VIMS World
Reserve · Summer '26
26.0567° N · 80.1437° W Dania Beach · FL
VIMS-E/M · MMXXVI Édition d'été
Vintage Citroën Méhari · Reborn Electric

Hello,
summer.

A 1968 icon, hand-restored in Florida and reborn fully electric — for slow drives, salt air, and sunburnt afternoons.
↓   scroll · the slow lane
Chapter I · The Story
Born in Deauville. Raised on the Côte d'Azur. Retired to a Florida workshop, where it found a new heart.
Born
1968
Reborn
2026
Range
~110 mi
FIG. 01 · JANE BIRKIN · C. 1970 · AN ICON WITH AN ICON

Some cars are built for speed. This one is built for sundown.

The Méhari was never about horsepower. It was about being somewhere lovely, slowly, with the people you like, the wind in your hair and the roof rolled down to nothing.

VIMS sources every donor car from European archives, then strips it to the chassis. We replace the air-cooled flat-twin with a quiet electric drivetrain, refinish every panel by hand, and ship the result to your driveway in Miami, Montauk or Malibu — ready to disappear down a coast road at 55 mph.

Pick your summer.

A palette of fifteen-plus period-correct shades — and any custom colour on commission. Every Méhari is finished to order, no two alike.
N° 01
Signature
Capri Azzurro
SOFT BLUE · CODE AC 632
N° 02
Savane Vert
FOREST GREEN · CODE AC 411
N° 03
Brousse Kaki
OLIVE KHAKI · CODE AC 412
N° 04
Lavande de Provence
SOFT LAVENDER · CODE AC 822
N° 05
Antibes Rose
DUSTY PINK · CODE AC 705
N° 06
Portofino Peach
SOFT PEACH · CODE AC 339
N° 07
Terre de Sienne
COPPER BROWN · CODE AC 218
N° 08
Palermo Sorbet
BRIGHT ORANGE · CODE AC 340
N° 09
Sahara Dune
SAND CREAM · CODE AC 087
N° 10
Amalfi Lemon
SUNNY YELLOW · CODE AC 088
N° 11
Custom
À la carte
YOUR PANTONE · ON COMMISSION

Some Saturdays
in the life.

Field notes from the people who own one. The rest of the photos were taken on iPhones, golden hour, with sandy fingers.
N° 1 · The dune path, 7:42pm
N° 2 · The cove, no service
N° 3 · Roof down, always
N° 4 · Golden hour, four friends
Chapter II · The Craft

ONE DONOR. SIX MONTHS. One pair of hands.

01
Restored silhouette.
Every original panel sourced, dipped, and refinished to period-correct specification.
02
Modern drivetrain.
Quiet electric motor and lithium battery, integrated without changing the silhouette.
03
Hand-finished interiors.
Marine-grade canvas, period leather, hardware specified per commission.
04
Built for the coast.
Salt-air sealed wiring. Drain plugs in the floor. Designed to be hosed out, not babied.
Full specification
FIG. 03 · WELCOME TO CITROËN'S MÉHARI · USA · C. 1970

The numbers,
in plain mono.

PRELIMINARY · CERTIFICATION PENDING
Range
0
MILES · WLTP est.
Enough for a Saturday — A1A and back, twice.
Top Speed
0
MPH · GOVERNED
Faster, frankly, than this car has any business going.
Charges in
0
HOURS · 80% · US TYPE 1 CHARGER
The time it takes to swim, eat, and nap.
Power
0
KW · ELECTRIC MOTOR
Quiet enough to hear the surf.
"
The only car Brigitte Bardot, the gendarmerie and a Riviera heiress could all agree on. We just gave it a quieter heart.
— Gonzalo Sancho · Founder, VIMS World
Chapter III · The Power

Plug in.
Pour a coffee.
Drive all day.

A standard Level 2 home charger fills the battery overnight. A Level 1 wall outlet works too — slowly, the way the rest of this car does.

0%
Level 2 · 240V
~4 hrs
Level 1 · 120V
~14 hrs
Range
~110 mi
SAE J1772 · STANDARD
Final Chapter · Now booking summer '26

Yours, by
July.

From $49,000. A $5,000 refundable deposit holds your build slot, your color, and your delivery date. We build thirty-six cars a year.

Please complete every field — we promised to call.
DEPOSIT REFUNDABLE · NO CREDIT CHECK · WE'LL CALL YOU FROM FLORIDA