BUYER’SGUIDE: Renault Twingo
CO2/tax
99-112g/km
Free-£150
Running costs
57-65mpg (TCe90)
£40 fill-up
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
10.8 seconds/103mph
THE original 1992 Renault Twingo was a brilliant piece of design that was never brought into the UK officially. The MkII did come here, but it didn’t sell very well because it wasn’t distinctive enough in an overcrowded sector. So when the Twingo MkIII arrived, Renault made sure that it really was different.
Produced in conjunction with Smart (which sold a very similar car as the ForFour MkII), the third-generation edition marked a return to form for the Twingo, with its eye-catching exterior design and clever interior packaging, both helped by the fact that the engine was tucked away in the rear, under the boot floor. But sadly Renault’s efforts were once again in vain, because the Twingo MkIII failed to be the success that the firm had hoped for.
History
THE Renault Twingo MkIII arrived in UK dealers in September
