The original Renault Twingo is one of the cutest cars ever made, and us Yankees were deprived of it, which makes it even cooler. Recently, my Instagram algorithm has been flooding my feed with an onslaught of badass Twingos, be they slammed or lifted or hand-painted or all of the above, and I believe it is my civic duty to share them with y’all.
Renault achieved something very rare with the Twingo. It was cute, chic, and tongue-in-cheek, but it never took things too far. Its styling is endearing, effervescent and efficient, something that only a handful of cars have ever achieved. Crucially, the Twingo never took itself too seriously, and it provided efficient, spacious, and effective transportation for more than a million French families and over a million other folks around the globe. The subsequent generations didn’t quite capture the original Twingo’s spirit, but an all-new retro electric model is coming next year, and we can’t wait.
All Twingos are good Twingos, as long as their owners don’t mar their sweet innocent Twingo’s face by adding angry eyelids to the headlights. I don’t know why anyone thinks it’s cute to add angry eyes to cars; I’ve never seen a car with angry eye appliques that made the car look any cooler. Please stop all angry eye mods immediately. Anyway, here’s a roundup of the coolest Twingos I’ve found on my Instagram feed.