Quirkiest Car Ever?

[Napoli]

What a weird little car. Being a fan of Alfa Romeo, I have thought about importing a SZ or RZ. Thank god I didn’t after having watched this review. However, it was very entertaining to watch just because these design choices were just so bizarre.

[siennaman]

@napoli if by quirkiest you mean "most bizarre design choices" my vote would have to be the Fiat Multipla..

I can see how they got there, I just can't believe they stopped there..

[Old Busted Hotness]

Fiat's never been afraid of quirky.

The Ritmo/Strada was so quirky, the Car & Driver review was titled "Torch the Sucker!" Must have been too quirky.

[MybirdIStheword]

@napoli doug: "super quirky roof opening! Zomg!"
Me: : "its not that quirky, except the lack of trunk and styling"
My vote is still the vector w8.

[Manwich]

@napoli

I think the quirkiest is the Hoffman

[Napoli]

@manwich I’ve never even seen the Hoffman before. Every time I see a three wheeled vehicle I get upset that VW never released this.

[Manwich]

@napoli

VW should have also sold the XL1 to who ever wanted it. But instead they limited production to just 250 units

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_1-litre_car

[Taylor Martin]

@Napoli This is now a quirky car thread.

@siennaman I raise your Multipla design choice and present the Renault Project 500.

[Lanciere]

@taylor-martin I think the multipla gets major bonus points for being a pretty successful production car.

[Taylor Martin]

@lanciere Very true.

[Napoli]

@manwich this is my first time hearing about the XL1. €110,000 for a 68 hp car? I don’t know. Cool idea but it seems like horrible execution. Any idea what they are worth now?

[Manwich]

@napoli said in Quirkiest Car Ever?:

@manwich this is my first time hearing about the XL1. €110,000 for a 68 hp car? I don’t know. Cool idea but it seems like horrible execution. Any idea what they are worth now?

I wouldn't say these were poorly executed. I'd say they are a very interesting exercise in getting maximum fuel economy using tech from that time (without going full BEV).

Because of their rarity and being an early diesel-electric hybrid, they are still generally worth over 100,000 Euros... if you can find one.

I found these two articles of ones that were on sale in the past... both sold for over that.

https://insideevs.com/news/335965/used-volkswagen-xl1-with-10-miles-on-odo-for-sale-on-autotrader/

https://www.thedrive.com/news/31595/for-sale-ultra-rare-2015-volkswagen-xl1-diesel-hybrid-capable-of-260-mpg

If I was a car collector, had money and wanted one of these, I would expect to pay at least 100,000 Euros... and I would totally love to experience one of these.

[Cé hé sin]

@napoli
Same kind of money....

[StreetsofPerth]

@napoli I would nominate anything built by Tatra or '50s-'80s hydropneumatic Citroens as the quirkiest cars ever built, though the FIAT Multipla is well up there, as is the Zundapp Janus.