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Electric cars are becoming more and more affordable – prices are down £3,750 year-on-year Independent EV Price Index – And Renault is to launch a super-desirable small electric car that will cost around £17,000.
These photos preview what the production version of the new Renault Twingo will look like. This latest all-electric retro follows Renault’s smash hit reborn Renault 5 and the more practical Renault 4 models which are already on sale, with the Twingo set to join the ‘Revolution’ late next year.
Renault’s designers took inspiration from the earlier Twingo model which was launched in 1992 and achieved cult status, even though it never went on sale in the UK.
The four shots released show that the production will closely follow the Twingo’s styling Twingo E-Tech Prototype Shown at last year’s Paris Motor Show.
An overhead shot shows how the angle of the windscreen flows straight into the sloping bonnet, as was the case with the original Twingo. Renault says, “It promises a generous modular interior where everyone can invent the life that goes with it”!
Bug-eyed headlights – again, identical to the original – give the car what Renault calls “a cheerful face and mischievous look”, adding that the car “doesn’t take itself too seriously”. The round LED lights are integrated into the bodywork with a smiling grille with a glossy black finish that also nods towards the old Twingo.
The circular light theme continues at the rear with half-moon rear lights rear lights that are almost identical in shape to the headlights. The rear lights look like braking and the indicator lights are in semicircular shape.
The rear window is round, as it was in the original, while the Twingo name sits proudly on the boot door and is described by Renault as a playful font.
Speaking last year, Renault CEO Fabrice Camboliv had confirmed that the Twingo will be made in right-hand drive and also hinted at the price.
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He said, “I have focused all my attention on the challenge of launching the Twingo in right-hand drive because I believe a car priced under €20,000 (£17,400) has huge potential to open up this segment in the UK as well as Europe, with its design, technology and dynamics like the R5 and R4, but also because it brings a new level of versatility to the segment that I believe That customers will respond. Have access to EVs.” “Critical for the future, and Twingo offers something new for Renault and all car buyers.”