Ami, the tiny cube on wheels that French fourteen-year-olds can drive

Ha, I love this. It looks like a genuine joy to drive, at least for smaller people. I found myself grinning stupidly just looking at it, being reminded of the Peel P50. I'd love to see these things making cities quieter, less crowded and more pleasant to travel in.

EDIT: Jesus, Top Gear really hasn't aged well in some respects. Remember not to scroll down.

There is a nice nod to the 2CV in the Ami’s flip-up windows, while other simple, money-saving ideas include identical doors (meaning one opens backwards and the other frontwards) and similarly interchangeable front and rear panels.

I think the door thing is very clever! It never would have occurred to me that normal car doors are "chiral".

Right now my fiancée and I have two cars between us, which feels kind of wasteful especially given both of us now work from home. If I could ditch one of the cars for this, and keep the other for inter-city travel, that would be awesome! Of course, I'm also concerned for the safety of these smaller things in the cases of accidents, which I think would be the big sticking point for me.

I love subcompact and tiny cars, and I think this could be really useful for teaching young people how to drive, perhaps as a first vehicle or in a driving school. As a practical daily car though, for me personally, it falls into the uncomfortable valley in between a bike, which uses no power and can go anywhere, and a small compact car, which can actually be used on the highway, has plenty of space for groceries and enough for 4 passengers, and is far safer. I know car norms are different in France vs Hawaii, but I assume Parisians have a similar problem of lack of space like we do in Honolulu, and you'd be really committing yourself to a single city with a car like this taking up your one parking space vs a Nissan Leaf or an old Ford Focus (or a Geo Metro, haha!).