Here's a web site with pictures of the new Renault Twingo that we should see in right hand drive this time:
www.avtomobilizem.com/modules/articles/?art_id=652
Looks ok, best Renault I've ever seen.
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But, as we're all so wealthy, in UK, we'll not get the affordable, funky car it set out to be.
Instead, we'll have lots of must haves, on it, together with a price ticket, much higher than elsewhere, in Europe.
VB
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The darkened rear windows on the blue ones look naff.
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The original looked cute, distinctive and compact. This thing looks like a bloated 107/Aygo/C1! What a pity.
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The original looked cute distinctive and compact. This thing looks like a bloated 107/Aygo/C1! What a pity.
Must admit that's what I thought as well. It's definitely more Citroen than Renault. Not that that in itself is necessarily a bad thing, but it's disappointingly derivative from a manufacturer who normally produces such distinctive product.
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Not sure what the 'fuss' is all about really - the Twingo was, several years ago a fresh looking funky, fairly low-tech & cheap car - an updated R4/R6 (or even Ami8) for the 90's (or now 00's) - it seems now to be in the overly dressed & cutesy sub-Mini market & price range.
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Yes its a cop out. Completely lost what a twingo was all about. Basic, cheeky, funky, fun & cheap.
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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Oh I dunno...
Looks like a mini Clio and the GT bit is a joke but looks as though it sets out to do the same job as the earlier one. The market has moved on in the meantime I guess.
Maybe it'll be enough to get my neighbour to stop using his Ami 8 estate as a daily driver...
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Saw a whole fleet of these coming up through Germany (arround Stuttgart) on French registered transporters last week.
Looking at some stopped at the services they looked a lot like sawn of Clios to me. Hope they are as much of a success as the MK1 was in Europe but I have my doubts as they are nowhere near as unique as that was when it came out.
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If it's well built (latest Renaults are much better) and it's reliable (things are improving there as well) then it should sell.
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New Twingo just featured on French TV. The launch was in Slovenia - hence OldHand's sighting of the transporters ferrying them back to France last week I suppose.
Entry price of EUR7990 quoted on the telly - that must make it very competitive? Of course, the models used on tv were the specced-up EUR11k+ versions... it'll probably be impossible to get hold of a basic one for 7990...!
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Had a good nosey around one of these on holiday and I agree with some of the above posts, it's not really in the same spirit as the old Twingo. Certainly it's a nice car with a quality interior feel and decent kit but it seemed a bit big really - much the same size as the original clio.
If they price it like the C1/107/Aygo it has a better feel and should do well. But I doubt they will, can only wait and see.
-- Biggedy biggedy bong
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Ahhh... I loved the old Twingo when we used to go on holiday to France and I had no idea about cars, only that the nice ones were the cute ones.
I even had a model of a Twingo...
...I'll get my coat.
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