Renault Wind - Twingo based roadster

[Paul]

The name has now been confirmed as "Wind"

Official press release here and some more info and pics from Autocar here





Pics copyright Autocar Magazine

[Sammi]

i love it, but c'mon... wind? that would be debadged the second it arrived home LOL!

[Twingo Geekeo]

wonder if it will be released in the uk

[Graham]

I do like that, a lot! But the name...

Take of the crappy WIND badge and when people ask, say it's a TwingoCC

[Paul]

wonder if it will be released in the uk

At the moment, it appears to be, at a cost of around £16k-£17k.

[Twingo Geekeo]

RSUK have more info

late summer is the release and will have the 1.2 tce engine or the 1.6 133 engine

[Sarah]

At the moment, it appears to be, at a cost of around £16k-£17k.

Seems massively over priced! For essentially the current Twingo/Twingo RS engine. Im not a fan tbh, it looks nice from the front but the back is a bit questionable, that rear bumper was so designed for a centre exhaust pipe. The lines of the car are very BMW and the wheels look like they have been yoinked straight off a mini. At least they have kept some Twingo features though e.g the over sized lights, door handles and mirrors.

As for the name, Im with the rest of you its terrible, perhaps it means something really cool in france-talk or something lol but I can imagine you'd get laughed at if you said I have a wind lol be like ya what As an additional thought, I think it looks squashed with the roof on lol.

[Sammi]

16-17k what are they kidding? i assumed when it was going to be a convertable modeled on the twingo that they would stick to the "affordable" theme and price it between 13-15k.

[steve-o]

Pricy! Kinda funky tho

needs mid engine. Something along the lines of V6 clio.... then id pay 17k, maybe lol

[orbitalwalsh]

Pricy! Kinda funky tho

needs mid engine. Something along the lines of V6 clio.... then id pay 17k, maybe lol

thats what was popping in my head. keep the shape and 2 seater, but no soft/hard top folding stuff solid roof, and a v6 in back