Marcusbil lent me a Think City

[@pvdk]

Sometimes we need to get back to basics to understand that a lot of us daily complain about stuff but we still have a good life :-)

[@dereknicol5284]

Huh?.. basic?.. its got electric mirrors & windows!

[@welshlyn9097]

Less is best.

[@Nobody_Famous]

@@dereknicol5284 Windows 95 though

[@jamesmylife6578]

Basic? I’d be happy getting a 2005 Chrysler Sebring that hadn’t had its oil changed in 15,000 miles. My father had a 1972 dodge demon that didn’t have power windows or powered locks. Or a button to unlock the trunk, it only had a key. I wouldn’t consider that basic.

[@davidpalen04]

1000km challenge with Think city please!!! We all want it 😃👍🏼

[@Apemania69]

say the truth, you wana see him suffer xD

[@harrywind1870]

Not to forget to test the Camping capability

[@johndrawing1176]

Geilo test with this car is already a daytime job....

[@ThinkAgainDoc]

I did both camping in the Think and long distance driving this summer: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ7CoJ2tdtCLfKs

[@Chrizu86]

Hahahaha, I owned a Think for almost 4 years! Drove like 70 000 km in that thing...! Ah, the memories... xD

[@ThinkAgainDoc]

Why not buy one again? 😃

[@jonasholm539]

It has to be called Lillyhammer

[@nicklaslindgard]

haha god one! I like it! :D

[@eirik5242]

Lil' hammer

[@aukanmeister]

Lol😆

[@ThinkAgainDoc]

They had 8 special models of the Think working perfectly at the winter olympics in Lillyhammer (Lillehammer) in 1994. It was called PIVCO Citybee back then.

[@tobimai4843]

"I floor it, nothing happes" while the car still accelerates faster than most cheap gas cars

I was impressed, it actually seemed quick.

[@radbaron]

Most likely would have been even quicker if it wasn't in ECONO mode.

[@harsimranbansal5355]

@ it’s very light, I can tell you it seemed to accelerate faster than the leaf but I could be wrong.

[@jamesmylife6578]

16sec 0-60 for 43hp I’ve seen worse.

[@alfrredd]

Talking about Fiat, you should definitely check out the new Fiat 500e

[@j0nsku335]

Fun fact: Think City was made in my hometown called Uusikaupunki! After this car they made Fisker Karma. I think a little upgrade from Think :P

[@jaakkovuorinen7124]

Actually a downgrade

[@akirofi]

And these days they are making Mercedes A and GLC, another downgrade? :D

[@kubben1]

They also made Porsche Boxter back in the day....

[@thorflot]

I was at the factory during production startup of the Thinks to support the local production engineers. At that time the Karma production line was halted due to economics (++), not sure if they actually ever came into any production numbers to speak of. They went out of business in 2012, after about the same numbers produced as the A306. The Boxter line was running at the time, but at half speed. Not sure if I would call it a fair comparison, but sure. Call it a downgrade if you like. Seems to me the Karmas had their issues as well...

[@rkan2]

Fisker Karma filthy hybrid = downgrade

[@ItsaB3AR]

That looks like how everyone imagined electric cars before Tesla.

[@brgehaukland4662]

If you deside to do a rangetest, the best destinasjon are the factory where it was build. In Aurskog-Høland. About 50 km from Alnabru.

[@GreggCastree]

That 'Think City' is the total boss......love it! Please do a range test, although, not sure you'll be able to do the sleep test, unless you open the rear hatch lol!

[@hegesophieborgersen5868]

I'm driving an even older one now!! The Number starts with EL 123.. My banana box test in my Think is 14!!

[@sergeizharikov8125]

"We don't need the back camera!" 😂😂😂

[@MrPete81]

Good to see there's no lag :D

[@reinplat]

The trunk space looks perfect for weekly groceries shopping.

[@Wallie358]

About testing: "is it possible to camp in that car?" :D

[@adewouters]

possible yes, desirable hmmmmm... ? ;-)

[@send2wj]

Shiiiiiiiiiiitttttt yeah

[@adrirm7645]

Wanna see that

[@Markle2k]

@@adrirm7645 Insulated car cover?

[@confusedofhinckley5294]

"There's no lag (on the backup camera)" Priceless!!

[@bakketun]

Data about this car: Manufactured by Valmet in Finland in 2010. 30 kW motor. Li-Ion battery from Enerdel. Could not find any information about capacity. Even though this car was not manufactured in Norway it's definitely a Norwegian car. It started way back in 1970's. Development and production was done in Norway until 2009. Ford did own the company for a few years, but sold it in 2002. In 2006 Think was owned by Norwegian entrepreneurs again. Later in 2006 a guy from California visted Think. He wanted to cooperate, but the Think team didn't have faith in his plans and turned the offer down. His name was Martin Eberhard. His company was Tesla.

[@Flimzes]

That was probably the right call at the time, think was on a good track and tesla was not. But where think squandered what they had, tesla took huge strides forward

[@ramunasgudauskas7582]

Marcus done you dirty 🤣🤣 No, for real, i'm looking forward to see more content with this car

[@imaginingistrue4323]

Thiiis is the legendary Think, electrified plastic bucket. Thanks Marcus, you know what we need. This is going to be a adventure!

[@jandrike]

Wifey is gonna be very happy seeing this :D

[@SiggiUA]

He can always tell her, that she should not be so picky and chose one of the other cars he was suggesting before.

[@alexjarvie]

I think the next few videos with this car have the potential to be your funniest yet Bjørn 😂

[@walternyberg]

Oh I do miss may dear Think having driven it 200 000 Km!

[@ThinkAgainDoc]

Why not buy another one? I did. 😃 This summer. I filmed it: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ7CoJ2tdtCLfKs

[@benbrown8258]

Absolutely honestly I would rather you be driving the think. I find that car fascinating.

[@OenkePoenke]

MC Hammer follow-up: Lily Hammer :-D great funny TV show btw, strongly recommended

[@helgedell]

Worked on it, Steven did give the girls in the crew more attention than me, though :)

[@IsakSwahn]

That reminds me of when Marcin, the Polish guy who drove with us to Bodø, came to Trondheim on a previous occasion - I told him I would meet him at the airport in an electric car with a five letter name, starting with a T. As he arrived, I pointed to the little red rental car and said "T-H-I-N-K". Explosive laughter. Anyway, he quite liked the idea of it after test driving it. :-)

[@ThinkAgainDoc]

This is the most awesome car ever built. So cool that they lent you one. And thanks for showing it here on the channel!

[@JPetr94]

This car is hilarious and brilliant at the same time :D

[@flox8342]

And... it has the Lambo Diablo rear lights!! ;)

[@layseebalsam]

Well, actually the Diablo and this have the same off the shelves lights from Hella...

[@emmanuelm361]

I'm glad you didn't buy another car and congrats on "The Thing" you can borrow. Marcus is a smart man. Keep it going and take care ✌️

[@hanshenrik9870]

Topspeed and acceleration test is a must!

[@Lucas-cq4zr]

Love the Pink Think :D Would love to see an upgrade every month, great idea! Also would love to see wifey's reaction, Ioniq was not good enough. Look what Bjørn brought home instead :D

[@rare_wubbox360]

Bjørn, a nice way to say Thank you to Mr Marcusbil would be to polish the «pink plastic» to red and shiny Just an idea👍🇳🇴

[@trondedvardsen]

Isn't this like polishing a turd?

[@rmac9498]

I am grateful to the infinite graciousness of Marcusbil in allowing you to borrow such a fine vehicle for you to use, as long as you want! God bless him!

[@torf7329]

Finaly some Norwegian hitech enginering🌞🌞 so cool that you went back to the good old electric roots 👍👍 Pls take a trip to the polar circle 😁😁

[@rekulmen2000]

Love it! I have seen some ‘Thinks’ here in Germany, they use for Pizza 🍕 delivery in the city. I think (uh!) that this car is perfect for the purpose

[@mach1nefan]

I love pre-Leaf and Tesla EVs - they're so wacky and small!

[@zedski]

Camping test in Folldal! 8D

[@Chrisb8s]

I love it! Remember the old days when EV driving was an adventure, this will be fun. I do think that it shows that in reality, for most drives, the most basic of cars is just fine. To the store or to work and back or to pick up and drop off a test car,. Especially during this pandemic, I have been driving so much less, my Tesla feels like overkill. 200 plus miles is just fine when you only go 30 miles at the most in a day.

[@Fochest0r]

Bjorn comes home with this car. Wifey: _drops pants_ ;)

[@IweinMuyllaert]

Wauw, from this to Plaid+ will be like nothing ever seen before :p

[@MarkRijckenberg]

Yeah, let's just hope Bjorn does not get into a carcrash in this plastic bucket. Nothing would be left of him....

[@Gamen4Bros]

"Is that Glass?" *"Damn, glass like a boss"*

[@miloe436]

Ah, I want one. One of those with lithium battery. Just to drive around and have fun with.

[@onlineo2263]

This is the first video of yours with the exception of every banana box video I have wanted to give you multiple thumbs up. Great video. This is the car you need to buy :)

[@paul_gradenwitz]

Set the car in D and not in E forward mode. That uses more energy but should give you more speed.

[@Felix_EN]

I love how it uses the same interior as the Citroen C3 from the mid 2000s

[@layseebalsam]

Citroen CX...

[@dscarty]

A lot of the EVs are high end cars but one that is under appreciated IMO is the Fiat 500e. A comfortable, affordable little commuter car.

[@aukanmeister]

"exotic like a Leaf" words never uttered together before😆 Cool!

[@Bercik87]

i don't have backup camera in my old ICE car *IS* the backup camera check-mate

[@recklessrogue9027]

I feel I'd enjoy owning this for a short time its cute and simple. Would love to see a range test

[@EngineersFear]

Brilliant! Used to have a Ligier Optima E with 15 kW motor. After I swapped the lead acid for Lithium batteries the car became a real sleeper at 400 kg or so :D

[@kezoomer]

"This thing rocks ass! - B. Nyland 2021

[@liltliltliltlilt]

Who is ready to see Bjørn slumming it in his little think capsule!

[@flog3rt]

With the glass back, you don't need a backup camera. There's no lag, even. 😎👍🏻

[@joshfrench5773]

Hey bjorn I recognise the think has internal door pulls and handles from a ford mondeo the clocks from a ford KA, the steering wheel/ indicator cluster, headlight switch & keys from a focus. Suppose theres nothing wrong with tried and tested parts at least you know they will work.

[@Peter-st1lt]

Hey Bjorn! Now that's a car! My wife loves it! I think it's really cool, it reminds me of my first EV! Can't wait for you to do some tests!

[@Zedus-rl9hp]

4:38 electric windows on all seats, better equipment than some new 30k€+ EVs 🙃

[@Faszination]

It's like center console heating/ventilation cluster is from Peugeot 206 and Steering wheel with sticks behind is from Ford Focus Mk1

[@MrSivilla]

No lag in the backup camera. That's amazing.

[@Valsiphez]

I drove it once! It eats crazy loads of energy just to keep the Sodium battery heated above 200 degrees as far as I remember

[@therandomtester9561]

Top of my mind around 300W constant? Around 7 kWh pr day. But they did make it with lithium as well, 23 kWh i Think.. Could be that one he's got. The Sodium seems to be more common though.

[@Valsiphez]

@@therandomtester9561 something in that range. It’s pretty shocking if you are not told and charging infrastructure back then was non-existent

[@therandomtester9561]

​@@Valsiphez Indeed! Yes, a lot has happened. I bought a Leaf in 2015, live in Trondheim and thought I "had" to get one from Oslo as cars normally are much cheaper there. Luckily I got one much closer. But I planned the route, it would almost be impossible to drive that stretch in that car solely on public chargers. Had to charge on schuko 2 times from very low SOC to 100%. Today, even winter, there are QC's and type2 so often it's no problem.

[@Flimzes]

This is a lithium model

[@inspmoore]

1000km challenge!!! The world needs it!!!!1111

[@ramfrancisuk]

This will be Great Fun - Do all the tests

[@CoolSilver]

Oh my goodness. I was joking about a Fiat 500e. Wow this Think City is unique. I'm kinda glad you got something different to zip around for a short while.

[@ddorbuck]

Bj0rn, i can see your first 'camping' test in the think city . 10 minutes into the video car is outside in the hotel parking lot and I'm in a king bed inside the non smoking hotel room. Mission accomplished! ;>

[@thegreatpaulsmith]

I had a Think in the US in 2001. Love

[@geraldfast3d]

At last. .a car I can afford to buy! Cant wait for the camping test..

[@martin-ot]

BJÖRN; Your test of the Think should include camping in it one night in the winter. That is the #1 test many of us would like to see!

[@MrBrander]

@ 2:09 That looks like one of those Mc Donalds toy cars you get with your happy meal. :D

[@markthomasson5077]

Needs an upgrade. Have a look at Jonny Smith Flux Capacitor

[@angeldominguez4993]

@Bjørn Nyland , which battery has this Think City? The Zebra NaNiCl battery or the lithium battery? The Zebra battery is very special by today's standards and needs continous use/charge in order not to be discharged/cooled (if it gets discharged/cools down, it is the end) and works at very high temperatures (240-350ºC if I remember correctly)

[@Flimzes]

Lithium

[@PlanePreacher]

We need more of these type cars.

[@theohuisman7778]

MARCUS has forgotten to advertise on the "car" for a Win-Win situation !!

[@Flimzes]

Maybe he did and we just can't see red on red

[@jonathansmith6974]

@@Flimzes no, pretty sure he would “forget” on this one. LOL

[@dirtypawcio95]

1000km challenge in the think? 😅 by the time youre done with it the plaid+ will probably arrive

[@SombrioMuri]

Actualy this was my first EV i drove about ten years ago. I rented it from an Energy Company in VS Switzerland. Good memories =)

[@garywestlake29]

We have a Mitsubishi imiev as a second car to our or LR model 3. This class of cars is fit for purpose and we love it for city errands her in Canada. It never complains at -30c, has lots of room, and drives like a tank in snow. My brother y his wife had a Think in Michigan and they were sorry to see it go when they went to Tesla. Why haul around extra battery when you don't need it.

[@krneki44]

Steering wheel, stocks, light and window switches are from Ford Focus.

[@alfredobartelmu1608]

This car is really good! It does this for what a car is build - drive and this more efficient as most other cars.

[@Argantonis]

Awesome. This is what motoring is all about. Can't wait for the Dacia Spring.

[@therandomtester9561]

Yes, do it all :) Banana and range at least. And at least calculate a trip to Trondheim and/or 1.000 km ;)

[@derseb_3810]

Nice an EQV. Im looking forward to see the test results in norwegian winter - like a boss!

[@baptistetoocourt]

Most exciting thumbnail ever!

[@dezz00002]

2:08 Seems like the plastics are separated at the contact point of left end of front fender and the wheelhouse. Maybe they can be snapped together. Would look better.

[@markelkins8432]

The "Thing" ... humbling, but perfect for local travel and shopping.

[@CookeCraft]

This is Epic! Can't wait for all the videos

[@johnkechagais7096]

I would love this a run about

[@189-6ณัฐวรเจริญสุข]

Who needs the rear camera when the whole back of your car is a window lol. that's a genius design there

[@jimmclaughlin2603]

Volvo did it previously.

[@curmudgeon1933]

And at least the glass is not cracked like the windscreen in the Mercedes EQV. lol. And much more practical for possibly 80% of most European car journeys. A modern iteration of this could cut urban congestion massively.

[@georgepelton5645]

Wow! Super glad to see Bjørn with the Th!nk City. Please do all the tests Bjørn. Well, no need to do the 1000 km challenge. I look forward to watching. A short history Video about the many generations of this car {4} would also be cool.

[@ME-cb1vw]

backupcamera has insane resolution and tremendous screen

[@300rivers7]

I thought you and Marcus were friends 🤣

[@KrisRifa]

Was really considering this as my second car, but when you said it doesn't have Sentry Mode I was like "no go bro" 🙈😂

[@MrAdopado]

I love it. More on the Think please!

[@layseebalsam]

5mm ABS plus 1mm ASA for UV-protection, still looks fresh. Extrudeded together, and matt surface covered imperfections... .

[@spookyr]

Pimp it with all of the pimp coatings and upgrades you got for MC Hammer!

[@joergfeler351]

Can’t wait to see your EQV tests!

[@petrdreiseitl3763]

E mode has reduced power, use D mode ;) I used to have this one in 4 seater. Best city car ever!! It has abs and esp, ac... Drove 100k km in it. better range in cold winter than my model3 has now. Get some norwegian Think guru who built it and interview him with this car. Or visit elbilmek in Asker. Experts on this car.

[@Deadeye0815]

The instrument cluster , Truk button and Steering Weel is from a Ford Ka (Mk1) :O

[@Thinkcity]

And it does not rust. I had one for several years, a nice city car. You always found a parking spot. Several have been modified to Li-ion batteries.

[@Flimzes]

This one is already lithium from the factory

[@tihomiruchkov9704]

superb rearview camera :P

[@hitch24]

Reminds me at Frank Tagliano in Lilyhammer 🤣

[@kubben1]

There are gold wrapped Thinks in the dictator movie.

[@Marbellous]

Finally you can do 24h stream and 1000km challenge at the same time ;)

[@johnnyrosenberg9522]

I'd love to see more of that Think car!

[@hrrrrr2084]

There are the new Citroen C4 and Citroen Jumpy van in the background behind EQV, test them! Also you should find and try an old Citroen Saxo, it's a museum piece with still decent range.