When Citroën first unveiled its Ami Buggy in the long run of 2021, we referred to as it the world’s cutest off-roader, and when the French automaker determined to promote 50 Ami Buggys in 2022, it bought out in lower than 18 minutes. Clearly there’s demand for these lovable doorless, roofless, pseudo off-roaders, so following the Ami’s current facelift, Citroën introduced this week that it is giving the Ami Buggy a primetime slot. It’s going to now be provided as a trim degree that does not have any manufacturing limits.
The 2025 Citroën Ami Buggy, and the zesty Ami Buggy Palmeira with its yellow inside accents and robotic bobblehead named Andy, would be the prime two trims in the Ami vary. The most affordable Ami prices the equal of simply over $9,000, whereas the most cost effective Ami Buggy prices about $10,950, whereas the top-of-the-line Buggy Palmeira begins at about $11,400. Buggy fashions swap out their regular doorways for hinged steel tubes, and their roof for a rollback gentle prime, although it is not a correct convertible.
All present, no go
Upgrading to the Ami Buggy would not outfit the diminutive metropolis automobile with any true off-road talents, it is extra concerning the vibe. Ami Buggys lose their common doorways and roof panel to permit homeowners to expertise their automobile’s sub-50-mile electrical driving vary alfresco. They nonetheless feign all-weather usability with zipped door covers and a gentle prime included to maintain occupants dry.
Ami Buggys additionally acquire one other hilarious addition that is completely there for vibes — a rear spoiler to maintain it glued to the street whereas touring at its prime velocity of a blistering 28 mph. The usual wheels are swapped out for 14-inch steelies completed in gold, whereas the Citroën chevron is painted black and the Ami brand is vivid yellow.
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Choosing the top-line Palmeira trim injects some colour into the Buggy, with vivid yellow exterior accents and inside touches together with three yellow storage containers, a bag hook, a pair of ground mats, a pair of door nets, a central partition web, and a smartphone holder. And your Ami Buggy Palmeira comes with a brand new good friend named Andy, with no relation to our very personal Andy Kalmowitz. Within the zany world of Citroën, Andy is a tiny robotic bobblehead who “completely captures the brand new Ami Buggy’s playful spirit” and nods alongside to the rhythm of the street.
No Ami for you
If, just like the workers right here at Jalopnik, you reside in Trump’s America, you will not be capable of purchase a Citroën Ami, Buggy or in any other case. Citroën says order books will open for the brand new Ami and Ami Buggy in France on Could 6, although no supply dates are talked about. The Ami can be provided with a Cargo Package that partitions off the motive force’s seat and covers the passenger seat to guard it from no matter cargo homeowners select to haul inside. The partition is made from two sections, and the seat cowl is made of 4 sections. Each could be put in and eliminated to swap the Ami from two-seater to at least one seat cargo hauler and again rapidly. With the cargo configuration deployed, the Ami gives a whopping 12 cubic-feet of most area.
The brand new Ami shall be obtainable with a conversion package that permits simpler entry for wheelchair customers, although the outline of the way it works appears deeply sophisticated. It provides a wider-opening driver’s door, and a few cabinets and straps to assist wheelchair customers to hoist themselves into the seat earlier than eradicating their wheelchair’s wheels, storing them within the driver’s footwell, and placing the wheelchair body within the passenger seat.
Although we do not get the lovable Ami within the U.S., its use case in our large nation would not be almost as compelling as it’s in Europe’s dense cities. If you would like an inexpensive, diminutive EV within the U.S. and do not thoughts a low vary, you will have to purchase a used Mitsubishi i-MIEV, Chevrolet Spark EV, Fiat 500e, or Good ForTwo ED. Sadly there aren’t any choices which might be fairly as stylish or doorless as an Ami Buggy.
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