First look: Renault Twingo electric - the small EV we've been waiting for? | Electrifying

[@Betsybetsybetsy-wf9xv]

Kinda weird how you say it is "like a love child between the Fiat 500 and the Ford Ka", while most of all, it looks very much like the original Twingo, which had a distinct and iconic design on its own.

[@FilJR99]

Absolutely. If anything the Ka was inspired by the original Twingo. One of the best small city cars ever, such a great concept!

[@niklaswejedal463]

My thought exactly...

[@richardpiper4828]

The Fiat 500 and Ford Ka were siblings built on the same production line in Poland. Ford used the Fiat platform as they couldn’t afford to build an entry level model off the more sophisticated Fiesta platform.

[@JuicyJohnEV]

Sometimes I think they use chatgpt to write the scripts.

[@BMWHP2]

indeed. The Fiat 500 and the Ka where 2-door cars. This is nothing like that. It has 4 doors and looks like that latest 4-door Twingo

[@darrens3]

Thank god it's still friend shaped.

[@ashliehiggins]

It wouldn't be Twongi if not fren shaped.

[@yourlocalidiot69420]

Yeah I think that as weird as it looks, it's a nice break from all the "aggressive" looking cars

[@bobsingeton2719]

If the final production version looks like this "concept" version - and the numbers (£, range, etc) stack up - then Renault should be on to a winner for those of us looking for a small city car.

[@ascelot]

Think only change might be wheels, very hard to see or notice if there is a slight overhang as in come out slightly compared to body. Though might be camera angle trick.

[@willhraf]

Big if

[@mikadavies660]

Renault keep smashing it.... Thank god they are NOT swallowed into that god awful Stellantis Group! Renault are standing alone at trying to build affordable/practical & stylish BEVs. Just hope they are successful in keeping it affordable in the real world.

[@verygoodbrother]

I despise many Stellantis cars.

[@jbmaru]

Renault has Nissan in their group too. That's great because Nissan are preparing production for solid state batteries, and hopefully Renault cars will benefit from it.

[@mikadavies660]

@@jbmaru Renault and Nissan have separated.

[@jbmaru]

@@mikadavies660 Oh really? They must still be collaborating though, the Nissan Ariya is on the same platform as the Megane E-Tech.

[@mikadavies660]

@@jbmaru Totally logical that they still have links. I'm sure it's to do with Nissan's credit rating which was lowered to "junk". I'm sure Renault wanted to pull away to have their own credit rating. Behind the scenes, they can still share platforms. Not that Nissan is under pressure from Japan to go "hybrid" whilst France and Renault want to go "all in EV".... The next 5 years will be very interesting.

[@aye3678]

That green paint is absolutely beautiful.

[@stephenballantyne]

They're not 'city' cars! They're just cars with slightly shorter range for people who don't do motorway distances on a regular basis. These cars are perfectly happy in the countryside, suburbs, towns and, yes, cities. Stop encouraging people to view them as being limited to cities.

[@Seymour_Buttzzz]

It’s just a catch all term.

[@jonevansauthor]

100% that used to drive me nuts in my Smart car. It's a city car! You can't drive it on a motorway! It's not safe! You can only carry well over one shopping trolley of groceries in the boot, so it's got a small boot, despite the litre volume being surprisingly close to a Fiesta or similar! You can't carry 4 people. No, really mate, you think a criticism of a 2 seat car is that it doesn't have 4 seats? Is it valid to say a Fiesta is useless because it doesn't have 7 seats? I drove mine from Cardiff to the north east, no problem, and Portsmouth and other places. It was never a problem. The only time I had a problem was when the Severn Crossings closed due to ice falling from the bridges and no-one was allowed, or one or two instances of high wind, during which everyone, particularly lorries, had to slow down. So nothing unique to my 'city car'. If city car meant anything it would be, 'awesome car that copes fine with the motorway but in a city, demolishes trash like BMWs at the traffic lights, humiliating the drivers who invariably have feeble egos and think acceleration matters, doesn't have useless seats, can carry all your shopping and is much easier to park and cheaper to run, insure and fuel.' So... just better for almost all journeys humans actually take.

[@stephenballantyne]

@zeberday1 it doesn't catch all though. It suggests to people who don't live in cities that it won't be suitable for them, so they go and buy SUVs instead. 'Smaller range', 'runaround', 'second car' are all better terms to describe these vehicles.

[@gap9992]

Surely the "City" label is much more about size than range! Would you like them to be called something catchy like Quite Small Car with a small turning circle? Assuming that people will not be able to work out that City Cars can be driven outside cities is a bit of an insult to the human race

[@stephenballantyne]

@gap9992 just 'small car' is fine. City car is a pretty poor description for cars that will predominantly not be driven within cities and only serves to discourage non-city-dwellers from buying them. Do you think it contributes to or helps to ease so-called range anxiety? When I got my electric car the first thing everyone asked was "what's the range?" and I wanted to say "I don't care and neither should you".

[@vp272]

It’s good to see that the streets will soon be filled with smaller, affordable cars again. Perfect for tight city roads and car parks

[@stuartheydon6323]

I doubt it!

[@madmcadder4536]

Totally agree ....well said.

[@vask3863]

Small affordable cars in 2024? Yeah sure... Even a Fiat 500 or 500e costs as much as a fully equipped limousine two decades ago.

[@vp272]

@@vask3863 most people buying new cars now buy on finance so as long as the monthly payments are acceptable, the demand is there. Recent over supply and government mandates has meant the market has now some cracking deals. You simply cannot compare prices from 20 years ago with inflation and wages rising…

[@TheSmallRabbit]

BMW i3's are available now at great prices and look much nicer.

[@stephenclay6852]

If they can build that and look like it then credit to the designer. Looks really good.

[@DomDom-tw5jk]

As a French guy I used to buy the 1st version of Twingo in 1994 (then I went for a long trip around... UK with it, creating quite a bit of astonishment among the UK population 😏). This was a great little car, with a huge clear space inside. Its only serious defect was its old gas-guzzling motor. This electric project seems to pay a very nice tribute to the 1st version of Twingo

[@brunodahli2481]

Personally, I put engine re-metallizer at each oil change on my Twingo 1 (from 75 thousand kilometers), and the performance increased significantly (consumption; vibration and noise at 130 km/hour).

[@tivvy-xf4kz]

If I remember correctly the UK never got the original Twingo. The problem was they couldn't put the steering on the right as something was in the way..

[@shroomyesc]

From any other manufacturer I wouldn't trust that the production version would look like this concept, but bar the big wheels and some minor details like the screen badge and fully flush panels I believe them that the production version will look almost identical. Mostly because the Renault 5 ended up looking exactly like the concept and judging by the spy images and the teasers the same applies to the new 4.

[@HeadPack]

Great to see Renault doing another classic again. Drove a first gen Twingo and loved it. Hope the interior can be turned into a bed again. That was so nice on long drives for little naps.

[@maxkosek]

Yes I drove first generation too and omg yes the bad out of sits that was so awesome and I had a version with opening roof. Love this tribute

[@lastfour]

This video reminds me that I really want a Renault 5. These designs are really nice, different but classic at the same time.

[@johnknight9150]

I'm just ecstatic that Renault haven't slapped another one of their existing badges on yet another SUV. More of this, please.

[@kazater]

Renault are really killing it. Even the Zoe, even though it's an older car, is a masterstroke in ev building. And their latest (megane, scenic, 5 and this) are just all great for their respected fields. Big up!

[@andycotton162]

I agree, we have a 2018 Zoe and it's superbly built and very solid, plus it's great to drive!

[@TheSpearkan]

Except for the poor safety record for the Zoe, especially from T-Bone collisions from what I know.

[@kazater]

@TheSpearkan i dont know about that, it scored high on release, and only fell off after the testing standard was tweaked. As did most older cars.

[@MaticTheProto]

Renault keeps winning

[@alexmckenna1171]

Wonderful design, and the colour is fab. Makes a change from grey and white..

[@lowlevelretro]

So sick of grey black white and silver.

[@davegahan5908]

Its not cute, its very futuristic and sporty looking, probably the best looking car to date, RENAULT, please sell it in the UK, its brilliant and I want one, NOW.

[@nathanwolf5547]

I like the fact, it looks so solid and even slightly sporty.

[@HeadPack]

Like the original, it has an ideal shape for a compact car. Lots of room compared to the footprint and still unique looking.

[@OldCodeMonkey]

I'm tempted the say that Smart with the #1, #3 and #5 all develop cars in the same way with Geely providing all bits you don't see and Mercedes Benz doing the design and stylin of the car and interior

[@jonevansauthor]

Historically, the major ICE companies often collaborated on cars, and shared platforms with their competitors. It's not new in any way. Even Ferrari will use indicators from a Ford Fiesta and just charge ten times as much (actually more than ten times) to their gullible consumers. I'm still hoping they'll do a modern Smart ForTwo but I'm not expecting it to be as good as a Chinese Smart EV clone (which are better than Mercedes could manage).

[@neilrwilliams218]

That was my first thought too.

[@stevieC-x1l]

Kudos to Renault.... genuinely interesting small cars in the 5, 4 and Twingo! Showing VAG and Stellantis how to do cool small cars - genuinely got me interested in French cars for the first time in a long time...

[@iconicshrubbery]

Not 'froggy' eyes, as she says, but 'Smiley' eyes/optics that transmit contentment. Agree, definitely huggable material😍

[@maxkosek]

Love it! i had Twingo for many years and now they finally got back to that iconic line. Love it love it! Hope to get one some day

It’s so good looking! It’s so instantly recognisable as Twingo, it looks like a cartoon version of the first generation, absolutely brilliant!

[@michaelshirley105]

This concept is one of the best looking cars i have ever seen if the production version looks the same im buying one

[@The_Curious_Cat]

It looks so good. I hope they don't change too much on the production version, because they nailed the design. And I'm curious for the interior, Renault usually does a great job on them.

[@red13emerald]

Yes, finally! This is the EV I've been waiting for! Small on the outside, efficient use of space, four doors, cute styling and affordable. No other EV has ticked these boxes yet, and I'm so glad this is!

[@Dreador.]

Smart forfour did all those things it’s perceived issue was range but you didn’t have that on your list

[@chrishumble8662]

Renault is knocking small EVs out of the park right now

[@andrewpalmer999]

I think it looks fabulous, let's hope it looks the same when in production and also that it makes it to the UK

[@jamesfranklin2203]

It looks great, I wish Renault will keep that beautiful green on the production car

[@urbanstrencan]

Love the looks they nailed it, a proper homage to the first gen Twingo, Renault awesome job :) cant wait to see it on the road, and yeah it will be build here in Slovenia at Renaults Revoz plant :) Great video and keep it up

[@nathanwolf5547]

I had less range in my MGZS, but I used to go all over the country without any issues.

[@earthur715]

What you say at 1:44 couldn't be more wrong. It is litterally the design of the first gen... But they nailed it.

[@Qwertworks]

Love the design (minus the protruding back window)! It looks so cute!!!

[@grizzly8810]

I'm still driving my original 2001 Twingo in almost exactly that color as my winter / city car. It was one of the best small cars ever, and so far I haven't found anything newer that would do me as well. Maybe I'll hold out to 2026 and then replace it with the new Twingo. Just hope they get the interior and the comfort right. While I use mine mostly in the city and on short range nowadays, the original Twingo was surprisingly comfortable on long distances. Many modern cars (not only small ones) are too stiffly suspended (cause everything wants to be a sportscar nowadays, even 2.5t SUVs) and have surprisingly hard seats on long journeys

[@matthewtyler-jones8317]

Hope this gets to production. Much more attractive than the five to me. And I want to see enough on the streets of Paris to play Twingo Bingo once more

[@madmandonna1]

Renault are on a roll at the moment. The 5 looks fantastic, this is cute, the 4 looks decent too. Only thing I will say is these cooler EV designs are making the Megane, Scenic and their Petrol cars like the Clio and Captur look at bit dated.

[@Vxvx22]

Beautiful EV at affordable price!

[@winfriedtheis5767]

Ginny, I have no idea, which version you are talking about, that had troubles with hills?!! The Twingo was the first car I unknowingly drove a 100miles per hour in (back in my car sharing days in Germany) and it happily climbed the hills south of Dortmund, in difference to the very old Renault 4, or a back then brandnew Smart we had in our fleet. Or even worse was a Corsa with an Eco Gearbox, which was having bit of anissue on those same hills…

[@jusevaga]

The best car I’ve ever had scant wait for it’s comeback this design it’s just perfect

[@josephcullen2512]

Nice maximization of wheelbase with minimal overhangs at front and rear. Looks good and enhances comfort

[@OptLab]

I don't know. It looks freaking fantastic. Or is it because vehicles of the last 2 decades look like 14.99 £ sneakers stretching lines in every direction. Companies have simply been selling an updated shell over the same cross platform of brands over and over.. This Twingo looks tight and sharp, a shell imbricated with its own core components. This is what the future should have been for 20 years...

[@boezow]

Right? Very cute and compact, paying good commemoration to its older gen!

[@ihgday6103]

Renault are producing some great looking cars. It's a pity the dealers and the old school servicing schedules where the charge ££££s to just look at your EV every year are so bad.

[@GlassActivist]

Absolutely agree! The 3 year warranty is also a joke. After 3 years of a Zoe, I can tell you that you'll wish for 5. It's a driver for why I'm going Kia next.

[@whittaker52]

The styling kinda reminds me of a cross between the original twingo, the Renault modus and the Vauxhall adam. It looks very neat as a little city car!

[@iain1970]

Went to the original retail launch in Paris by accident and was hooked. Rented one for a fortnight and loved it. Not sure how the headlights and bonnet vents as shown will pass NCAP pedestrian tests, but hope they stay.

[@freddykrueger79]

now that is a nice retromod of the twingo... completely nailed it designwise. now if they already have 90% ready, how comer we don't know interiors, specs... I'm crossing my fingers for twingo... it's so darn good looking

[@AK-dl8bc]

Looks incredibly cute!

[@fifthager]

It demonstrates how much better cars could look, and how much aerodynamics could be improved, if they didn't need suspension and wheel travel. Could work well in the UK where our road surfaces are perfectly flat and smooth.

[@dermond]

The Twingo looks like a cute pet again. Yay

[@detoowang]

Look at that stance! Renault please please please bring the wheel arch design to production 🙏

[@aleksandarbrzic8351]

My word... If THIS does not become a huge success, there is something definitely wrong with the whole world... 😇 I just dearly hope they don´t price it out of my budget!

[@Zereniti77]

I absolutely adore this design. And while I understand that being small is part of the package, I wish they would release a Twingo+. This same car, but longer wheelbase, and longer overall to give more interior space, and maybe raise it up a bit to ease entry and exit. People hate the SUV-trend, but those cars are very easy to get in and out of.

[@varph_]

GF was instantly in love with its cute aesthetic

[@sallesdavi]

It is cute. I would buy one of these to commute around easily.

[@robertd-dh8qm]

Looks cool 👍

[@nojman89]

I had the first generation Twingo and the air vents on the hood were not for the engine in the original, they were for the coupe (which is also needed in an electric car). The air intake for the engine was a small barely visible air intake at the front of the car just above the bumper. about the same place as there is a black list on this one (probably a tribute).

[@drfisheye]

The intakes on the hood of the original Twingo were air intakes for the interior. Not for the engine cooling. Same for the Renault 5 and 16.

[@EdwardGarrenMFT]

The Chevy Bolt (3 in my family) was a collaboration between Chevrolet (body and overall design) and LG Energy (battery, controller & motor). GM and LG partnered to develop their new "Ultium" battery system and "platform."

[@francisdebriey3609]

Spectacular! I LOVED THE FIRST TWINGO... And this one respects all original design codes ! I could buy it tomorrow for sure... if range is big enough (I need 400 km because living on country side)

[@victormarian7889]

She said 170 miles so ... not there !

[@francisdebriey3609]

@victormarian7889 crying....

[@boezow]

It looks exactly like the original twingo but newer, way to go! There’s always haters. People don’t like to see change. Just ignore them.

[@MrDAVIDATKIN]

It looks good, the best of the new batch of lower cost EVs. Still need to see the final stats and the price needs to start at no more than £15k and then I think Renault will be on to a winner.

[@Darthadios]

I like it, I have even driven the original Twingo "The vacuum cleaner" =)

[@Denistone]

Love a fun and quirky hatch.

[@StephenWilliams-h9g]

It has to come to the UK and sooner rather than later, looks great

[@shaunmckenna1923]

Brilliant Ginny too bad its going to be a long wait , I am sure we will not see it in Canada so No escape to the country with this one :)

[@ferhattje]

Even the moonroof has a round shape, very cute car

[@jonascampelo871]

I still have a first generation Twingo and it makes 330 town miles on a tank after all this years. The new one should do the same.

[@aztro4581]

was thinking buying the new R5 EV but this twingo is so cute :D when we'll see this beauty on roads ?

[@RIZFERD]

I always love Twingo since the beginning, always cute simple allrounder

[@deltajohnny]

I purchased the original one, in mustard color, and if the electric one looks similar to the concept (I'm sure it will) I'll LOVE it! 😍😍😍😍😍 I'm very happy with my Megane E-Tech, and if I need a second car, I would not mind the new Twingo 😁

[@russellmorris3902]

Love the look of this, hope Renault brings it to the uk

[@davidvestey6014]

What!? Illuminated lights!!! 😮

[@davidz1264]

🤯😄

[@markhamilton7289]

looks fabulous. an antidote to the boring grey boxes.

[@apolloniusbeitsman5444]

Such a beautiful rig

[@buzzofftoxicblog791]

❤😊 love the look 😄

[@MrMikusha]

Cute yet very stylish dynamic design. French designs are the best.

[@MrAndreCoutinho]

I thought they had already showed the concept, waiting for the actual release in 2026 will be difficult to keep interest on it. Anyway, I love the og twingo, it was a fantastic little car with so much character, I hope they keep the practicality features that made it famous.

[@somnambulist1965]

Very pretty. I might go for this above the flat 500 electric

[@schleifpunkt.tv2092]

As an owner of the Original. The 3 scoops on the bonnet are Not for Engine Colling. Its for the Ventilation System in the Interior.

[@lowlevelretro]

Looks awesome 😮

[@Hali88]

Obviously 5 doors is more practical but adds to cost and weight, a 3 door would be more of a niche in the market competing only with the very overpriced Fiat 500e, whereas this will be competing (probably unsuccessfully) with Renault's other small offerings (the 4 and 5).

[@CarlosFandango1975]

An icon of the 90s with a great front and rear

[@davidbates247]

Looks amazing I hope they can release it to look the same

[@fernandovargas7562]

Fantastic…. Cool vehicle..

[@adambraunstein3283]

Looks really cool and cute! The only thing i don't like is the back window with that frame and the "vents" on the hood. I'm thinking more of Volkswagen up! and Honda e when i see it tho.

[@thomash2806]

The three bonnet scoops were for the HVAC on the first one.

[@SavageTriple7]

I hope this goes on to be successful and relatively affordable. Between the new R5 and now this, Renault seems to be doing a good job for the lower end of the EV market.

[@ApacheSenzala]

I love my Clio E-Tech hybrid. I like its styling. I like that’s it’s European made and it’s my first car and I’m gonna ride it till dies

[@anonymouspdg6121]

Great review! The Twingo certainly is cute if it stays like the concept. I'd say it wins the cuteness looks against the Insta but then I'd never be buying either car as I have no need of a city car.

[@BobVeldkamp-l9l]

I've owned the petrol version with an automatic gearbox.... perfect in dutch City streets

[@michaelridley2864]

So cute! 6.2 kWh per mile would be pretty amazing too.

[@spurandy]

It looks very good👍

[@rogerwilliams7234]

Lovely concept. Just hope it is not altertd too much for production and it does, indeed, come to in right hand drive!

[@nicolasmuller-marc7914]

Sorry, but LFP is not lightweight (7:08)

[@JonKentplus]

Somehow I doubt it’ll ever look that good when it’s available

[@OptLab]

R5 production model looks close, and actually better than its concept car.

[@kristopherczubik9951]

Can we please start getting these epic French Ev’s in Canada

[@tjadventures]

It's not cute...it's super cute!! This would be a really nice revised retro design, although i never liked the original design. If they can keep the price that low, it would really be a nice car!

[@PaulMeier-cu3ds]

As you say, from the outside it looks wonderful and the price is seriously competitive. You have to wonder whether it will still look as good and competitive in 2026 when you say it will be released - at least in the EU. A pet peeve is to call this a city car because there are so many rural cases for the same sort of thing. If range is the only consideration WLTP of 170 so real world of about 120 miles is useful for anyone who tends to travel within a forty to fifty mile radius. 6kwh per mile is also pretty good. Like you I worry about acceleration though I am not at all worried about top speed. I imagine the suspension will be the usual soggy French version. Renault across their range are making a serious effort to compete with the Far East, good for them.

[@atohms]

It’s gorgeous! Take my money! Will it have V2G?

[@mikeuk4130]

The first one didn’t come to the UK.

[@kherei72]

my first car was a metallic green twingo in 1997. I upgraded to different brands and models through the years, but I always wished I never sold it. I am so overly emotional now.