Renault Twingo

I ain't got a car either.

Your little Twingo.

Don't forget the Twingo.

no here oh yeah i'd go here but they're not mega stores they're just they're more like they're just like local little supermarkets they're not they're not like you get i mean honestly some of the big ones that you've got that you have to drive 20 minutes to get to with a car park the size of heathrow airport you get there and it's in It's in a hangar.

It's like a hangar.

Now, let's talk about some examples.

First of all, Renault says its new electric Twingo was done in 100 weeks, from project sign-off to production starting.

A Shanghai team handled systems integration and project management, while the platform and software were done in France.

The company describes using fewer parts and simple decision-making structures.

we did touch on this a couple of weeks ago when we were sort of talking about is retro design the way forward and i think that this is what i didn't find i'll be honest i'm going to sound like a terrible grump but i didn't find a lot to enjoy in all of these concept cars because i felt like they looked desperate This was frantically thumbing through the archive going, what have we got? What have we got that people liked last time? And it just felt uncool.

You know, the way that Renault brought back the 5 and then the 4 and then the Twingo just felt like it's kind of, yeah, we got this.

Here we go.

These are these things.

However, since then, the Mini has become lumpy and bloated and looks like an ageing rock and roll tribute band, merely going through the motions but not actually convincing the audience.

With the Renault 5 and Twingo recreated as well as the Audi A2 and Citroen 2CV, do you think this retro styling trend will catch the Euro manufacturers out as they realise they have run out of greatest hits? Or will they milk this idea to death with the Renault 11 and Vauxhall Belmont throwbacks being styled as we speak? Surely there's peril here if, or should that be when, they come to the conclusion they've come up with an entire model range identity in double quick time when the fad ends.

Personally, I'm looking forward to the reimagining of the 1985 Fiat Croma, but that might just be me.

CM2B, matché.

That's a reasonable price, especially in this economy, reasonable price.

The actual design director, Gilles Vidal, said they looked at the success of the Renault 4, Renault 5, and the Twingo and went, we are capable of this.

Yeah.

Here we are.

Of course.

But if I'm honest, Teaks, love it.

Saw this and said, you know what? That Twingo looked good.

Oh, this looks good as well, though.

Yeah.

yeah but it launched i think in europe in 2021 yeah so it's not even reached the natural end of its life cycle no and it's being replaced but you've got like a trio there that are effectively the same underneath you got there Renault Twingo, fabulous Renault Twingo, the Nissan Pixo, which was revealed yesterday, and the Dacia Spring that was revealed last week or the week before.

And they all seem to have a little bit of different personality about them.

Of course, like Renault have drawn on their kind of heritage with one of their original Twingos.

Which I remember seeing, I think I went to France on holiday once and I remember seeing them around because they weren't available in the UK.

No.

And I just think, I suppose the similarities really are the Renault Twingo and the Nissan Pixo, kind of from the A-pillar back are pretty much the same car.

Yeah.