cait: they need to make cars small and round again and also in cute colors. i don't want any more giant trucks i want richard scarry apple car

they need to make cars small and round again and also in cute colors. i don't want any more giant trucks i want richard scarry apple car

i want a little round pink car that runs on AA batteries and has a horn that plays a little song

The new Fiat 500 electric comes in rose gold, so if you mod the horn to play your song of choice you are basically there. Available this summer.

oh my god?

Had an early 500 and now a 500x and they are just delightful cars - and even the tiny one could hold a surprising amount of stuff

I had an Abarth 500 and it was an amazing commuter car b/c you don't need as much space to merge (I was also an idiot and got a manual while I commuted up 93 through Boston)

I wanted the manual, but thought that it would be a poor choice in LA. Parking in motorcycle spaces was my favorite party trick.

iMac G3 is back, and you can drive it

I do love those

I rented one of the early US Fiats once and the console panel was so far forward from the drivers seat I had to lean down to reach the environmental controls, which felt wildly unsafe. Have they redesigned that yet?

In this photo from Car & Driver, the controls look pretty normal?

That looks better balanced than the one I drove, which didn’t have the GPS screen and extended further down towards the floorboards. I’d still need to test drive, but the very first US Fiats felt extremely “sure it’s little and round but actually it’s TOTALLY a MAN CAR,” if that makes any sense.

I do not remember the control panels from my sister's early-70s Fiat, because I was trying to learn to drive stick. It had an electric fuel pump, and it turned out that the corroded wire powering it was why the car kept dying randomly.

Yeah, I meant the early versions of this era of fiat, sometime after 2004 since that’s when I was old enough to rent a car

The Micra is the true heir to the original 500. I will die on this hill.

does it have your name on the door in Barbie font?

in my dream world where it wouldn't get me stalked, yes

I think if ypu want to maximise your discoverability this tweet should have included a brand of some kind

#duracell ???

Now a giant pink rabbit you can sit in, that would be cool

I’m reminded of the person who put a wind-up key on the back of their Geo Metro sedan.

GWM's Ora Cat runs on batteries (they aren't AA though)

Fiat 500e 3+1 comes in rose gold and it’s the most adorable car ever. There should be strict limits on cars bigger than this, this should be the default.

You want Go! Go! Cory Carson from Netflix.

Omg I think this is a great idea, I want one!

Agree

YES

This is peak automotive performance

A friend being picked up at the airport: What does your car look like? Me: Oh, you'll know it when you see it.

This is the car that I used to draw a as a kid!! But mine also had spherical tires.

YES but paint it like the little desert rain frog that peeps angrily

I am intrigued by this vision of yours

It’s PERFECT

I knew this would be here

The ideal vehicle

Came here to post this

There it is!

One word, Italy

still more cargo capacity than a cybertruck

Also Japanese KEI trucks. Visited Morocco in the 80s, and unlike other places I've been where there are basically cars, trucks, bikes, and trailers, Marrakesh had lots of other things with wheels. 1-person wide minitrucks. 3-wheeled things. Other weirdness. Plus motorbikes and horse carts.

Microlino makes a contemporary Isetta bubble car and I’m obsessed

My wife says it’d be too small for me, but I love it!

I think all cars should be in the shape of food. Nothing but apples and weiners on my roads please

Don't you mean eggplants & peaches?

Think of all the rear ending that would go on though!

You could get ticketed for unsafe driving and sexual assault, all at the same time!

I was once at a hotel in Palm Springs, with an Oscar Meyer Wienermobile parked across the street for a few days.

IME there’s plenty of wieners on the roads, but they’re driving the cars

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