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minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoCitroën Ami is available. Closer to $8000 and technically a quadricycle. All bare minimum to make it street legal.
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoIt’s great Citroën is making a small, cheap EV … but why did they make it look like a cross between a Fiat Multipla and a pug? That thing is ugly.
minus-squareMuchPineapples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 years agoAll cheap cars are made ugly on purpose to make the expensive models more attractive to buy.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years ago“Why is this $8,000 car so terrible,” he lamented, without a trace of irony.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoThat thing’s front and back are exactly the same. It saves on fabrication costs to use the same part but it gives a weird look.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoTurns out there are after market mods for that. Spoiler, other front, flame paint job
Citroën Ami is available. Closer to $8000 and technically a quadricycle. All bare minimum to make it street legal.
It’s great Citroën is making a small, cheap EV … but why did they make it look like a cross between a Fiat Multipla and a pug?
That thing is ugly.
All cheap cars are made ugly on purpose to make the expensive models more attractive to buy.
“Why is this $8,000 car so terrible,” he lamented, without a trace of irony.
That thing’s front and back are exactly the same. It saves on fabrication costs to use the same part but it gives a weird look.
Turns out there are after market mods for that. Spoiler, other front, flame paint job