Category: City Cars 
Price Range: £9,085 to £10,935
Good handling, versatile cabin, fine ride.
Unenthusiastic engine, vague steering, only seats four.
Cheerful, but not very cheap, Twingo is let down by a lacklustre engine and hefty price tag.
The Twingo breaks Renault's fine tradition of building five-star NCAP-rated cars.
Its petite supermini has been awarded four, not the maximum five, stars for occupancy protection. Not a bad effort for the class, but one that sees it trail new competition in the shape of the Fiat 500. Meanwhile, two stars were awarded for pedestrian safety and zero for child protection. Apparently, Renault was unable to fit an approved child-friendly restraint system at the time of testing.
The split rear seats have a small gap between them, and there's a big one between their backrests and the rear shelf when the seats are less than fully rearward. This all means that the contents of the boot might not be entirely hidden from view.
