Renault Twingo!

[2o6]

Small city car to replace the current Twingo.



Also, it's Rear-Engined, RWD. Platform is shared with the fortcoming Smart Fortwo and ForFour.

http://www.undressnewtwingo.com/
http://www.netcarshow.com/renault/2015-twingo/

[cawimmer430]

A nice homage to the many older Renaults which used the RR engine/drive layout.

[FoMoJo]

Cute.

[Madman]

With it's engine in the rear, the new Twingo looks to be what the Fiat 500 should have been.  Same goes for the VW "new" Beetle, too.

Please, Renault, bring this over here!  Slap a shitty Nissan badge on it, if that's what it takes to get clueless Americans to buy it, but please please PLEEEASE bring it over here!!!

[mzziaz]

Looks a lot like the 500

RR set up is a lot cooler, though.

[2o6]

America will probably get the smart version

[68_427]

America will probably get the smart version

Which is FF

[cawimmer430]

Please, Renault, bring this over here!  Slap a shitty Nissan badge on it, if that's what it takes to get clueless Americans to buy it, but please please PLEEEASE bring it over here!!!

And then you'll ask me to send you some genuine Renault badges and decals for it. Right? 

[Madman]

And then you'll ask me to send you some genuine Renault badges and decals for it. Right? 

That's the plan, Stan! 

[2o6]

Which is FF

You sure?

[cawimmer430]

You sure?

According to Autobild, it will be Rear-Engined, RWD.


http://www.autobild.de/artikel/smart-fortwo-2014-vorstellung-4421069.html

[cawimmer430]

That's the plan, Stan! 

In return, I want a 1974 Dodge Monaco. The Renault badges and decals should cost about as much as '74 Monaco these days. 

[93JC]

I'm curious to see what Daimler-Benz comes up with when they release their new Smart Fortwo and Forfour, 'cause right now this new Twingo looks an order of magnitude better than any Smart car ever has. I remember reading about this tie-up between Renault and Daimler a few years ago and thought it would be disastrous for Renault but right now I'm happy to say it looks like I was wrong.

[Madman]

In return, I want a 1974 Dodge Monaco. The Renault badges and decals should cost about as much as '74 Monaco these days. 

I keep telling you the last '74 Monaco was scrapped and crushed sometime during the summer of 1982.  There are none left.  I've checked and everything!

[Soup DeVille]

Found a decent '68 here though: http://www.autotraderclassics.com/classic-car/1968-Dodge-Monaco-1341138.xhtml?conversationId=332048

[Raza]

That certainly is interesting.  I'm looking forward to the reviews of it when it comes out. 

[cawimmer430]

I keep telling you the last '74 Monaco was scrapped and crushed sometime during the summer of 1982.  There are none left.  I've checked and everything!

Why don't you people take care of your classics!?   

[93JC]

[2o6]

I wonder what the Smart version will be, cause Id rock this

[cawimmer430]

Renault's rear-engined Twingo knocks our little socks off [w/video]



There was a time when the smallest, nimblest hatchbacks (like the original VW Beetle and Fiat Cinquecento) put their engines in the back. But those days are long behind us... right? Well nobody seems to have told Renault, which has a proud history of putting its engines behind the seats with vehicles like the Renault 5 Turbo and Clio RS V6. Those were decidedly performance-oriented hot hatches, but now Renault is taking the formula to the masses with the introduction of the new Twingo.

Developed in parallel to Daimler's next-generation Smart, the third-generation Twingo takes its cues from the Twin'Z and Twin'Run concepts. Although Renault isn't saying what the engine is, it's mounted in the rear of a tiny five-door hatchback driving the rear wheels to make it nimble, fun to drive and free up interior space. The layout is in stark contrast to the previous two versions of the Twingo that mounted the engine up front in a three-door bodystyle, and ought to make for one heck of an entertaining RS hot hatch version.

The new Twingo will officially launch at the Geneva Motor Show next month, after which it will be available in four color schemes. By then, we hope, Renault will give us a bit more in the way of technical details to chew on. In the meantime you can scope out the high-res images in the gallery above and the video clip and press release below.


Link: http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/17/renault-twingo-official-video/




www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVedBUt9rDs

[Madman]

There was a time when the smallest, nimblest hatchbacks (like the original VW Beetle and Fiat Cinquecento) put their engines in the back.

Except the original Beetle wasn't a hatchback.  Neither was the ORIGINAL Cinquecento, AKA the 1936-55 Topolino.  Although I'm sure they're really talking about the 1957-75 Nuova 500, even if this isn't the "original" Cinquecento.

Holy shit, if you're going to write about cars, at least know what the hell you're talking about!

As an aside, I think the new 500L should have been called the Fiat 600, after the 1955-69 original, since this was the bigger brother to the classic Nuova 500.

I swear, nobody appreciates History and Heritage™, anymore! 

[cawimmer430]

I swear, nobody appreciates History and Heritage™, anymore! 

Damn right. 

And this is why the last remaining 1974 Dodge Monaco needs to be preserved so future generations can admire its style and elegance and marvel at the decline in quality car design that took place immediately after the '70s!