All posts tagged "citycar"

Citroen

Citroen 2CV Concept

Over the past three decades, automakers have brought back numerous iconic models, including the Mini Cooper,...

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi SE-RO

The Mitsubishi SE-RO was a 2003 concept car created by Mitsubishi Motors in collaboration with Turin...

Haishen

Haishen HS6250A / HS6250B

In February 1994, the third and most production-oriented version of FAW’s project to create an affordable...

FAW

Sankoule

After a lifetime spent developing cars for China’s leaders, Mr. Hua Fulin and two other senior...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Urban Buggy

The Daihatsu Urban Buggy was a concept car presented at the 27th Tokyo Motor Show in...

Suzuki

Suzuki e Sky

In 2026, Suzuki has released the e Sky, the production version of the Vision e-Sky concept,...

Cycler

Cycler SKL160

The 1993 Cycler SKL160 was an attempt by China’s First Automobile Works to create an affordable...

Mini

Mini Spiritual

The 1997 MINI Spiritual Concept was a radical alternative vision for the future of the Mini...

AIXAM

Aixam Mega e-Scouty

The Mega e-Scouty is an electric quadricycle launched in early 2023 by Aixam-Mega, a French manufacturer...

Carcerano Creative Engineering

Carcerano Sonny

The 2006 Carcerano Sonny Concept was a compact experimental vehicle created by Carcerano Creative Engineering to...

Next.e.Go Mobile

e.GO Life

e.GO is the German company that launched its first electric car aimed specifically at urban mobility....

Changan

Changan XingQing

The 2006 Changan XingQing Concept, whose name translates as “Clear Sky,” was a compact urban design...

Smart

Smart #2

The new Smart #2 is a two-seat micro EV jointly developed by Geely and Mercedes-Benz and...

Nissan

Nissan Hypermini

The Hypermini is a two-seater electric microcar by Nissan Motors, which produced 219 of the cars...

Nippon Energy

Nippon-HEV prototype

Hydrogen cars have yet to make a real breakthrough, even though several automakers continue to invest...

Subaru

Subaru Elten Custom

The Subaru Elten Custom was a 1999 Tokyo Motor Show concept that presented Subaru’s idea of...

Subaru

Subaru Elten

The Subaru Elten was a hybrid 4WD hatchback concept introduced by Subaru at the 1997 Tokyo...

DR Automobiles

DR 1.0 EV

Italian automaker DR Automobiles’s smallest model is the DR 1.0. Designed primarily for urban driving, the...

Solarky

Solarky SunV

The Solarky SunV, is a compact electric SUV by Chinese company Solarky Mobility Technologies with styling...

Toyota

Toyota eCom

The 1997 Toyota eCom was a compact electric city car first shown at the 1997 Tokyo...

Articles

Smart #2 Pre-production Prototype Undergoes Global Testing in Camouflage

Smart has begun global real-world testing of the all-electric #2, marking a major step toward the...

Invicta

Invicta Pony

Spanish company Invicta, which specializes in distributing electric vehicles, has introduced its latest model—the Invicta Pony....

Articles

Project Oval: An AI-Designed Compact City Car for Urban Life

Project Oval is an AI-designed microcar concept presented by Rishav Kumar as a narrow, compact city...

Caselani

Caselani Type-Ami

The Italian company Caselani, which specializes in retro conversions of Citroën vehicles, has just surprised everyone...

Aznom

Aznom Smart 4Teen

The growing popularity of electric quadricycles has created a new wave of compact urban vehicles aimed...

Zagato

Zagato Milanina

The Zagato Milanina was an experimental electric city car that combined mid-1960s urban mobility vision with...

Urbanina

Urbanina F

The swan song of the Urbanina came with the third series, known as the “F,” at...

Bontu

Bontu BT09

Chinese automaker Bontu, officially operating as Shandong Bontu New Energy Vehicle Industry, is preparing to enter...

Urbanina

Urbanina

In an 18th-century villa in the Tuscan countryside, in the early 1960s, Marquis Pier Girolamo Bargagli...

Bontu

Bontu BT05

Chinese company Bontu, officially known as Shandong Bontu New Energy Vehicle Industry, has announced its entry...

Fiat

Fiat Multiplina

FIAT has confirmed the name of its new urban electric vehicle: instead of the working title...

Liux

LIUX BIG

Spanish startup LIUX is taking an unconventional approach to sustainable mobility with its new electric microcar,...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Midget III

The 1995 Daihatsu Midget III looks like a deliberate nod to 1950s bubble cars such as...

Fiat

Fiat Vanzic

In 1995, Fiat presented the Vanzic at the Geneva Motor Show, developed by Centro Ricerche Fiat...

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Maus

The 1995 Mitsubishi Maus was a concept car bearing the acronym “Mini Active Urban System.” It...

Citroen

Citroën / Peugeot Tulip

The Peugeot Tulip (also badged as the Citroën Tulip) was a concept car and prototype from...

Opel

Opel Concept A

The Opel Concept A, unveiled in autumn 1999, served as a prototype for the first-generation Opel...

Fiat

Fiat Zic

The Fiat Zic is an electric concept car, presented at the end of 1994 at the...

I.DE.A

I.DE.A Gritta

The 1994 I.DE.A Gritta was a city car prototype styled, developed and built by the Italian...

I.DE.A

I.DE.A Modulaire

The 1994 I.DE.A Modulaire was a concept study created by the Italian design house I.DE.A Institute....

Pininfarina

Pininfarina Ethos 3

The 1994 Pininfarina Ethos 3 was an attempt to rethink the city car as something far...

Peugeot

Peugeot Ion

When Peugeot unveiled the Ion concept at the 1994 Paris Motor Show, it showcased an ambitious...

Renault

Renault Ludo

The Renault Ludo was a concept car shown at the Paris Motor Show in 1994 by...

Karea

Karea Fit

Turkey hasn’t made much of a mark in automotive history with its own brands so far,...

Smart

Smart Concept #2

Smart is going back to its roots with a successor to the iconic Smart Fortwo. Revealed...

Tazzari

Tazzari Zeromax

Tazzari Zeromax is a compact Italian electric quadricycle designed for city use, with two versions: the...

Tazzari

Tazzari Zero EM2 Space

Tazzari Zero EM2 Space represents a mature evolution in Tazzari EV’s lineup, transforming the compact Italian...

Tazzari

Tazzari Zero City

Tazzari Zero City is the premium electric quadricycle (L7e category). Zero City revolutionizes urban travel as...

Tazzari

Tazzari Zero Junior

Tazzari Zero Junior stands as an all-new electric light quadricycle from Tazzari EV, the pioneering division...

Tazzari

Tazzari Zero

Tazzari Zero is a compact battery-electric microcar developed by Tazzari Group in Imola, Italy, and first...

Fiat

Fiat Downtown

Fiat Downtown was a radical three‑seat electric city‑car concept unveiled in 1993 that anticipated today’s urban...

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz Vision A 93 by I.DE.A

Mercedes-Benz Vision A 93 by I.DE.A was a 1993 compact concept that previewed the future A‑Class...

GMT

GMT Rivelaine

GMT Rivelaine was a rare French microcar produced in the early 1980s by a small manufacturer...

MCC

MCC Smart Eco-Sprinter

Unveiled alongside the Eco-Speedster in March 1993, the Eco-Sprinter represented the electric vision of MCC’s future...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Ultramini

Daihatsu Ultramini Concept was unveiled at the 30th Tokyo Motor Show. This kei car prototype maximized...

HMV

HMV FreeWay

The 1970s reshaped the auto industry. As fuel prices soared and the economy stumbled, massive V8-powered...

Citroen

Citroën Citela

The Citroën Citela was one of several forward-thinking electric urban concepts developed by Citroën as the...

UrbaCar

UrbaCar

The UrbaCar, a niche, do-it-yourself (DIY) kit car design from the 1970 – the design was...

Subaru

Subaru CM1

Subaru CM1 is the futuristic kei-car concept. It was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show 1991...

Lada

Lada Gnome / VAZ 1151

The VAZ 1151 Gnome concept car was developed in 1990 and unveiled at the Moscow Motor...

Plymouth

Plymouth Voyager III

In the 1980s, carmakers were grappling with new pressures that often ran counter to what buyers...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Sneaker

Daihatsu Sneaker was a quirky concept microcar notable for its unusual fifth wheel mounted at the...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu BCX-5

The 1985 Daihatsu BCX-5 Concept was an early vision of an electric urban commuter, conceived long...

Bolloré

Bolloré BlueCar Concept

Developed with input from Renault’s engineering team, the Bolloré Bluecar electric prototype was built by battery...

Articles

After 66 Years, the Trabant Finally Lost Its Nürburgring Title — and the Unlikeliest Car Claimed It

Some records are built on raw speed. Others reward endurance, restraint, and a healthy sense of...

Ford

Ford Ghia Trio

Italian coachbuilder Ghia has a long-standing reputation for creating some of the most elegant and desirable...

City Mobile

Jephcott / City Mobile Micro

The Jephcott Micro is a single-seat, fully enclosed microcar. With this 1987 prototype it was representing...

Hotzenblitz

Hotzenblitz

Hotzenblitz was a compact German electric city car developed by Hotzenblitz-Mobile GmbH & Co. KG in...

Zagato

Zagato Milanina 2

The Zagato Milanina is a striking example of forward-looking design and experimental thinking, conceived in the...

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz NAFA

The Mercedes-Benz NAFA was a forward-thinking 1982 concept car designed as a compact, highly maneuverable city...

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Student

The Volkswagen Student is a 1982 concept car created as Volkswagen’s second attempt at producing a...

DR Automobiles

DR Group Birba

The microcar market continues to expand and is now preparing to welcome the Birba, a small...

Ford

Ford Pockar

The Ford Pockar—short for “pocket car”—was a compact, narrow, yet surprisingly tall vehicle finished in a...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu PAC by Michelotti

The Daihatsu PAC (Project Automotive Commuter) was a one-off city car concept created by Italian designer...

Ford

Ford Urban / Max by Ghia

The Ford Urban (later called the Max) was a forward-thinking Ghia concept from the early 1970s,...

Fiat

Fiat 126 Vettura Urbana

Fiat 126 Vettura Urbana (or City Car, if translate) concept is the city car study. Unveiled...

Michelotti

Michelotti LEM

The Michelotti LEM—short for “Mobile Electronic Laboratory”—was an innovative electric city car developed by designer Giovanni...

Fiat

Fiat Citycar

This compact two-seat Fiat Citycar was conceived as an all-electric concept, powered by a DC motor...

Fiat

Fiat X 1/23

Unveiled at the 1974 Turin Motor Show alongside the new Fiat 131, the Fiat X 1/23...

Aishang

Aishang A100C

Chinese company Wuling has introduced a new automotive brand for its home market called Aishang. Its...

Nissan

Nissan 315X

Nissan may have brought electric cars to the mainstream with the Leaf back in 2010, but...

Holden

Holden Cub

The Holden Cub Concept, developed in 1973, was an ambitious attempt to rethink the city car....

Piaggio

Piaggio Vettura Concept

The Piaggio Vettura Concept, revealed in 1974, was a daring departure for the Italian scooter maker...

Toyota

Toyota EX-II

The EX-II was a fully enclosed, two-seat electric runabout unveiled at the 1969 Tokyo Motor Show....

Peel

Peel Trident

The Isle of Man, situated between England and Ireland, was home to Peel Engineering — the...

Quasar

Quasar City Car / Unipower

The Quasar City Car—also known as the Quasar Unipower—was a striking prototype urban vehicle created by...

Toyota

Toyota Commuter

Toyota unveiled its prototype electronic town car, the Toyota Commuter, at the 17th Tokyo Motor Show...

Ghia

Ghia City Car

The Ghia City Car is the only surviving example from the short period when Ghia was...

Citroen

Citroën Osmose City Car II

Citroën Osmose City Car II — a prototype electric microcar seemingly named after an earlier Citroën...

NIU

NIUMM

After years of leading the electric scooter scene, Niu Technologies has gone four-wheeled with its new...

Honda

Honda Micro EV Concept

One of the most charming debuts at Honda’s booth during the Japan Mobility Show 2025 was...

Astraux

Astraux AL

Dubai-based company Astraux has opened pre-orders for its new electric car, the AL. The model stands...

Lexus

Lexus LS Micro Concept

At the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo, Lexus showed off a lineup of fascinating concept cars....

Zagato

Zagato Volpe

The Volpe — short for Veicolo Originale Leggero Privo di Emissioni — reimagines sustainable urban transport...

Dacia

Dacia Hipster Concept

Meet the Dacia Hipster Concept — a minimalist, clever, and refreshingly honest take on urban mobility...

Tupy

Mini Tupy 175

A line of buggies was produced by Studio Duetti Projetos e Veículos Ltda. in São Paulo...

ÆMotion

ÆMotion

Tesla’s Cybertruck might be grabbing attention worldwide, but it’s not officially homologated for Europe—and even if...

AIM

AIM EVM

Japanese engineering company AIM, best known for its EV Sport 01, has unveiled a new compact...

Tanghua (唐华)

Tanghua XY08

The final public appearance of a Tanghua vehicle took place in Paris in October 2008. Fittingly,...

Eonyx

Eonyx M2

A new electric vehicle brand, Eonyx, created by the Russian company Avtotor, has launched its official...