The Citron Ani has a really tight turning circle of 7.5 meters so let's see if it can do it
in the space it says it can
so there we go lives up to the billing 7.5 meters welcome taking the car I am Oliver what if I told
you you can buy a car for 19 pounds 99 a month well this is a car that you can buy for that
with about a 2 300 pound deposit you can have a Citron Ami for less than 20 pounds a month
and this is an all-electric vehicle it does up to 46 miles of a range and it charges in about three
hours it's got a six kilowatt motor and a 5.5 kilowatt hour battery which charges obviously
very quickly because it's a small battery and this car is a a very very interesting idea from
citrid you can see it's all plastic and the mirrors you adjust yourself and the windows
you open a bit like a racing car actually push down and you push them up like this
and if the mirror is in the way you can't close the window it's just it's a really really
interesting design you press a little button here there's no electric windows there's no electric
mirror adjustment this has got the bare basic for what it gives you is an all-electric car
which is zero percent emissions which is perfect for getting around this town or the city and not
having to worry about using petrol and I don't worry about the environment lots of cities which
have some kind of congestion charging like London you'll be exempt with one of these however it
does have a top speed of 28 miles an hour which means you're not going to be going on a fast fuel
carriageway although of course you can do but this car is really designed for being used in the city
and it's got some really really interesting design features so this is the gray color as you can see
and this has got trim which has got Orange it's got orange decals on the side here orange Wheels
downhill orange on the wheels there's a little orange and white decal down the bottom there as
well and it's just a really really compact car I've had people say it looks like a golf cart
and also people say it looks like a go-kart and when you're driving it it's really really
chuckable around the corners obviously you can't go very fast in it but it's really really flat and
very very good handling it's just not very fast that's all which probably I'm sure is a safety
feature because it hasn't got all the latest technology in terms of driver assistance so we
have a look inside what there is in a minute at the front the Citroen Ami has a very cute design
we've got these little indicator lights here we've got our headlights down here we've got the Citron
logo which has the orange trim on it also has some extra decals and the little spoiler and blacks
around on the back of the car which makes it a bit more sporty looking it's just you know really
really interesting by the way Miami Blue sounds like Miami Blue from Porsche so you can get it in
Miami Blue Miami orange and Miami gray as well as a cargo version which removes the passenger seat
and lets you put your storage in so from the front very very nicely designed very very simple it's
just a really cute looking car now I have reviewed a similar car though not exactly the same on this
channel the Honda in the Honda e is obviously a full-size car with all the latest technology a
ton of screens and a higher range but in terms of interesting design and cuteness the Honda e has
a lot in common with the Citron Army the rear of the citronomy looks very very similar to the front
actually and we've got the message from logo we've got our rear lights here and it says tsunami 100
electric here and you can see our little spoiler which you get this is a very simple design it's
been designed to be very very easy to produce to keep the costs low low but it does what it says
and it is 100 electric and 100 fun and you get so many looks driving this car it's unbelievable to
be expected people always looking and wondering what this is and it brings a smile to everyone's
face and I got my doggy in here earlier and she was quite happy sitting in the front seat there
so that was quite good right below the front seat I should say so how much of the Stitch an army
Castle starts at 7 695 pounds for the standard Ami goes up to about eight thousand six hundred
pounds if you choose through the different colors so we've got Miami gray Miami Blue we should like
the Porsche color Miami Blue but it's not the same we've also got Miami orange and we got the
Miami pop with the black and the orange and then we got the Miami cargo which again is below the 8
000 pound Mark which removes the passenger seat here inside the Citron Army it is first of all
very echoey because of all the glass in here which is kind of interesting but there's tons of light
coming through here you've got the sunroof here you've got all the windows so this is definitely
despite being a small vehicle it doesn't feel cramped and in fact there is more space between
my front of my arm and the steering wheel than the front of this car than there is in my own
car obviously I've got a big engine under that but there is a lot of space here and we've got
lots of dashboard space where you can store stuff and there is storage spaces there's a cup holder
I mean I mean look okay this is a very cool car but couldn't you have attached that
to the car and we've got more trays there and just in here it just you know it's just it's just very
cheerful I mentioned the windows but you press the windows here you pull them up like that and they
stay up like that we've got little pull tabs to open the doors this is actually to pull it open
and close it the actual opening button is on the side here the opening camera here is on the side
just like the Porsche 911 GT3 Touring that I did a video on also has tabs in the side so it's got
something in common with Porsche just like the color Miami Blue is like the Porsche color of
Miami Blue we've got obviously our engine here because this is a Miami pop we've got these nets
here which are really good for holding stuff and they're actually very spacious and you can't see
it but on this side I've got all my camera equipment in the net here on the side we've
got a nice enough steering wheel obviously it's very cheap and cheerful feeling but it's there
and we've got a small display which shows just the speed and the gear and the range as well
in the center here we have the climate controls which you turn them on and off your hazard light
and we have the mount for your phone now there's no infotainment system in this car the idea is
you use your phone you put it here on the holder and then you're able to play whatever music you
want on your phone as it can have an app which connects to your phone and we've got a USB to
charge it as well we do have two pedals down here our brake and our go pedal and then we've got a
manual handbrake which if I'm honest with you is a bit weird because the area surrounding the
handbrake comes up away from the main structure when you pull it up again could have put a bit
material over that it would have looked a bit better I think but inside here you can see the
frame you can see the metal you know it's it's a fun interior we can adjust the seat forward and
backwards as well so don't forget you do get that as well we've got our gear selection down the side
here and in fact to start the car you turn the key like this and it will light up on here and then
you press the drive button and obviously you take your hand off the handbrake there we go release
the handbrake and there we go and then to stop you put into neutral and then pull the handbrake
up and then turn it off so simple there's also a passenger seat here that is actually a fixed
passenger seat so you can't move it forwards and that goes and it's slightly set back from
the driver's seat as well which is an interesting design in the cargo version of the Ami there's no
passenger seat here it's just designed for cargo so if you were carrying a lot of stuff forward
and backwards maybe your delivery for a restaurant or maybe you have a retail shop and you want some
space then you could fit cargo into this space here otherwise there's a space down here in front
of me where you can put your suitcase a little logo there or you put a bag and obviously you
can put it in front here and like I said my dog was sitting right here in front and she was more
than comfortable she looked a bit confused but she was more than comfortable in here so you know what
you get is very basic but it does the job now out what is it like going through a drive-through in
one of these how can we use these windows to get myself a drink from say a drive-through and the
other thing too is as you might have noticed the steering wheel is on the opposite side to the UK
and so that's going to make it a bit difficult when I'm ordering some takeaway I think so we'll
have a look and see how that goes welcome inside the Citron Ami so I have driven this
car before I'm all over this stuck in the car let's start this car up so let's turn the key
and I turn it again suddenly we got 44 miles of range hit the drive button down the side of
the key thank you for the handbrake and then let's go let's see what this is like to drive
so in this wall we're living right now where electric is very much the way to go where
fuel efficiency and petrol prices are super expensive a car like this the Citron Ami is maybe
the solution to that so we've got a range of up to 46 miles in this electric car and a top speed
of 28 miles an hour which I've just hit literally within two seconds of pressing the pedal uh and
we're at the top speed and we're driving on top right now it's telling me about 44 miles of range
what is this like to dry well first of all this is despite the small size surprisingly roomy in here
actually I mean that dashboard is further away than the one in my car so I mean that says it all
in terms of what we're getting here this car is 20 pounds a month 19 pounds 99 a month if you buy
one of these with around a 2 300 pound deposit on PCP so we're coming up to a roundabout now let's
see how this handles around around about because of my foot on the brake coming to the roundabout
let's do a let's turn to the side here and actually you know what this is surprisingly flat
in the corner there's like no leaning at all you know part of that is down the fact this is a small
car going around the corner here look at that I mean that was you know it felt a bit like a
go-kart if it had a bit more speed it would be a go-kart I think that's fair to say uh a trillion
miles an hour We're not gonna be winning any awards for for uh being in the next racing driving
next to Lewis Hamilton or Michael Schumacher who you found them like a Schumacher here why don't
we take it through McDonald's drive-through it might be a bit tricky seeing the steering wheel
is on the wrong side of the car for this country obviously this car's been designed for Europe and
in Europe it would be the right size I'm gonna have to lean across here to get my order plus
also we have the situation with these windows only opening like this but anyway we're gonna
give it a go and we'll see what happens when we get through this drive through and when we get
around to order hi there can I order a double cheeseburger and a bottle of water still water
please just the water yeah please no that's all thank you thank you okay so food ordered now let's
see if we can get it through the car window all right so we're approaching the collection window
in our army lots of interested looks from people who are all nearby let's close that window lots
of interesting looks from people who are nearby after we've got this we're going to go down the
Dual carriageway and see what this car is like on Angel carriageway and then I'll give you my
final thoughts on this car what I think about it and who I think this car is good for but oh you
know I want to give a big thanks again to Walmart Citroen in Eastbourne for loaning me this car and
all the other citroens they've loaned me so now for the paying part let's try and pay for this
and there's nothing on there yet double cheeseburger yeah that's right yes that's correct
thank you all right so that was a bit hard for her to hear me
without shouting let's see if we can get the food and the drink now
this will be interesting
hello
thank you very much okay so we got the cheeseburger we got the drink
um I think if you had a big McDonald's drink there you might struggle a bit with that but uh but what
we have that worked quite well it was only a tiny bit awkward because of the noise and the sound but
uh it was totally totally achievable and doable right let's now head down the Dual carries away
see how this car is where the speed limit is over 30 miles an hour but
I can't go over 30 miles an hour so here we go faster petrol station we
don't need petrol stations because this is an electric car just what we want
and onto the Dual carriageway so pedal to the metal
and here we go we're at our top speed and we're just gonna drive down here and
yeah simple so what do I think about this car so I think this is a very very interesting car
I think this is a very very clever car I think that it's a car that has a lot of potential and
I think it's a car which everyone can appreciate citroen's efforts in making and you can understand
why they made it I also think it's very good value at just under 9 000 pounds just under 8 000 pounds
depending on the trim between seven six and eight and six thousand but I also think that this is a
hard sell because as cool as it is I think the only people that are going to really have used
for this are people that live in a city like London who are literally going to go into the
middle Park and come back and I think that's it I think there might be a market for this as a
car for delivery like I said for restaurants for delivery for you know even for Amazon if they have
a small amount to deliver but for everyone else I think this is a hard sell I think if you had
an infotainment system that would make it better I think if you had a boot that would make it better
and having a boot would make a big difference actually having some way to Source up in the
back would make a huge difference to this card practicality it really would it doesn't have to
be a big boot but just having a boot so there's somewhere else we can store stuff which is a
lot insecure and people can't see that would make a big difference so should you check one
of these out absolutely should you go for a drive absolutely do I think you should buy one of these
probably not because unless you live in a very very small percentage of people that are going to
find it really useful I think this is too much of a compromise in every single way to be a car for
everybody to drive but in terms of his fun looks it's interesting handling very very flat in the
corners feels like a sports car it's an electric range and well it's how sensible it is in a time
where we're all going electric and traditional too much engines I think I think this is a fantastic
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