Paris Motor Show
3 stories filed under Paris Motor Show on Spoot: Spotted Early. The newest of them: “Fiat stuffs four into an electric microcar shorter than a Mini”, “Fiat's Multiplay concept swaps its back seat for a flatbed when you need it”, and “Citroën's 2CV returns as a tiny electric roll-top concept”. Four bodies, one tiny box, and a lineage that goes straight back to 1956. Fiat's Multiplay concept is the family car that looks at a minivan and says, "but what if it had a flatbed?" The rear seats fold away to turn the cabin into a pickup-style load bed, which is the kind of clever… Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every Paris Motor Show story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
Fiat stuffs four into an electric microcar shorter than a Mini
Four bodies, one tiny box, and a lineage that goes straight back to 1956. Fiat's new Multipla-inspired electric concept, the Multiplina, squeezes four seats into a body barely ten feet long, shorter than a Mini, retro in every curve, and utterly Italian in its refusal to accept that small means impractical. The original 600 Multipla was a miracle of packaging, and this thing clearly studied the old blueprints. It's an electric microcar that doesn't apologize for being small; it dares you to question why bigger ever became the default. I love the audacity. Will it actually happen? Concept cars are slippery things, but this one feels like it *wants* to exist. If you're hungry for more clever space experiments, Kevin Noki's 3D-printed brick phone proves that compact doesn't have to mean boring either.
Fiat's Multiplay concept swaps its back seat for a flatbed when you need it
Fiat's Multiplay concept is the family car that looks at a minivan and says, "but what if it had a flatbed?" The rear seats fold away to turn the cabin into a pickup-style load bed, which is the kind of clever hinge-and-materials thinking that gets us genuinely feral. One car for school runs and IKEA runs? That's not a compromise, that's a loophole. It arrives ahead of the 2026 Paris Motor Show, so it's still a concept, and concepts have a habit of vanishing. But the idea is sharp enough to stick: fewer vehicles, more options, no separate truck to insure. If you're already dreaming of hauling mulch in something that fits the driveway, you'll want to circle back to our folding tiny home piece too. Spooty.
Citroën's 2CV returns as a tiny electric roll-top concept
The 2CV is back, and it's brought a roll-top roof and a battery. Citroën unveiled this tiny electric concept at the 2026 Paris Motor Show, measuring just 3.76 metres, shorter than a modern parking space and probably easier to parallel park. It reinterprets the 1948 original, which means it keeps the iconic silhouette but swaps the corrugated metal for a fabric roof that rolls up when the weather behaves. That's the detail that makes me grin. Who is it for? Someone who wants the charm without the petrol smell, and who doesn't mind waiting to see if it ever leaves the show floor. If you like clever space-shifting, also check out Fiat's Multiplay concept, which swaps its back seat for a flatbed.