Vehicle
Renault Twingo
The city car, and the third generation is the interesting one: rear-engined and rear-wheel drive, developed with Daimler and sharing its platform with the Smart Forfour — which makes it the only rear-engined car in this catalogue and reorganises everything about where its components physically are. A cooling or exhaust fault on one is not in the place experience with any other supermini would suggest. The first two generations are conventional front-engined cars.
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Generations
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II 2007–2014
A conventional front-engined supermini on the Clio platform — the last Twingo before the rear-engined car.
- Body styles
- Hatchback
- Platform
- Renault–Nissan B
- Engines
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- 1.2 16v — petrol
- 1.2 TCe — petrol
- 1.6 16v Renault Sport — K4M-RS · petrol · 98–99 kW (131–133 hp) · 160 Nm (118 lb-ft)
- 1.5 dCi — diesel · 55–63 kW (74–84 hp)
- 1.2 turbo — D4FT · petrol
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 5-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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III 2014–2024
Rear-engined and rear-driven, shared with the Smart Forfour — the only such layout here, and it moves every component from where experience expects it.
- Body styles
- Hatchback
- Platform
- Renault–Daimler Edison
- Engines
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- 1.0 SCe — H4D · petrol · 48–54 kW (64–72 hp) · 91–95 Nm (67–70 lb-ft)
- 0.9 TCe three-cylinder — petrol · 66–80 kW (89–107 hp)
- 22 kWh electric — electric · 60 kW (80 hp) · Twingo Z.E.
- 0.9 turbo — petrol · 66–80 kW (89–107 hp)
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed dual-clutch · Single-speed reduction
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
Service information
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