Renault Twingo - Talk to me...
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My wife has the 1.2 Twingo and it seems to be a decent little cheap car. It feels fairly nippy around town, no probs keeping up with anything. Will cruise at 70-75 happily but will use fuel at these speeds due to the engine revving highly, and does slow down on motorway hills like all small engined cars.
Inside, with no rear passengers, it is very roomy up front, I can stretch my legs out in the passenger seat when it is fully back and not touch the bulkhead (5ft 10"). Boot is small, as you would expect but holds our weekly shop and then some more easily.
Inside, with no rear passengers, it is very roomy up front, I can stretch my legs out in the passenger seat when it is fully back and not touch the bulkhead (5ft 10"). Boot is small, as you would expect but holds our weekly shop and then some more easily.
skip_1 said:
My wife has the 1.2 Twingo and it seems to be a decent little cheap car. It feels fairly nippy around town, no probs keeping up with anything. Will cruise at 70-75 happily but will use fuel at these speeds due to the engine revving highly, and does slow down on motorway hills like all small engined cars.
Inside, with no rear passengers, it is very roomy up front, I can stretch my legs out in the passenger seat when it is fully back and not touch the bulkhead (5ft 10"). Boot is small, as you would expect but holds our weekly shop and then some more easily.
Cheers for that - what do you think of the interior?Inside, with no rear passengers, it is very roomy up front, I can stretch my legs out in the passenger seat when it is fully back and not touch the bulkhead (5ft 10"). Boot is small, as you would expect but holds our weekly shop and then some more easily.
davepoth said:
Cheers for that - what do you think of the interior?
Plastics are hard, but being two tone black and beige(ish) looks ok. No problems with bits falling apart or squeaking but it has only done about 15k in three years rather than 80k.To be honest there is very little in the interior, electronics wise to go wrong - windows, heater and stereo.
Seats have been comfy enough during the few trips we have done between Bradford and Birmingham in it.
Rear windows don't open if that is a consideration.
Overall my opinion is that it is what the French do best, a small basic fun hatch.
The Nur said:
£800 on a 306 diesel and 1.5 years of fuel?
They want a £2-3k 1-1.3 litre petrol hatchback - I'll obviously try all the "sensible" solutions but I need to actually tell them a bit about what they say they want. I'm leaning towards a Mk6 Fiesta 1.25 anyway, but the Twingo piqued my interest...Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff