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It's like if a bike helmet was the whole mode of transportation. It's like an engineer started with "I'm going to start cycling to work." and then, through rain and needing to carry a passenger and wanting to carry cargo and not liking exercise, gradually scope-creeped to this.

as mentioned the car being available to drive without license, it makes it VERY popular with high schoolers in France whom would only be allowed to drive at 18y otherwise. So on my way to the grocery store, i can spot between 6 and 10 AMIs on the 30 places public high school's parking lot. This is a little bit funny. Also your french is perfect mon ami ! -- quick follow up (dec 12), i noticed an ad for the ami at the mall, they totally advertise it as a "16yo car". Then for the pricing discussion, "who can put 10ke in a high schooler vehicle", citroen offers a leasing deal at 30e/month, probably with a starting amount but still quite affordable for most upper middle class households. I'm not sure but i believe it includes insurance, which is mandatory for all road vehicles and can get quite expensive, and a 3 years "AMICARE" free maintenance service. Also i haven't checked but i heard they sold 25k AMIs in France. Finally Citroen just announced a new 2024 300miles EV (real car) at 23ke which kind of looks like the OLI prototype car. Cheers

For what it is, its perfect. A super cheap, real basic but useful car for cities, easy to use for teens and elders, and looks adorable!

I think there needs to be a Citroen Ami rallycross series. With a bucket seat and esc tune to let it go faster it would be a rally beast

Slight correction on the pricing. The UK pricing I straight converted over to USD was the price including VAT and other fees. So it is actually less than $10k!

The Ami is as quirky and amusing as only Citroen could pull off. Here in Portugal its class of city quads is called "pension-eaters" because of their strong elderly userbase, and it can actually be test-driven and purchased at Fnac retail stores!

this thing would be so much fun to modify. Adding insulation, better door pulls, better seats, headlight switch, heck maybe even a larger battery pack

Here in Norway, at least for 16 to 17 year olds, quadricycles, known as Moped/Microcars for us, are quite popular. The electric type of Microcars aren't popular, but the diesel Microcars are. Especially the Aixam brand, which I also believe is French or Italian. Edit: Over here, The Ami is sold for the equivalent 13340 US Dollars or about 140000 NOK.

French person here! We're starting to see those everywhere in France, especially as company cars. Always fun to see American youtubers taking a look at cars only seen in Europe 🔥

I prefer the original Ami. Having the headlights on permanently is probably also a cost-cutting measure; they won't have to adjust the car for sales in Denmark and other countries where you always have to have your headlights on.

I love the Ami! And also: if we wanna talk sustainability, which we are talking about when we talk about electric vehicles, this car includes many good ideas and is thus much more thought-through than some other billionaire 6,000 pound heavy vanity projects ...

This and the Citroën Oli both feel like so incredibly happy cars. They feel like something that's fun to drive and like they have a personality. So cool to see this one on the channel!

Our family had the original back in the 70s and it was a hateful thing. Mainly because of the vinyl seats with a hatched pattern. As a kid going to school in shorts all I can remember is the same pattern being heat-embossed into the back of my legs on sunny days. As for the new one, it's so cute. Nice work Citroen. Although that sunroof suggests they haven't learned much about how hot a car can get.

It's got about the right amount of electronics for an electric car that i want.

UK person here - these are pretty rare over here, but I do see one of them scooting around my (medium sized regional) city on a regular basis. They are a bit more popular in London where I guess they make sense for short commutes. One of the selling points over here is that you can drive them on a moped licence (category AM, 50cc) rather than a regular car licence - this means you can drive it at 16, rather than 17 for a car. The downside is that you would still need to pass your moped test before you could do that, and you'd probably be nearly 17 by the time you did all that!

I'm a big fan of the Lane Motor Museum. They were nice to let me take a close look at one of their cars in the vault to compare against my own that I imported. Really cool place to check out if you are in the area.

This is an amazing proposal for the city. Citroën made it great again. Unfortunately it's a bit too expensive. Not that many people can reach the 8000€ it costs here in Portugal. One thing that's used a lot here is for the postal company to sent their postman to deliver all around, with the cargo version. Citroen👏

They call it a quadricycle, but I think some actual side-by-side ATVs probably have superior crash protection. :)

I saw this on Citroen’s website a couple months ago and had a good chuckle about it. And I figured if you could get one in the US Aging wheels would indeed be all about it. Didn’t actually think Id see this happen.

I saw the Opel version of this car (the "Rocks-e") in Amsterdam back in May, and had to take a picture because of how much I loved it. It's such a perfect human-sized vehicle for cities.

The small door net is for the optional side impact protection. In France this is obviously a baguette - hence the size of the next pocket Sacrebleu! - net door cargo holder 😍😍😎😎

@agingwheels the phone holder is meant to have a clippy bit that wedges onto the protruding plastic and then grips your phone from the sides. Seemed to be missing on your unit. I really love the concept of the Ami but I apparently have long legs and short arms so couldn't find a seating position where I could reach the wheel and get my legs under it. I ended up buying a Leaf but lusting after an Ami

I’ve been following a few KZfaqrs who have these and it seems the quality on these dropped dramatically after the first release (one guy had panels that were stretching and beginning to break) another had electrical issues. It’s covered by one KZfaqr I believe called Me and Mon Ami

My mom watched this vid alongside me (we like watching them together) and she thinks it's adorable. I spotted and bought a Matchbox version of it as an additional present for her this Christmas xD

A couple of youtubers (Me and Mon Ami) bought one of these two years ago and centred their channel around it. Their ~100 videos on it are an excellent demonstration of life with it (in the south of France). Highly recommended.

IIRC, the Ami started back in the day at 6000 Euros, but prices have gone up a lot. The lease is the most attractive thing about it at only 30 Euros per month. That's cheaper than a bus pass.

I think you can get a street legal plate for it in some states. UTVs can be made street legal by adding a windsheild,rear view mirror and side mirrors, so as long as this has a seat belt it should already have all the things.

I only knew this thing as an "Opel Rocks-e". It can be driven with a scooter driving licence at the age of 15/16 here in Germany. I would loved to have one of those when I was that age for "traveling" between the villages where busses only drive like every few hours and basically never after dawn especially on weekends...

Love the Lane Motor Museum! I thought of you when I visited it for the first time last month! Hoped you were a regular there. What, $12 to get in, $10 for the vault tour? An absolute bargain. I think Kevin was our guide that day and he really knew his stuff. I'm a Sprite guy, and would love to get closer looks at their examples but took loads of pictures for my MG car club friends of the MG Ts the owner and his father owned, a few Sprites they have hidden away, and the Berkeley a young friend is infatuated with. An amazing museum anyone visiting Nashville should make the trek a few miles from downtown to go see.

I love how this makes my rebadged Daewoo seem like an SUV. It's too bad our city planning in the US isn't really conducive to this kind of car because having this lil guy to run around in would be perfect for how little i actually use my personal vehicle.

I like it! It’s cleverly minimalist and very Citroen. It was would be excellent for local journeys around my neck of the woods.

I think this video really speaks to why we need to reduce car-dependency and car-bloat in the US. So many people LOVE this little car and if those people could drive them our cities would be quieter, safer, less crowded, and less polluted. But we can’t, because of all the fat SUVs & pickups that will run us over. Those of us who want tiny cars are forced to drive large cars that are worse for everyone, because we allow some people to drive large cars that endanger us.

Robert if you like the AMI, Fiat has a rebadging called the Topolino, which is slightly less cost-cutty, notably featuring an actual front and back, a nicer green color, and a luggage rack for a trunk in the back (the pictures show a suitcase in it, but I don't know if that's standard). The "Topolino Dolcevita" is their variant of the buggy and looks stellar: it has a tan convertible fabric (ish) roof you roll back and rope barrier doors.

Yes this thing is adorable. I've actually looked into getting one, supposedly in mainland europe it starts at 6k € (which is what you suggested/expected). Unfortunately, it being limited to 45 kph makes it like driving a roadblock. I know it's cause of the small vehicle classification which for reasons I'll never understand is still at this speed, while normal inner-city traffic (or anything in a village like area) is 50 kph. So you go 45, while everyone around you wants to go 50 (legally) or 55-60 (actually). Wonderful. So for the price, and what you get, I don't think it's for me after all. Note that it supposedly loads to full on a normal EU outlet (220V) in ~3 hours, which is slightly better, but not by that much either in practice.

This looks like the perfect car for customization. Light wood glued into the dash panel slots, fabric headliner in your choice of materials, seatcushions, etc. This vehicle is just a blank canvas.

I was in Paris 2 weeks ago and saw a few ones. I took a picture of one because I was so curious. So cool that you made an overview video so close to my trip.

Someone in my village has the Opel version of this. You're definitely are in the center auf attention with this car. I personally like my eScooter for a fifth of the cost better, even if I get wet in the rain with it.

Slight correction: in addition to France and the UK, this vehicle is also sold in Germany (rebranded as the Opel Rocks) and in Italy (rebranded as the Fiat Topolino)

That was the most amazing series and tensest endings ive seen in a video. Congrats on completing this!

I remember that one video of the Citroen Ami rolling on its side going round the Grand Hotel Hairpin at Monaco; such a small car with a low centre of gravity from the batteries at the floor and it still managed to tip over!

I've changed my mind it's not an electric golf cart it is an electrified version of The Little tikes coupe now I definitely need one!!!!! I would so paint it exactly like the Little tikes coupe!!!

I remember that Citroën advertised the Ami as a cute road-legal toaster here😂

I always love an honest American review on European functional design. The Ami shown in this video, was probably the most exotic thing on 4 wheels in all of the North-Americas.

My wife made the joke that even the gear selector says "Do Not Resusitate". Super cute car!

This car is just literally perfect. It's exactly what it needs to be, which is not a luxury commuter vehicle but a small car meant for only city traffic. It's an exercise in cost-cutting and proof that affordable EVs can become a thing. Now we just need other manufacturers to do the same, and eventually we'll get actual real electric cars that don't cost a fortune too!

I have never understood why they limit those "tiny cars" (that you can drive with basically a moped license) to 45 km/h, instead of 50 km/h (which is the standard in-city speed limit here in Germany and many other european countries). If they were allowed to drive 50, they could just flow with the normal city traffic and nobody would object. But since they are limited to just slightly slower, they often start to hold up traffic.

You honked that horn just as I put my fork down. Nearly gave me a heart attack... Thought it turned into a tuning fork for a second there (on a Sunday in an apartment at night.)

Must admit I’ve got an Ami and somehow has brought the fun back into driving. Now my wife wants one. It’s got a few quirks but what the hell.

Hi from France :) I had the chance to visit the Lane Motor Museum a few months ago, this museum is awesome, tons of cars from home that I would never have expected to see in the US! I have seen the AMI there, this is a BEST Seller in France you can see them everywhere, starting price is around €7000. They also have in their collection another Small electric Citroën that I also own : The Citroën Saxo Electrique :) I hope that some day you will be able to do a review of that car, because it was really innovative for 1997, and it has a lot of funny quirks (aka French engineering) My Citroën Saxo Electrique is right now going thought a Battery Swap (I'm converting it to Lifepo4) but before that it was my daily commuter ! This video has brought me so much joy seeing you enjoy this small French car so much ! Your French accent was perfect :) As always, sorry if my English is a little bit "rusty" Best regards Jérémy

It doesn't even have a charge port, just a little household plug lol

"C mo amih é c uh voituhh" That felt well as a french guy :)

In Germany the Ami is sold badged as the "Opel Rocks" and starts at 8000€ INCLUDING sales tax BTW. You can drive it at 16 with an easy obtainable scooter license, whereas you can get a driver's license for "real" cars only at 18. It also doesn't have to be properly registered, just insured (no technical inspection, no car registration tax, low insurance costs, not even real number plates) which reduces running costs a lot.

Wait... Did I miss the Rivian purchase?! If it's yours or whatever, looking very forward to the review! Oh, great video as always!

10:30 behind there on the right hand side the mustard color Skoda looks just like the one we had as a kid in the late 80s to drive around in the field. Even the color is the same. Of course that one is 'a bit' better condition than ours was.

I've seen an Ami around Edinburgh a couple of times and it's a very weird but cute sight to behold. It makes sense in the city, but the potholes scare me in relation to it.

Awesome video. I was so happy when I saw it in my feed.

Totally adorable quirky motorized marshmallow 😀 Gotta love it. Having said that, I'm glad the Mia is still your favorite. If you're ever in this neck of the woods (Oslo, Norway), you can drive my Mia (the lwb four seat version). It actually goes up hills!

The thing looks and sounds like a kitted out golf cart. It even looks like it drives like one. I was surprised to not see any golf cart comparisons. Those things also come in electric flavor.

My father just got one recently. Great for crowded cities and cheap to own. Also very practical. There is more room inside than the outside would suggest. The price is much less than 10k$. At launch it was 6k€, which now raised to about 7.5k€, mainly due to inflation. But the real advantage is that you can pay about half the price at purchase and then just 20€ a month, which is very convenient for most people.

You can register it as an LSV. It's the same registration they use on the KEI trucks imported from Japan. Here in Pennsyltaxya I see a few of the Japanese mini trucks with legal registration on them and when I asked the owners they said that's how they did it.

11:08 not just any BX, that's a BX 4TC. Rare car!

Citroen really went "But what if we made a trash can into a car?" I swear that's the same plastic my toters are made of.

Very surprised to see a Renault Alpine GTA just behind you in the museum. I have a Alpine GTA V6 Turbo, a very rare car here in the UK with just 24 on the road. Its an amazing car and very impressive for its time.

When I bought my V8 XC90 from Iowa I made sure to do a night in Nashville to see the lane motor museum just 2 weeks ago!

“My Friend the Car”, the next big summer autobiographical book

If you like this kind of mini french EV you should try the Renault Twizy, I own one! A bit older than the Ami but much more fun (for the 80km/h version at least)... no idea how you can get your hands on one though :D Also I am french but had had never heard of the Mia before!

was listening to this with a soundbar while doing chores, I flinched at the horn on 7:34

I got to test drive the Ami when it first came out and the only thing I actually hated on it was the speed limiter. It's set at 45 km/h because that's the legal max speed for a moped/quadricycle in most countries, but it also limits you when going downhill, which is really annoying at times. Not to mention that a large portion of the streets in my city have a 50 km/h speed limit (everyone does 55 anyways) and the Ami is just wide enough that passing it on a tight city street is almost impossible. Get rid of the speed limiter and it's perfect. Probably the best modern Citroën model.

If you can call it an ATV, you can register and plate it for street use in a few states (WY for sure). That would be a blast for non-snowy days. (And a different kind of fun for snowy days.)

Opel makes a version of this too, called the Rocks Electric. It is pretty much the same car (not sure if its made on the same production line, although I wouldn't be surprised). The market for these are teenagers, in the EU you can get an AM license (meant for mopeds) at age 15, which doesnt require all the lengthy and costly theory and practice driving school lessons of the "real" drivers license (A for motorbikes(A1 for 125cc at age 16, A2 at age 18 for 48hp and the big unrestricted A at 2 years of A2 experience or age 24), B for cars at 18 (with the option of getting it at 17 with an experienced driver beside you until you're 18)). You just take a few lessons, have a test on the road and the driving instructor can issue you your license and then you're allowed to ride mopeds or these quadricycles up to 45kph. The opel is available from 8k € which is about 8.7k $. I think its the same for the Citroen, not sure where the 10 grand figure comes from. Fiat have also recently joined in, on this tiny electric car market with the Topolino.

absolutely love any video at the Lane! awesome!

8:07 It is because in France, scooter and small car without driving licence like the Ami are required to have their headlight ON at all time to be seen (since.. they are small). And probably has also to do with daytime headlight which required on every car (I don't know if it exist in north america ?)

Now this is Citroën truly getting back to their cheap and quirky roots. I wish there were electric highway cars that were as relatively simple as this (with crumple zones and airbags of course).

Came here to say I recognized the Lane Motor Museum. I visited last year, I love that place. Great content as always!

I absolutely love quirky French cars. I lived there in the nineties and borrowed a friend’s original Clio Williams and would just drive out into the countryside to go car spotting. One of the highlights of my life!

Well played with the BX, sir, well played.

I don't care how small, slow, and unsafe they are, I want these in the US

actually saw one of these in Paris a couple weeks ago and knew what it it was because of this video. My wife wants one now

LOVE the Lane! they let me drive their 2CV and Mini a couple years ago

Add some isolation for colder weather. And it would be a great commuter if you don't have to drive too far for work. And depending on the range it could make a good city delivery vehicle too.

The dash inserts are loose so you can move them around as per which side of the car needs them.

I need one yesterday. It’s perfect

Everything you need...and nothing you don't. Love it ! I'd love a US - optimized version.

I bought an electric Smart ForTwo a few years ago with 1100 miles on the odometer for ~$6k, I feel like that was the bargain of the century compared to this thing!

I've sat in one (more precisely it was an Opel Rocks-e, which is the same thing) and it's great. Surprisingly roomy and cheap. I imagine it to be absolutely perfect for big city driving. It starts at ~9k€ in Germany. I have an electric moped that I bought for ~3000€, and considering this thing has around the same range, twice the amount of wheels and a roof, I think it's not terribly priced. I'd totally buy one if I lived in a house close to/in a big city. Saves my real car from doing short runs. EDIT: There's now a FIAT Topolino, which is based on the same platform but with different and cuter styling that looks just like an even more squished FIAT 500.

The humor just keeps getting better 😂

As always, a pleasure to watch.

If you ever get a chance please check out the MG Comet, it's similar to the Ami, but it seats 4 is supposedly nicer (never been inside one so can't confirm). Note: it's only called the Comet in India, and the Chevrolet Spark EV in Egypt, otherwise it's the Wuling Air EV.

8:05 In Europe you have to always have lights switched on, when driving. So for a car targeted to unexperienced drivers its actually a good thing, that you don't have to remember it.

The Citroen Ami is the perfect amount of silly. I love it.

Teenagers can drive it at 14 in France, so it is very popular in rich households which are reluctant to see their son/daughter on a 2-wheeler because of safety.

Where did the rivian come from? Do you own that?

Looks fantastic! These small cars would be everywhere if governments really cared about the environment.

I love love love this. Its perfect for city driving.. I need this

The lane motor museum was my favorite thing about visiting Tennessee. Went when I was a teenager. Great place, was surprised when I learned the guy walking around chatting to us about the cars was the owner. Hilarious to see he still has that giant military thing parked out back.

does it also not have a rear view mirror?

man i wish more cars were like that, it looks durable with that flexible plastic, the pull straps and the copy-pasted panneling. its also very simple so fixing it won't be expensive and most likely can be done by anyone with basic tools.

The Ami could certainly be approved as a US NEV with a few compliance tweaks. How about it, Citroen? I'd buy one.

Within the first 10 seconds I immediately thought to myself, "Wow! That little car charges via USB-C!" (But sadly that's just an emblem of some kind, it seems)