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 Reviews and test drives Renault Terrific Twingo Renault’s New Twingo, the- Dynamique 1.2 16V 75, launching this month, is attracting all sorts of attention from young budget conscious drivers, and also those with a touch of funky style, encouraged by the interior design ideas of four European artists, including Nicola Roberts from Girls Aloud, chosen by Renault, to create a series of bespoke city cars.  At its world debut in Frankfurt last year, Renault’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Design, Laurens van den Acker said: “We have heightened New Twingo’s sensuous styling and seductive appeal, marking a return to Twingo’s original personality. We have also given the front end the brand’s new design identity which will be seen on all our new models.” New Twingo is now available in warm, original new colours called Fuchsia and Bermuda Blue – to add to the seven existing body colours - which bring a touch of light-hearted fun that’s characteristic of city cars. At the rear, there are new lights in addition to the main cluster. Located on the tailgate, they enhance New Twingo's lines and echo the front end, bringing extra shape and punch to the car. With a rounder rear bumper and a more curved form for the lower part of the tailgate, the lines are softer. There are eight different alloy wheel options and the option of an electrically-operated fabric sunroof (available in April). Inside, New Twingo’s bubbly side is enhanced through the harmony of colour and material. Customers can also choose different colours for the door mirrors and tips of the protective side mouldings, with colours which contrast with the main body colour. New Twingo also comes with cruise control and a speed limiter as standard. Ideal around town and especially in speed camera-monitored roadworks, the speed limiter will not allow the car to exceed a pre-selected speed, whilst on a longer run, cruise control will maintain a selected speed. Therefore, New Twingo is as at home on the motorway as it is in the city. The audio system in New Twingo is also new and improved with Bluetooth functionality, together with audio streaming with USB connectivity as standard from March. This makes it easy to play digital music and the audio system can also be used as a docking station for the latest-generation iPhone and iPod Touch®. An iPod-compatible radio is also available as an accessory. This special audio system equally enables the use of GPS navigation through an app developed by Renault, which can also analyse the driver’s eco-performance in real time. By providing tips to keep fuel consumption down, the system helps save up to 10 per cent fuel in a practical way. New Twingo’s design combines compact exterior dimensions with an impressively spacious interior. The very roomy city car provides 22 centimetres of knee room, which puts it among the segment's very best. The car also has 50/50-split rear seats. Its boot capacity can therefore, when required, extend from 230 to 959 dm3, while the numerous cubbies and ingenious solutions available as options combine to make it the perfect partner both for shopping runs and for trips to the country. To promote the New Twingo, Renault enlisted the combined creative talents of four European artists, from the worlds of fashion, music, design and cooking to express their vision of a ‘Cabinet of Curiosity’ by creating their own bespoke Twingo interior. The results of the style project reflect their view of the world: joyous, optimistic, clever and bold, just like the compact city car. Girls Aloud singer created the Twingo Goes Pop look, French artists Jean-Charles de Castelbajac helped the car assume the mantle of the French Republic, a Presidential car for all seasons. German designed Nils Holger Moormann decided to make the cabin of his New Twingo a place of peace, rest and meditation; in stark contract to the stress which, too often, symbolises cars and travel in general and so created the Twingo reading room and Italian chef Davide Scabin coverted the car into a pasta purveyer.
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