Why are there so few Twingos on the road ?

[Spitfire1]

For sure there is only one like mine, I've not seen another one anywhere. I've seen a few with the same wheels but not one with the full kit on.

 

[sandy55]

Thanks for the replies, very educational.
So basically, lack of advertising seems to have killed the Twingo in the UK at birth. That, combined with competition at buy-new prices and the fact, not that i care, that it isn't the most practical of vehicles if you do high mileage/have kids/dog/canoe as a hobby etc, however ''adaptable'' the back seats. Oh, and it being called 'Twingo' simply CANNOT of helped...
One thing might bring their resale value up... popularising them amongst middle-aged mid-life crisis victims like me... because i'm bleed'n loving it. I just wish i had shares in a tyre manufacturers...

 

[waitey]

Thanks for the replies, very educational.
So basically, lack of advertising seems to have killed the Twingo in the UK at birth. That, combined with competition at buy-new prices and the fact, not that i care, that it isn't the most practical of vehicles if you do high mileage/have kids/dog/canoe as a hobby etc, however ''adaptable'' the back seats. Oh, and it being called 'Twingo' simply CANNOT of helped...
One thing might bring their resale value up... popularising them amongst middle-aged mid-life crisis victims like me... because i'm bleed'n loving it. I just wish i had shares in a tyre manufacturers...

I now see the twingo as mega cheap to maintain... I'm looking at £180-200 per corner on my current car for a good set, and tyres seem to last only 8000 miles but its all part of the fun :lol:

 

[sandy55]

Spotted my first Twingo at the local recycling centre earlier today. When it parked up i was astonished to see a couple well into their 70's clamber out...!

Word is spreading, us Crumblies are coming...

 

[singlespeed]

Spotted my first Twingo at the local recycling centre earlier today. When it parked up i was astonished to see a couple well into their 70's clamber out...!

Word is spreading, us Crumblies are coming...

Theres plenty of older people with Twingos round here. That's comming from me at age 43

 

[jml]

I always look at passing twingos ... It is normally an... Older person driving from my experience! Lots of female drivers too! Only ever seen one other 133 though.

 

[Noesph]

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=renault+twingo

According to that, there are about 19281 twingo's on the road in the UK.

44 Silverstones.
1043 Renault sport models
315 Gordini (Spilt pretty much half TCE, half 1.6)
1626 GT's

There are more Extreme models around with the 8v 1.2 engine than anything else.

 

[user 980]

that website isn't exactly reliable if I remember correctly

 

[Noesph]

cough, According........

It gives you a bit of an idea.