Thanks to the backstage video of the advertising spot of the new Fiat Topolino, which Stellantis has released together with the first official image of the minicar, it is possible to compose a puzzle that clarifies many qualifying details of this unprecedented (and in many ways elitist) electric beach.
Thanks to the classification as a quadricycle - to be able to drive even without a B license like the Citroen Ami from which it derives, and the subsequent Opel Rocks-e - the new Fiat Topolino has the potential to compete in the mini car segment for sixteen-year-olds (and for adults who have lost their B license) strong of a price that, thanks to the incentives, will certainly be lower than the petrol and diesel 'machines'.
Look at the photos Fiat Topolino
But it seems above all to position itself, at least in this refined 'beach' version in the area of the now precious Ghia Jolly derived in the 50s and 60s from the Fiat 500 and 600 rather than in the popular national one of the progenitor Topolino presented on June 15, 1936. It will do so - it is clear - with all the advantages offered by modern on-board technologies and with zero-emission electric propulsion.
The Mickey Mouse beach will also have to deal with a rival in the family, namely the limited edition version (only 1,000 units) of the Citroën My Ami Buggy which will only be available online from 20 June 2023 at 10.00 am. Like the Fiat model, My Ami Buggy has no doors and has an obvious summer destination.
Recall that the Ami - launched in April 2020 - has literally revolutionized the micromobility market with its atypical design, with a length of 2.41 meters and with the possibility of being recharged in 4 hours with a simple 220 Volt power socket, prerogatives that will certainly also be found in the Mickey Mouse.
