Fiat engineers must have grown tired of hearing complaints that a motorcycle generator won’t fit in the minivan, or that mother-in-law won’t fit in the pickup. At the Paris Motor Show, they rolled out the Multiplay concept—a vehicle suffering from a serious personality disorder, and that’s wonderful. The project is a direct ideological heir to the legendary Fiat Multipla. If you remember that amphibian on wheels from the 2000s, with two rows of three seats, congratulations—you’re having flashbacks. The Italians took that bizarre architecture, added more madness in the form of pixelated optics angled beneath the windshield, and called it the Multiplay. The new model is 4.45 meters long.

The concept’s key feature is its transformation system. These aren’t just folding seats. When you press a button, the rear side windows drop down, and the back row of seats glides forward with a whir, connecting with the second row. The trunk shelf retracts into a niche, and voilà—your family van transforms into a four-seater pickup with an open cargo bed. Now you don’t need two cars: on the weekends, you take the kids to the water park, and on Monday, you haul three pallets of bricks on the same vehicle.

But Fiat went further. They didn’t just make a transformer; they made it Italian. The interior is inspired by watermelon hues. The finishing includes seamless 3D knitwear and waterproof coatings, because after transforming, you’ll inevitably spill something sticky on the floor. The door panel has a built-in, fold-down food bowl—this is a special spot for your dog, who also has a «plus one» seat on the second row.

The front passenger is not forgotten either. Their seat on the stand rotates against the direction of travel, transforming into a lounge chair beneath a panoramic roof. The pedals here look like «Play» and «Pause» keys, and the oval steering wheel glows with the brand’s name. The manufacturer honestly states that this is a laboratory for ideas, not a mass-produced vehicle. But we know that the wildest ideas eventually come to life.