Cute Fiat Topolino baby EV hits the road
Fiat reinvents iconic micro-car as affordable Citroen Ami-based EV designed for life in the cityFiat has followed up its all-electric Fiat 500e with a new battery-powered city car called the 2023 Fiat Topolino, which is a reskinned version of the Citroen Ami that’s already on sale in Europe.
Paying tribute to the tiny car that was sold by the Italian brand from 1936 to 1955, the new Fiat Topolino reboot has been recreated to “encapsulate the coolness” of the original Fiat 500 (1957-1975).
Painted in the same teal hue as the Fiat 500 when it made its debut back in the 1950s, the modern Topolino features a brown fabric retractable roof and cream-coloured seats.
It’s also door-less, paying tribute to another Fiat icon, the 500 Jolly, which was made in 1966 by Ghia.
Fiat says it hopes the reborn Topolino will “make young people fall in love with cars again”, a hint that in some European countries teenagers as young as 14 will be able to legally drive it as it’s considered a quadricycle rather than a passenger car.
Beneath the skin, the zero-emissions tiny tot shares the same powertrain as the Citroen Ami.
This includes an electric motor that drives the front wheels – top speed is limited to just 45km/h – and a small 5.5kWh battery that provides for a WLTP-verified range of up to 75km.
Charging takes just three hours using a domestic power point, according to Fiat.
This isn’t the first time another car-maker has used the Ami as the basis of a cheap EV: the Opel Rocks Electric has been available since late 2021 in the German market, although looks-wise it’s more of a rebadged version of the Citroen.
Prices for the Fiat Topolino have yet to be announced but in France the Citroen Ami costs around €7400 ($A12,200).
It’s highly unlikely the cute Fiat Topolino will ever be offered officially Down Under given the Citroen donor car has not yet been engineered for right-hand drive.
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