Axiam Mega Club

There's something truly unhinged about this car, and I'll come back to it at the end.

First, it's so obviously French. Just look at its proud, cheery, slightly mischievous yet freedom-loving face. Its proletariat-grade composite plastic panels and, as in the most intimate relationships, few boundaries. Doors…I mean, doors.

Let me be more precise: it has no doors, if you don't want them.

It has no roof, if you don't want it, and no covered rear storage space if that's unappealing. Desire a hard shell bump-top wagon back or a rakish fastback, however, and either is an option.

Mega, and its parent company Axiam, wouldn't presume to burden its customers with anything they didn't want or need.

When you're talking about cars with friends and start into a spiel, "Wouldn't it be cool if…you could have four cars in one?"

And you weren't referring to the Mercedes-Benz Vario Research Car?

Non. In 1992, French microcar manufacturer, occasional Dakar competitor, Andros ice racing trophy winner and mid-engine 4-seat V12 supercar-maker (Mega Track) had the revolutionary idea of taking a Citroën chassis—stop me if you've heard this one before—and put its own bodywork on top.