Why the Citroen Ami would be a perfect runabout for city and rural towns in Ireland

AMKC · 20-10-2023 6:28pm #1

Not only that it would be a perfect vehicle for school teenagers too in secondary school. Notice the way I say vehicle because it is not a car it is a quadracycle.

Think of it. No need to worry about them speeding with a top speed of 45kph and a limited range so they would not go calavanting either.

The Government should be be giving incentives for these so they could be bought for between 6 and 8k.

It's a disgrace that ot has not been sold here yet. Come on @Citroen get the arse out of your lead ;( sorry I mean lead out of your arse lol.

road_high · 20-10-2023 6:40pm

I don’t think so. They’re perfect for huge cities like Paris or London. Dublin at a stretch. Other than that they’re too small and vulnerable for Irish roads. The sales stats bare this out- micro cars have never been big sellers here and the volumes too small to sell these low margin cars profitably- most makers have dropped city cars from their ranges. The Toyota Aygo Kia picanto/Hyundai I10 are the only ones I can think of off hand and they’re more of a small supermini now

mk7r · 20-10-2023 7:44pm

The to speed is just way too slow to be practical. 80k would be much more realistic and usable, 45k is incredibly slow in modern traffic, even in urban areas

AMKC · 20-10-2023 7:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121264625#Comment_121264625

I agree but the revamped version hopefully will be able to do 80kph whenever they come out.

con747 · 20-10-2023 7:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121264639#Comment_121264639

Was there not a thread opened specifically for you so you could stop posting random new threads? @[Deleted User]

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058318593/amkc-s-ponder-playground

Marcusm · 21-10-2023 3:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121264639#Comment_121264639

Then it wouldn’t qualify as a quadricycle and lots more regulations come into play!

_Kaiser_ · 22-10-2023 7:49am

I saw a YouTube video on this thing a while back...

https://youtu.be/E2FvTv0BT0k?si=es3PDi4pkjfmkt2f

This guy has not had a good experience with them (he has a few videos in the series).

Not a chance would I get into one of these things nor put anyone I cared about in it (certainly not young kids like he has).

£8000!! They're no better than those plastic kids electric cars.

road_high · 22-10-2023 5:19pm

They have to be euro ncap compliant or do they have some kind of size/weight exemption?

Why the Citroen Ami would be a perfect runabout for city and rural towns in Ireland

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