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He Renault Twingo It is a segment car produced by the French manufacturer Renault since 1992. ^{[ first ]} It is a four seats with three -door hatchback body, four -cylinder online and front -wheel drive transverse engine. It was presented at the Paris Motor Show on October 5, 1992, to begin its marketing at the beginning of the following year.

The Renault Twingo began in 1990 with the W60 project that gave it life and had throughout its development and staging of more than a decade multiple stumbling blocks, delays, changes and influences but this had wide justification: it should be a vehicle for The basic market segment and customer entry product to the French brand that should follow the path opened by the Renault 4CV and Renault 4, resounding and absolute winners in the market. ^{[ 2 ]} ​

At the end of 1987, the Renault design department was entrusted to Zulay Villamizar, a French car designer who already had a great experience in companies such as Simca, Ford, Volkswagen and Audi, which had known their radical style. He was called and backed by Raymond Lévy president of Renault, who gave him full autonomy to work and trusted the qualities and talent of Le Quément.

Several groups of designers worked on the project and it is insistent that the final design received a strong influence from Beskid 106, a hatchback-type economic automobile prototype designed in Poland by the Bosmal Automotive Research and Development Center (Osrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Samochodów Malolitrazowych), an automotive design and planning center, between 1982 and 1986, ^{[ 3 ]} In order to replace the aged Fiat 126. ^{[ 2 ]} ​

“Twingo” is an acronym for the words “twist”, “swing” and “tango.” ^{[ 4 ]} ​

First generation (1992-2007) [ To edit ]

The original Twingo ( Twingo and ) It was launched in April 1992 and was sold in Europe until August 2007. The production of the first generation Twingo was arrested in France in 2007. In total, there are more than 2.6 million. Its short front and hood parallel to the windshield resemble a minivan, despite the fact that its total height and the disposition of the seats are typical of a tourism car. These two characteristics allow you to have a more spacious interior than your rivals. Between 1993 and 1999, he was the only Renault that brought a digital electronic on -board table, (speedometer and digital fuel meter).

In 1.3 liters of motor displacement with a monopunto injection system Magneti Marelli; This engine was based on the reliable block C (CLEON) of block camshaft whose design dated the 1970s but whose reliability kept it online. This motor plant produced 55 hp (54 HP or 40.5 kW) of maximum increased power to 60 hp (59 HP or 44 kW).

Evolution [ To edit ]

In 1998, Twingo Easy was introduced, equipped with semi -automatic transmission, and later also new productions, new options, new fabrics, new colors and also special editions (for example, Kenzò in 1995, the United Colors of Benetton in 1996 and the Velvet 1998).
In 1997, until September, only in France, the environmental vehicle natural gas system was introduced to the environment, it remained until 2007.
In 1998, after small changes in detail, they begin updates of the range, from the motor (taken from Renault Clio), providing 5 hp more (increasing from 55 to 60), but above all a driving softer than its predecessor. The performance does not change.
December 2000 is the launch of the 1.2 -liter engine of 16 valves, with 75 hp (56 kW).

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  Twingo I Special Edición
  United Colors of Benetton

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  Twingo I from 1998 to 2012

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Second Generation (2007-2014) [ To edit ]

Phase 1: 2007-2011 [ To edit ]

The second generation of Twingo ( Twingo II ) was officially presented at the 2007 Paris Motor Show. He received 28 points and four stars in the adult protection test in Euro NCAP shocks, the lowest score of a Renault model since 2003, when the First generation of Twingo and the Renault Kangoo. ^{[ 5 ]} ​

The base gasoline engine has 1.2 liters of displacement and exists in three variants: atmospheric with eight valves and 60 hp of maximum power; Atmospheric with sixteen valves and 75 hp; and with turbocharger, sixteen valves and 100 hp (98.5 hp or 73.5 kW). The sports version “Twingo RS” carries a 1.6 liter atmospheric of four valves per cylinder and 133 hp (131 HP or 98 kW) of maximum power. ^{[ 6 ]} There is also a diesel variant, the 1.5 liters of 65 or 85 hp with turbocharger and direct injection with Common Rail technology.

As a curious note, it should be noted that this generation has the traditional 2 brush windshield wiper system (unlike the previous one that only had one of a large sweep).

Phase 2: 2012-2014 [ To edit ]

The Renault Twingo redesign was officially presented at the Frankfurt Hall in 2011, where a more radical and different external aesthetic is shown, and an interior with more color and decorative details, forgetting the sobriety of the previous one. The outer change that it suffers shows how Renault designs will be, mainly on the front, where we find a new grill and bumper. The motorization options will be five: three work with gasoline and two with diesel. The Naftero range starts in a 1.2I 16V of 75 hp, continues with a 1.2 TCE of 100 hp and reaches 133 hp of 1.6 16V that will move to the sporting version RS. 1.5 DCI will also be available in versions of 75 and 85 hp. From the brand they affirm that there has been a substantial improvement in consumption and emissions.

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Third generation (2014-present) [ To edit ]

Renault has completely reinvented its Twingo in the third generation of this model, which officially debuted in the 2014 Geneva Hall. In a totally new development in alliance with Daimler. Not only its five -door body is new, it has a central rear engine and propulsion.
The Renault Twingo completely changes in its third generation, which has little or nothing to do with its predecessors or the current Renault.
This new phase takes it to its origins, the Renault 5. It can be seen in the mechanical form and disposition similar to the R5 Turbo 2. with its rear position, and gives the subsequent axis of the traction of the same.

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Twingo Z.E. (electric) [ To edit ]

In February 2020, a new electric version was presented. It has a 60 kW engine (82 hp), a battery of 22 kWh useful, formed by LG cells, and which first counts among the Renault with a liquid cooling system. Autonomy of 180 kilometers under the WLTP cycle. The first deliveries are announced for spring of 2020. ^{[ 7 ]} Accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 12.9 seconds and the maximum speed is 135 km/h.

The Twingo in popular culture [ To edit ]

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