- The Citroën Ami is an “ultra compact” urban vehicle or “electric quadricycle.”
- The vehicle has a top speed of 28 miles an hour and a range of 46 miles.
- The Ami is most ridiculous “car” I’ve ever driven — but it turns heads and is a lot of fun too.
Stellantis — the French company that owns Jeep, Dodge and Ram as well as Peugeot and Alfa Romeo — let me borrow a Citroën Ami for a week to test drive.
I thought I knew what to expect, but it wasn’t until the “car” was driven off the trailer that I realized I’d taken custody of a large lawnmower. A large electric lawnmower. Ok, it’s actually an “electric quadricycle,” but you see what I mean.
The Ami (French for “friend”) also looked like it’d been washed in an army surplus cycle. Appropriately enough I almost made a new friend before I’d even parked, as a passer-by asked if I’d just bought it.
Here’s what I made of taking the Ami for a couple of spins around the streets of south London last month.