Citroën Ami vs Fiat Topolino

The Fiat Topolino costs £1,300 more than the Citroën Ami. On the headline specs that premium buys little measurable advantage - the two are closely matched on range, charging and space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Fiat Topolino comes out ahead overall.

The Citroën Ami is £1,300 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £80 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Citroën Ami comes out roughly £1,300 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 38 miles for the Citroën Ami and 37 miles for the Fiat Topolino - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV.

The two are within 10 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 1010 mm of total clearance for the Citroën Ami and about 1000 mm of total clearance for the Fiat Topolino.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the Citroën Ami and 90% for the Fiat Topolino. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use LFP-type cells, which are happy charged to 100% every day.