Category: City Cars 
Price Range: £8,785 to £10,585
Great handling, terrific rear space, versatile cabin, very economical, lively GT version, good value.
Not as cute as the original, GT engine sounds rough, interior a temple to hard plastic.
With the new Clio upsized, the second-generation Twingo is Renault's proper supermini. It's all the car most of us ever really need, and a lot of fun with it.
The Slovenian factory where the old Clio (still available as the low-budget Clio Campus) and the new Twingo are built is long established, so the only reliability question is over the new turbo engine. That has recently been launched in the new Clio and the Modus, and has made use of expertise from Renault's Nissan partner, so it should be fine.
As for quality, the interior consists mainly of hard mouldings with no pretence of plushness. It's well enough assembled and the Twingo feels commendably solid and rattle-free, especially given a weight which, at 980kg for the GT, is modest by modern standards. There's no gloss lacquer around the boot-shut, but neither is there in a BMW. Of the two cars we tried, one sounded markedly different from the other with a noticeable turbo whistle, so there's a lack of consistency here.
