Renault Twingo Review?

"TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut" (twincharged) 09/11/2014 at 11:59 • Filed to: None

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Renault Twingo review.

KirkyV > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 09/11/2014 at 12:01

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I remain rather disappointed about the permanent TCS, and general lack of oversteery potential and driver-involvement. Still, they are making a performance version - if not a full-blooded RS - so I'll continue to hold out hope. A three-door'd be nice, too.

(Note for non-UKians: 'city car' is actually a size-class here - one below 'supermini' or, in American, 'subcompact' - so when he talks about 'city cars' like the Twingo, he isn't referring to, say, the Fiesta or the Polo.)

BZiel > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 09/11/2014 at 15:49

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Eyelashes add 10hp:

ranwhenparked > KirkyV 09/11/2014 at 22:03

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We get city cars here now too, actually about 3 or 4 on the market at the moment (depending on whether you want to call the giant MINI a city car or a subcompact).

KirkyV > ranwhenparked 09/12/2014 at 04:15

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I'd go supermini, personally, though thanks to the MINI's hideously inefficient use of space, it actually has less storage space and interior room than a lot of significantly smaller city cars.

Anyway, I know that you get a few of them these days, but I've noticed that a lot of Americans on this site will refer to pretty much any hatchback as a 'city car'; it doesn't have as formal a definition over there. I just wanted to clarify that, when a British person says 'city car', they're referring to a specific class of car, rather than 'small' cars in general.

ranwhenparked > KirkyV 09/12/2014 at 07:24

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Since proper city cars are still a relatively new concept here, the term really hasn't caught on yet. Before we started getting the real thing, it was just used as a generic term for any smaller car that was good for use in the city. I think that will gradually change now.

KirkyV > ranwhenparked 09/12/2014 at 07:38

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Either that, or you'll just come up with your own term for it. 'Ultrasubcompact' or something. I mean, it's not like we use the same language for any other size-class: 'subcompacts' are 'superminis', 'compacts' are 'family hatches' and so on.