Showing posts with label Citroën Ami. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Citroën Ami. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 September 2023

How Big is The Dog?

Autocar are reporting on the latest Quadricycle to start deliveries in the UK.

And when I say "start deliveries" I mean it is being delivered to customers not that it is making deliveries.  I think it is a trifle too small to be used as a delivery vehicle - unless perhaps you want to deliver trifles.

It is called the Ark Zero - maybe its successor will be called the Ark One.

And the models draped over it at motor shows will be called Ark Angels.

It's all very clever and it is aluminium - the website is here.

But it looks like a certain beagle.

The one on the right is the car - the one that looks cross-eyed.

It is a two-seater like its rival the Citroën Ami but has the more antisocial "tandem" layout of its other rivals the Renault Twizy and the Messerschmitt KR200.  The Ami is probably the only one I'd a want to have a go in.
The interior looks, let's just say "cosy".

Which brings us back to dogs. Ark claim that this car is big enough for two adults and a dog - hence the title of this post.  You'd never get a Saint Bernard in there though.

But it does remind me of  a quote from nearly six years ago now in this post.  It is why I rather maliciously included the Messerschmitt as a rival:

"at the back there is a bench which will hold a small wife and child, or a larger wife and a shopping basket."

Or a huge wife and a Yorkshire terrier.

And why on Earth does it need a reversing camera?

Thursday, 27 April 2023

MG Midget

Just as I mentioned in my previous post, I hate brands cashing in on premium names to flog crappy EVs.

But this story is about cashing in on a premium brand to flog a crappy EV.

Apparently, the MG Comet EV "takes aim at the BYD Seagull, Citroën Ami and Wuling Hongguang Mini EV with £7800 price tag"

The what now?

Here is the MG Comet:

And here is the Autocar story.

I've looked up the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV and it looks as horrific as the MG and the Citroen.  The BYD Seagull looks like a sizeable, sporty, attractive bit of kit.

But only when compared to the MG Comet, Citroën Ami and Wuling Hongguang Mini EV.

And the "£7800 price tag" is somewhat misleading as it actually is on sale for ₹798,000.

That's Rupees - it's only going to India.

It features anti-lock brakes but I suspect it doesn't go fast enough to need them.

It also features a reversing camera and parking sensors for some strange reason.

I don't like this "car".

Small wonder.