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NEW Renault Twingo Review – The £17k Electric Bargain!

In our thorough Renault Twingo review, we find out if this retro city vehicle is the ultimate electrical deal! With prices expected to start at less than ₤ 17,000 (presuming it qualifies for the complete ₤ 3750 Federal government EV grant), the brand new Twingo enormously damages its larger sibling, the similarly retro Renault 5. So, the concern is: why would you pay more?

To discover, we hit the streets of Ibiza to check the brand-new 2026 electric Twingo. We explore its 90s-inspired styling, test out the smart sliding rear seats (that actually make the boot bigger than a Renault 5's) and see how the 27.5 kWh LFP battery carries out in the real world. Is this finally the cars and truck that proves electric power makes more sense than fuel in the little automobile world?

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In this video, we take a detailed take a look around the brand name brand-new totally electrical Renault Twingo to see if it's the best inexpensive EV on the marketplace. We dive into the confusing Federal government grant rules to anticipate how much it's likely to cost, discuss how far if can formally go on a complete charge and how quickly it can charge.

Inside, we take a look at the colour-coordinated control panel and Google-powered infotainment system. Finally, we take the Twingo out on the roadway to see what it's like to drive in town and out on the open road, before delivering our decision.

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Video chapters:
0:00– Introduction
0:40– What about the Renault 5?
1:15– Expected rates & EV grant
1:53– The new LFP battery
2:18– Main range
2:45– Charging
3:17– Dimensions & underpinnings
3:59– The styling
4:47– Boot space & practicality
5:46– Rear area
7:30– Driving position & interior
9:51– Driving in town
11:17– Performance, managing & refinement
13:14– Our very first verdict

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50 responses to “NEW Renault Twingo Review – The £17k Electric Bargain!”

  1. @mikadavies660 Avatar
    @mikadavies660

    The only negative here…. Is that we still have to wait for another 6 months to get it in the UK….!!

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    1. @ccooper8785 Avatar
      @ccooper8785

      Because we insist on driving on the wrong side of the road ?

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    2. @Wholiganify Avatar
      @Wholiganify

      That six-month delay is a positive, because we’ll get the European-sourced batteries, and hence a bigger EV grant.

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    3. @tobyhall7617 Avatar
      @tobyhall7617

      The only negative is that it’s electric

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    4. @organiccold Avatar
      @organiccold

      ​@ccooper8785i don’t know! Sweden has changed in the 70s i think but the UK never did it, and now it will be a nightmare due to all th new roads and motorways and etc

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    5. @tarbyonlineful Avatar
      @tarbyonlineful

      Gives them a few months to sort out the niggles uncovered by our early adopter European cousins though

      Reply
  2. @glennkennedy441 Avatar
    @glennkennedy441

    Excellent design….It’s evolved nicely over the years, just wish it were available in the US.

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  3. @mikadavies660 Avatar
    @mikadavies660

    As soon as it is possible, I want to pre-order one…. It smashes the Dacia Spring.

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    1. @ccooper8785 Avatar
      @ccooper8785

      Given the price I should hope it does. Shop around and you can find Springs with less than 500 miles on the clock for £11,000 or less.

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    2. @davidhartwell4826 Avatar
      @davidhartwell4826

      I think the updated Spring is a holding exercise pending Dacias new city car based on the Twingo which we may see naxt year.

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    3. @AndrewKNI Avatar
      @AndrewKNI

      Just signed up on the Renault UK website to be kept informed. A cracking small car.

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    4. @markwilliamson9027 Avatar
      @markwilliamson9027

      Looks great very stylish will sell very well. But the facelifted Spring now has 100bhp in top trim and available for just over £10000 on autotrader so really different price points for the 2 city cars

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    5. @tarbyonlineful Avatar
      @tarbyonlineful

      It’s almost like Renault held back the good stuff for themselves…

      Reply
  4. @mikadavies660 Avatar
    @mikadavies660

    The Twingo, like the VW Up and Hyundai Inster… It’s a small city car. It is not meant to be a large family SUV. So any rear seating is acceptable.

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    1. @BeLowBelowo Avatar
      @BeLowBelowo

      VW shot itself in the foot discontinuing the eUP and Skoda SEAT variants without a successor

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    2. @AGZF1983 Avatar
      @AGZF1983

      @BeLowBelowowell VW has the ID every one that’s coming and the ID polo and the Skoda variants

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    3. @snowleopard62 Avatar
      @snowleopard62

      Spot on, it’s made for short journeys to the shops in cities and towns. Rear space is almost irrelevant.

      Reply
    4. @ThorRavnsborg Avatar
      @ThorRavnsborg

      I disagree completely. It’s a must that I’m able to fit my long legged offspring in the back when I need to even though it would be our second car.

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    5. @oliverstemp9132 Avatar
      @oliverstemp9132

      Still worth pointing out. If you regularly carry rear passengers you’ll be better off with an eC3, Panda or Inster. And none of those are massive cars.

      Reply
  5. @madmcadder4536 Avatar
    @madmcadder4536

    Love the colour and design. Finally a proper city car. Better than the 5 with the sliding seat option. 👍

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  6. @whatcar Avatar
    @whatcar

    With a Government grant factored in, the new Twingo could start at less than £17,000! 🤯⚡

    If you were looking for an affordable small EV, which would you pick?
    A) Renault Twingo (For the retro 90s styling and the bargain price tag!) 🟡
    B) Renault 5 (I’d pay a bit more for the extra range and more premium feel) 🇫🇷
    C) Dacia Spring (I’d go for the absolute cheapest EV on the market) 🔌

    Let us know in the comments below! 👇

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    1. @scalebearer-n2n Avatar
      @scalebearer-n2n

      There will likely be an all new Dacia Spring 2.0 of sorts based on the Twingo E Tech, so I’d probably say that, but you’d have to wait another 1-2 years.

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    2. @ThePedroDB Avatar
      @ThePedroDB

      I want the Twingo but I’ll wait and see if they offer a slightly longer range version with a little more power. The 81 MPH top speed feels a bit limited for UK motorway use. It’s always handy to have ‘a bit in reserve’ to get you out of a potential trouble situation. These used at £10K and under in a few years are probably where it’s really at…

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    3. @Jim68-s5d Avatar
      @Jim68-s5d

      Leap motor t3 £15500 is better value tbh. If twingo is £20000 then it’s a no brainer

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    4. @jonevansauthor Avatar
      @jonevansauthor

      Considering the Spring just got an upgrade to the Dacia Spring 100 in 2026, I would go for that. The better option might be the Smart #2 which will replace the ForTwo, however Smart are dragging their heels and hinting at a 2027 release for that, because they’re grossly incompetent (like all the legacy ICE companies).

      But this is nice. As a second hand car? I’d probably find it better than the Spring if it’s the same price. Although there is a Spring Cargo which means you dont’ have to carry around the useless small car back seats no-one should be forced to waste money and mass on.

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    5. @jonevansauthor Avatar
      @jonevansauthor

      @ThePedroDB you’re basically admitting to being a criminal who wants to speed at well over the speed limit, and that you don’t care about human life, including children. So umm…. yeah… But yes, obviously, only the fools we are all thankful for buy cars new. Sensible people buy from them second hand.

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  7. @trqster Avatar
    @trqster

    Renault design department is killing it everytime.

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  8. @alancobbin Avatar
    @alancobbin

    These things will sell like hot cakes,cheers fella 👍

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    1. @Mar-s5q8m Avatar
      @Mar-s5q8m

      No joke, I’m not even looking to buy a car, much less an EV, but having seen this cool little orange car I sort of want it, I just love how cool it looks
      They will sell millions of them if nothing is wrong with them technically and if the pricing holds.
      We will see

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  9. @dariotsg Avatar
    @dariotsg

    The design is even better than the R5, I really think they nail it, combine with a good price this could be a winning for Renault.

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  10. @dominicchesterman2107 Avatar
    @dominicchesterman2107

    It’s so cute! I think it looks great in the bright colours. It seems closer to the original Twingo than the R5 is to the original.

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  11. @bluebear6570 Avatar
    @bluebear6570

    This is just what my doctor has prescribed. All I need is a car to take my wife and me around town, for shopping, doctor´s appointments and the occasional road trip into the nearby countryside. The range is perfectly fine and the cost not much more than other small cars.

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    1. @organiccold Avatar
      @organiccold

      And cheap on fuel if you charge at home

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    2. @JohnnyMQB Avatar
      @JohnnyMQB

      a 2 grand car would do all that for you and not cost 17k even if you finance it its a lot of cash.

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    3. @patrickf2386 Avatar
      @patrickf2386

      @JohnnyMQB that 2 grand car will likely also come with 2-3 grand worth of repairs/maintenance every year if you’re not able to do repairs yourself. And I reckon you can get this Twingo in a year or two for 10-12k which is a pretty good deal. It will be way more reliable than any ICE car for the same money.

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    4. @JohnnyMQB Avatar
      @JohnnyMQB

      @patrickf2386 im sorry but i just cant see a car costing you 2k in a year in repairs stuff like suzuki alto,nissan micra,skoda fabia even if u only got a few years out of it its still a lot cheaper than leasing or financing a twingo its purely economics now you have to pay tax on electric aswell its made it even less attractive.

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  12. @Rapscallion2009 Avatar
    @Rapscallion2009

    They got the styling completely right. It looks like someone took the Original Twingo and made a concept car intended to look like it from the year 2077.

    The Range is a bit short by general standards, but absolutely fine for a lot of people who don’t do longer journeys. Most people – if they’re being realistic – would be fine with it.

    What I love about small, inexpensive cars like this is that the designers give them some character that larger models typically lack. It only seems to be these city cars where they get the freedom to put in the splashes of colourful plastic and interesting styling quirks. Larger vehicles usually are designed by a committee to avoid anything that anyone might potentially object to. So you get a sea of glum, unimaginative, grey plastic.

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  13. @Dixxie59 Avatar
    @Dixxie59

    Just brilliant! Simple, stylish, functional, affordable. Renault are smashing small car design out of the park! It’s a cheerful little car so mango yellow please.😊

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  14. @birdmanmarbella Avatar
    @birdmanmarbella

    Proper physical controls for the AC and in a cheap car! Why can’t other manufacturers do this?

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    1. @vwgolffancarreviews7111 Avatar
      @vwgolffancarreviews7111

      Well done Renault 👍👍👍 for bringing back the buttons for the AC panel

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    2. @tarbyonlineful Avatar
      @tarbyonlineful

      Cost cutting and wanting to look “modern”. To the bean counters knobs and buttons are an extra cost when you have a touch screen there anyway.

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    3. @NimbusCumulus Avatar
      @NimbusCumulus

      @tarbyonlinefulBut the point being made is that this is a cheap car, where cost cutting is very important, more so than for more expensive cars. So if this car can have proper physical controls and keep costs down, then so can others.

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    4. @TheRealLondonBoy Avatar
      @TheRealLondonBoy

      Because software is the future

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    5. @NimbusCumulus Avatar
      @NimbusCumulus

      @TheRealLondonBoy I would argue software-programmable physical controls should be the future, whereas touch screen controls on a moving vehicle where you have to keep your eyes on the road is lazy design at best and bad design at worst. It does seems to be the way cars are going, which is a shame.

      Still, if even a relatively cheap car like this can have physical dials then the lack of physical controls on other cars clearly isn’t down to cost.

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  15. @davidk7262 Avatar
    @davidk7262

    Ridiculously cool. And perfect for the commute.

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  16. @CarsandDiecasts Avatar
    @CarsandDiecasts

    This is what we need.

    Reply
  17. @adamk4775 Avatar
    @adamk4775

    I would never understand why manufacturers put bigger wheels that ruin the rage and probably the ride too on small cars. It doesn’t even make the cars look better it just makes them look weird, especially on the Twingo the smaller wheels look much better on it.

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  18. @samserious1337 Avatar
    @samserious1337

    Probably the best relaunch as an EV. Props to the designer and engineers.

    Reply
  19. @paulbowler5345 Avatar
    @paulbowler5345

    Renault are knocking it out the park with their retro styling. The Twingi looks great, if I got one I’d get it in red.

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  20. @urbanstrencan Avatar
    @urbanstrencan

    Such an icon, Renault did it again keeping simply great retro styling of the original, now just imagine them giving us RS Twingo 😅😊🤟🤟

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