Citycar, What Are They and How Are
If Smart is considered by most of the employees of the queen city cars, we must not forget that the segment offers a myriad of other models that we will now propose to analyze briefly what they are and as they are. The Fiat as we said before was perhaps the first automaker to launch in Italy for many features of the cars that fall within the super-mini category, and this market is currently fully covered by home in Turin, in fact, many are currently listed in your list models that can be counted as a city car, while other models are discontinued and can not be compulsorily purchased new but must be used to market.
Let us look closely, a model within this segment and the Fiat 500 2 nd series to be clear that launched in the early nineties, in fact, produced originally in the 700 and 900 cc engine. and then expanded with the 1100 cc engine. Sporting version, for its versatility, portability, small size and low fuel consumption, especially in the 700 cc version. can be included them among the city car, the only problem is that these models of cars are now out of production so they can only buy the second hand market.
Same goes for the Fiat 600 2 nd series output also in the same period of the Fiat 500 2 nd series basically has the same characteristics as described above, the good thing is that this model is still in the list so you still buy new. But these proposals are not the only automaker in Turin, in fact, another model worthy of note is the new Panda, modern car that is part of the super-mini segment in which Corso Agnella engineers have given the name of a car that had a huge happened in the 80′s.
The new Panda as well as having all the comforts of a modern car has a wide range of engines, then a city car that manages to marry the various needs of a large slice of the market, is currently one of the best-selling car in the Italian female population.
In the last chapter Fiat worthy of note is the new Fiat 500, recently presented, this super-mini of modern and latest generation wants to impose itself on the market for small cars with a style a bit ‘retro in some ways recalls the car born 60 years ago, the only drawback to this city car is the price a bit ‘higher in versions equipped that the size a bit’ out of this market segment.
In addition to Fiat also purchased the super-mini produced by Lancia (Ypsilon), Chevrolet (Matiz), Toyota (Yaris), Hyundai (Atos), Opel (Corsa) and Ford (Fiesta), all of which are part of that segment characteristics are well different from each other, the Lancia Ypsilon supermini for a while as engines, fuel economy and is small enough to be quite expensive and this makes it come out of the segment.
The Chevrolet Matiz is fully part of the city car of some significance, because this car has been a great success with the public for its cost in addition to the essential features for a city car as fuel efficient, practical and easy handling, this car is in high demand by women. The Toyota Yaris is also much sought after by women, has its strength in low power consumption, in fact some engines in the Yaris can get past the 25 Km / liter, so a very affordable city cars and accessories and finishes very well kept.
The Hyundai Atos, also known brand of Japanese car is fully part of the best-selling car for the supermini category, in fact, the low cost, low running costs and a disceto success of the ‘have made a car from city in great demand in the market. Different matter, however should be made for the Opel Corsa and Ford Fiesta that with some engines within the city car segment, but for features such as point out the purchase price they belong to the category of family cars.
Pros and cons of Citycar
Let’s look at the merits and defects of the supermini category:
Advantages: The advantages of city cars are, as we have already stressed, the handiness with the convenience of city driving, low operating costs, ease of finding parking in densely populated areas, all these peculiarities we have listed it for short or average distances might be okay, but that crash when compared to long distances to do with
Faults: who can be so enclosed, impossible for these cars to make the medium or long distance trips, in some cases impossible (see Smart) could not carry other than passing the driver and a passenger, limited space available in luggage compartment, engine arranged to save space at most which makes it very laborious and sometimes very expensive to a normal repair, and last for a few models (mostly those of foreign brands are not Italian) very expensive spare parts.
Quad light without a license or Citycar
A brief must be made in light quadricycles that the city car without a license, these new vehicle concepts were designed at first for people with disabilities and can be conducted without a driving license but only with the license of the kind issued under 14 who are going to carry motor vehicles of 50 cc.
Precisely for this reason, these small cars have been a great success and its among the youngest adolescents, fascinated by to conduct a four-wheeled vehicle. On these cars have evolved including the engines, in fact, have gone from the classic two-stroke engine to the mix, the most advanced four-stroke diesel engine. The only drawback to these cars that you can count them among the city car, is the fact that the purchase price appears to be quite high which makes them very competitive.
Anecdotes and curiosity about Citycar
The first city car as we have extensively dealt with before, were not born in order to be used only for city use, but in some cases were the actual cars used for long journeys. In fact, many owners of Fiat 500 and Fiat 600 in the early 60′s and the economic boom, emigrated from southern Italy to the North to find employment in factories, and when their dream came true with the first savings could to buy a car, giustappunto a 500 or 600 and with that car, designed by the manufacturer for the short and medium trips, parties to achieve their countries, in fact there is no shortage of Campania, Calabria and Sicily that even from Piedmont, departed from Lombardy with these carts to reach their native lands, prompting the arrival also the envy of some of their countrymen.
But there are also other interesting tidbits about these cars, even, and there is evidence with a lot of photographic evidence, in the same period of the late 50th and early 60s, in some countries, these carts were used as taxis, in fact countries that were not served by lines public transport in those days and remember that many roads were not even paved, young people made their choice “business” and bought a car but it was not for their travel, but rather for a “public service”, ” public service “that was in all cases received by several people at once, so it was difficult to see a 600 with three or four people on board besides the driver and a myriad of luggage placed on racks to better DIY.