Adopting usual road-testing principles, there’s plenty to dislike abut the Renault Twizy. The milkfloat whine from the electric motor is irritatingly loud and the driver’s seat is uncomfortable, lacking any support in the right places. The brakes don’t have ABS and or power-assistance and so need a firm shove to work and then you might skid. Ventilation and audio systems have been sacrificed to keep weight and cost down, and the ride is pretty harsh. Space for the one rear passenger is very tight. The basic Twizy is an eye-watering £6,690 and I could get the critically acclaimed Volkswagen Up! for about £2k more, and that has doors on the list of standard kit. And yet despite all that, I want a Twizy. At the coffee stop after 30 miles of the test drive yesterday, every journalist was grinning from ear to ear. Why? Because driving the Twizy is a hoot. Even if you have no intention of buying one, go to your local Renault dealer – they will all have a demonstrator by the end of April – and convince him you need to have a go.
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