The standard Twingo hasn’t been as successful as Renault had first hoped - flimsy build quality and a soft drive don’t do it any favours. But hot hatches have always been what the French do best, and Renault has come up trumps with the Twingo 133. Usable performance, a firm and communicative chassis and generous spec for not much money make for a real winner.
Renault Twingo 133 full road test report
The 133 blows the standard Twingo away. It’s immensely entertaining to drive and with a starting price of £11,550 for the standard car, a fuel economy figure of 40.4mpg and insurance group eight, it’s hardly a costly way into performance car ownership. Residuals aren’t likely to be too impressive, but it’s not as if the Twingo is an expensive car in the first place, so cheap new means cheap used. Specced-up Cup models will invariably hang onto their value much better than the standard Twingo 133, if, indeed, the standard car sells at all because the £650 upgrade to Cup spec is worth it for the alloys alone, never mind the raft of other extras. The Twingo is everything a hot hatchback should be - inexpensive, great behind the wheel and a real head-turner.
