfriend cycles 4 miles to work on quiet roads, this would be a great alternative for rainy days and winter!
I think most reviewers have missed the point with the Ami. It's not a compromised car, it's an ebike on steroids! If I could have driven this aged 14 it would have put the biggest smile on my face and been suitable for 100% of my journeys. With ebikes costing thousands and full EV cars in a different league in price I can see exactly where it fits for shared urban transport. Bravo Citroën.
I was crying with laughter when you were driving it backwards... love the content on this channel :D
I think it's pretty iconic! The references to bygone people's cars (like the window and door openings) combined with the bright accents on the interior. You bring your speaker and smartphone. I wish it had coloured panels on the outside and it would be necessary to know how an accident at its top speed would work out.
12:20 that's the cutest drift ever XD
As negative as this review seemed I'm still interested as a little electric runabout. It seats two, has an enclosed heated cabin, and can easily do a 12 mile commute on 30mph roads so that's all my needs covered.
While I could buy a petrol car I'd rather not. Going to a petrol station is inconvenient compared to charging at home. Petrol cars are smelly, you have only to walk alongside a busy road to smell it. So how's about comparing it to a used EV like a Nissan leaf 24kwh?
Everyone: Cars are not toys.....
Matt Watson: Merry-Go-Round!!!!! XD
a car that can stop from top speed to 0 in its turning circle, truly brilliant
What a fantastic little car, especially for a Beginner driver, I felt you were very negatively biased in review to this car it felt like you were reviewing from a vs a Rimac position :|
I love the innovation to make a simple car with smaller battery. 5.5kWh battery capacity in the Ami, 35.5kWh in the Honda E, 58kWh in the ID3. The weight of those long distance electric cars causes wasteful energy consumption for most journeys.
“Take it back to the kids and their lego set” 🤣😭
Matt had to leave the coffee shop because they kept making fun of the car 😭😭
Why do I feel so hurt by condescending remarks like that? Even if only one person says it out loud in a group and the others simply just stare and say nothing, I feel like everyone's judging me and I'm not welcomed by the community or something…
@@clavierpixelkey650 no Forreal and jokes on them because he’s getting paid from the video 😭🔥
@@prlreviews1729 If I was a reviewer and getting paid from driving a “ridiculous”-looking city car/quadricycle, then it'd be funny and they can laugh all they want, and I'd be grinning behind the steering wheel.
But if I was a French teenager at 19 and cannot afford a proper car and had to get this car/quadricycle because of financial or health reasons, then it suddenly becomes more hurtful.
Love, love, LOVE this car (love the Twizy too). I wish they were available in California!!!
Tbh if I lived in a busy town, that be really good little car to get back and forth to work. Save the milage on your good car. I don't think 2 of you could go out and put the weekly shop in it but popping to the shops for some milk and bread on the way back from work would be great.
Some electric bikes cost more than that car.
Shame it didn't put the touchscreen out of a C1 and some dash speakers inside it....it would have just completed the interior a bit....my wife has a 108 (basically same car as C1) and the touchscreen is underrated.
I love it. It's just a shame it only does 28mph. Would be great for large towns/short commutes. It's like the zflip of cars.
Looks quite cute really, and not bad value! Truth is, these things will get increasingly popular over time, and Citroen was clever to tap the market early.
Ha, GAY !
Carwow: does a drag races with a f1 car and bugatti.
Me: Gets exited and expect even more.
Carwow:
14:31 Reminds me of the Mr. Bean episodes 😂
These reviews are usually very good but this seems to have missed the point. Many will consider purchasing something like this on account of the petrol shortage. For short trips into town this would be ideal and very good value for money. A review on its own terms comparing it to its peers would be helpful!
I’m 14 and I wanna drive it ASAP. Lucky Teens in France!!!!
I love how aggressive Matt looks driving this😂😂
We need Vin Diesel driving this car in the next movie, LOL
Electric mobility done right. These will be fun and interesting! Although I suspect that the e-scooter mayhem from a few years ago will return with a vengeance. (Those were also fun, so I’m not that worried)
fu hppie can"t
@@ghq8982 Are you having a stroke!? Or high..? Is everything all right!? You don’t make any sense.
This is a little run around for town/city driving. Yet there are so many reviewers not reviewing it as such.
It's all half joking reviews, taking it around a track, timing it etc. Talking about everything it doesn't do and what it isn't designed for.
Respect to you for actually driving it around a town, briefly.
We’ve had ours 8 months. Here’s my 4000km review. ua-cam.com/video/1IgKw9DM-II/v-deo.html
Was wondering why Mat didn’t do a drifting test but then remembered that’s what the merry go round segment was about. 🤣😂😅
12:16
*Damn never thought a 5000£ Citroen would share a trait of a 83,000£ Porsche.*
we can buy it for 3500 euros + a leasing of 20 euros by month in france . Don't need to buy it completly.
Ferrari F40 too shares it
This reminds me of when news readers used to leave articles about computers to the end and almost laugh when they introduced it.
You’re not comparing this car to a muscle car or even a family hatchback, it’s a small, electric car for super short journeys that just might help reduce pollution and contribute to reversing the damage we have caused to the planet.
Well done Citroen for trying. Matt, you’re not Clarkson, he’s a twat, stop trying to be Clarkson.
Hahaahahahaa
It is like when someone judges cars of years ago to today's standards. A model T Ford wasn't made for today's rules but made for the rules and road conditions for it's time. I doubt a car of today would do well in conditions that the Model T Ford was built for.
@@thomasleemullins4372 Idunno man, it has no POWAAAAAHHH, there's no drift stick capabilityyy
Saw them quite a lot in Italy actually, very handy to handle very narrow streets
Great video, lol handbrake
I'd definitely have one for scooting around town. It'd cost pennies to run.
Something like this but with a bigger boot for shopping / the dog, air con, and 40mph top speed would actually be perfect for most of my journeys. Share a proper car with the partner for long motorway / out of town journeys, and use this for local commutes, shopping, popping round to friends etc.
You could leave the partner at home and take the dog. :-)
Thats what I was thinking
And you've just trebled the price
@@mojonojo3 not sure why it would have to be trebled - would need a more powerful motor, chassis extended by 2 or 3 feet, and an air con system, but aside from that it would still be a very small and basic 'car'. Perhaps it would have to follow more stringent legal requirements if it wasn't limited to 30mph, but a 'proper' car like the dacia sandero can do that for under £10k.
@@mrgreatauk Weight is the key, the more mass the bigger motor the bigger the battery, which then also adds to the cycle of then also needing to increase size of motor and battery, every ounce adds to this. AC is also very punishing on battery.
you then have reduced number of potential sales as it no longer fits in the category that the car was designed to fit as specified by French & Belgian law, car would also have to be RHD, Futher limiting it to UK & Ireland.
so you no longer get cost discount of mass manufacturing so cost goes up again.
Tbh, as a working woman, living alone, in a country with very high demand of expenses with low salary range, have very congestive roads, Only goes out to wither work and run errand and grocery.
This is actually I’d love to buy for ease of traspo. Only thing I do not like is it not having AC tbh. It serves ots purpose being a UUV pretty well. It’s not meant for a luxuious drive anyway
Matt, we NEED you to race this bad boi against Rimac and Chiron 🙏🙏
The Rimac could do the 1/4 mile, reverse back to the start line and then do the 1/4 mile again and this thing still wouldn't have reached the finish line 😅
@@joebooth67 you can literally get out of the Nevera, push it to the 1/4mile finish line and beat that
Jokes aside this quadricycle will actually be appealing for the youth. It may get younger people into cars! Also it would be good for people living in flats as it takes up no space! 😂
@Teamgeist it doesn't need a wall charger, watch the video again
I mean you still need the 8 grand to buy the thing. Most young people don’t have 8 grand laying around to spend. Especially on a useless one trick pony like this.
@@nicolasbocchino3761 but the parents might
@Teamgeist but you can charge it in town
@Teamgeist you can charge with a power bank via usb c. Or just park up next to the sofa
Between a moped or that, I think it's safer to have an Ami rather than a mopped for a teenager.
And for city driving it's perfectly fine, who need a massive SUV in London?
I'd rather see cities full of these than big polluting SUVs
But this is wayyy too expensive
Exactly...of course there are better EV options BUT for the purpose it is designed it is pretty perfect. Would be great to see these on golf courses as well though to be fair that would be fun! lol
@@VenomAloisiusthe problem is with the big cities that the city itself not the SUVs
I can see this being very popular. Especially with the younger generation and ladies. City dwellers and those who aren't into cars but despise public transport. Similar to the electric scooters and bike rentals. Nervous drivers and even the elderly. Fun little thing, but they did their research here, there is a market for this.
This car is EPIC. I really believe it is the future of city driving, just give it a tiny bit more top speed and battery. It is a perfectly optimised device. Gas powered cars wouldn't be so bad environment-wise for the time being, if they were only used for long distance driving.
@Kzn Nzn yes, get a real car for longer travels, while cutting local co2 emissions in big cities
Or you can just use public transportation which is literally better in every way if you live in a city
And a rear view mirror
It's really really cute
@@govind9402 You can get ones that stick to the windshield. Not sure about sunvisors though. That would be nice.
Max flexes about his new Galaxy fold 😂 8:37
lmao can't believe more people haven't noticed
Rimac: Nivera
Porsche: Taycan
Tesla: Plaid
Citreon: hold my lego
😂😂
3:33 holy hell it's like a diet top gun scene when tom cruise is in the Darkstar trying to break mach 10
Citroen: we have some materials left, let's make something
This is how Ami was made
They stole that concept from Fiat when they "build" the Multipla.
It’s available in Italy too and you can drive it with the 14 years old license, probably the laws for these cars are the same in the EU
No in Germany you need a moped license for this
@@alexderpyracc4053 yeah in Italy too, in Italy the moped 50cc license is called AM, but I think it’s common in all of Europe
Doug Demuro would love this car or toy or whatever it is
Yeah I want him to review this lol
THIS! Is the new french small citroen ami the car you can drive in france from the age of 14 years old
I will buy it for my father when it's available in my country. Expected specifications are 60 kmph top speed, 100 km true range, AC, Fully openable window, Multi Function TFT display with Android Auto, 1-2 Air Bags, Solar panel roof as an accessories and price will be 5K USD/EURO.
This is probably the funniest car review ever from carwow!!!!!
I actually quite like this. It feels essential.
Clear Performance winner for the AMI! From top speed to halt in only 7m! That must be unbeatable !!!!
Here in Amsterdam it’s actually a competitor for the famous Biro. There is a market for this!
This car looks so fun. Imagine going somewhere with your best mate, blaring tunes from your bluetooth speaker, with some food and drinks
Just reminded me of my teenage years dating girls and parking in my VW Beetle. This would be better than a scooter, I think.
I like it! I’m a petrol head, but for 90% of drivers this is just fine. I reckon it’d be a right laugh on the commute.
I wouldn't say 90%, 25 mph top speed would be holding up traffic in my neighborhood
Honestly: It's awesome. If everyone would drive cars like that we could nearly double the parking space in the cities.
The lack of aircon is a huge issue though. Makes it basically not an option for me. WHY THERE'S NO AIRCON?! Come on...
Also: Charging with the door open. Bad idea.
A/C would make it even slower
Citroen or French cars are designed for mobility and the genuine features that it offers as described by the man, it is to make many certainties these days, since it is the compact built and power packed. The features that it possess is a power on its own. Scientifically and modernly designed for city driving. Get yours now, up for deliveries worldwide. Cleverly mini, hugely power packed. Contact your nearest supplier/agent. SMEs.......respectively.
Mat as the new carwow French reviewer with that "Bravooo mon ami! Bleghh Gueghh Huehh".
At the end it makes a very fun new type of trolley for tesco 👍
Hilarious! This is the most amusing cute car I’ve ever seen. Perfectly designed for urban commuting! The Citroen Ami is aptly named.
I live in rural Texas. This and any other small EV would be good to get around town, visit neighbors, go to the lake, and go to church. I wouldn't dare drive to and around the city of Dallas in it.