SQUISHY bumper pads to protect it from parking fails. Tiny turning circle. Looks ace.
Renault has revived Twingo as a dinky, four-seat electric city car/dodgem costing £17k.
The problem is, the French have yet to decide on making it right-hand drive for us because of the cost. Please do.
We need little cars on our roads. We don’t need more SUVs.
Twingo is basically a smaller, lighter Renault 5 under the skin but will use a cheaper battery chemistry with an estimated 180 miles of range. All it needs.
I’m seeing lots of Nineties Twingo vibes here, combined with a trendy digital dash and sliding rear seats.
Design boss Gilles Vidal, speaking at the Brussels Motor Show, said: “We wanted to go back to the cutest, nicest one ever – the first one.
“It’s still a legend today.
“It’s still cool.
“When Twingo first came out there were people who loved it and people who hated it. Maybe still today.
“But it’s a thing.
“So we thought we’d go back to that spirit.
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“We live in a stressful world with hyper communication and so much going on.
“It’s a way to get the nice memories back.
“You see the same thing happening in fashion and furniture design.
“It makes the world more interesting.”
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How about Fuego?
Vidal said: “I would love to make a new Fuego.
“It’s ugly and cool at the same time.
“But there are no plans to do it right now.”
Renault is still investing in petrol cars with a new Clio hybrid due to be revealed in September.
Vidal promised: “It’s going to be a fresh new design.
“No looking back.
“You will be surprised, yet instantly recognise it’s a Clio – even if it’s not written on it.”
ONCE again, I’m right.
The gorgeous Renault 5 is the newly crowned European Car of the Year.
Absolutely walked it.
The £23k electric supermini shared the prize with the Alpine A290, its racier twin brother.
Kia’s electric EV3 was runner-up with Citroen’s petrol and electric C3 in third.
The results were announced at the Brussels Motor Show. Well done all.