Sitting in stationary traffic for more than
three hours isn’t the ideal way to road-test a car, but if you travel the
motorways of the UK regularly, these things occasionally happen. Thankfully a
last-minute decision to take my laptop meant my time parked in the outside lane
of the M1 wasn’t completely wasted. The car in question was the Renaultsport
Twingo 133. I gave the original MkII Twingo a bit of a kicking when it was
launched in summer 2007. There was absolutely nothing special about it, it just
felt like a new small car from Renault – and not a very good one – with a
dismal plastic interior. Things have improved dramatically after a facelift,
and there is much more to like now. However, I think the thing that’s going to
put most people off is the ride. I know it’s a Renaultsport product and so it’s
supposed to be performance-oriented. But the stiff suspension and lack of rubber
round the alloys means it’s pretty much unbearable on anything other than the
smoothest tarmac. Maybe I’m just getting old…
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