Renault: The original Twingo is coming back – as a five-door!

Renault has also announced an electric "under €20,000 entry model" and now, with a slight delay, has provided the first ideas on what it might look like: like the original Twingo! The concept, which Renault (rightly) calls the "Legend," clearly references the first Twingo generation but almost invisibly adds two doors in the rear. On "X," Renault then explains that "after the R5 and R4, a third icon would be revived."

The new "Twingo" is set to launch in 2025, which would also be a suitable time to replace the (still) current model that was once developed with Smart and therefore features a rear engine and drive, but just like Twingo generation 2, never achieved the cult status of the original version. This is newly cited in many details. On its basis, Dacia is likely to build an even cheaper Spring successor. And Mitsubishi could finally create an electric Space-Star successor in Europe.

Renault remains vague on the exact package: In the announcement for the capital market day of the electric vehicle division Ampere (where the model was only referred to as the "Legend"), they explained that the known electric car platforms CMF-BEV and CMF-EV would be renamed "AmpR Small" and "AmpR Medium" in the future. However, both are at best conditionally suitable as a basis for affordable e-mobility. A twist could also be that Renault works with cheaper batteries or cell chemistry in the Twingo, which would reduce the constructive effort.