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France and Citroën have their AMI, the Italians will have Fiat’s Topolino. The two electric cars without a license will compete for the favors of young people.
Fiat will announce a agile and affordable quadricycle named Topolino. Through its tiny electric car, the company wants “young people to fall in love with cars again”. The Fiat Topolino is the revised and corrected version of the Fiat 500 original. It also takes up the affectionate name with which the Transalpins had given it in 1936.
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The Fiat Topolino will be even more compact than the already small Fiat 500e. With its autonomy of 75 kilometers and its top speed limited to 45 km / h, it will obviously not be a great road car. Characteristics and performance of a small city car that strangely resemble those of the Citroën AMI, and for good reason: the two vehicles carry only two people at a time, they share the same transmission and are driven without a license. Whether Fiat wants to achieve the same success as Citroën and its AMI on a more or less identical technical platform, the Italian manufacturer has its own strengths to promote to appeal to young audiences.
To seduce, the Fiat Topolino will bet on its retro style and its price
Fiat Topolino takes over the cute and nimble design of the iconic Fiat 500. Its symmetrical design focuses on its retro side. It is very open to the outside, with a folding canvas as a sunroof and its absence of doors. Icing on the cake, she should be theone of the cheapest microcars sold in Europe. It may be small in size, but Fiat’s ambitions are no less great.
The company will offer a full range of electric cars from 2027. Its CEO says: “We will offer electric versions for every new car and at some point we will go electric. Fiat must be the Tesla of the people: electric for all”. For more details on this charming electric city car, you will need wait until July 4, 2023.
Source: Coach
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