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Renault has announced a lighter, cheaper, more focussed version of its Renaultsport Twingo 133 Cup. A more Cuppish Cup, in other words. We shall call it the Twingo Mug.
The Twingo Mug retains the 131bhp, 1.6-litre petrol engine and stiffer Renaultsport chassis, but loses the air conditioning, automatic headlights and wipers, and independent rear seats of its higher-spec cousin.
In place of the latter, there's a simpler bench seat, ideal for re-enacting all your 1950s drive-in movie fantasies, assuming both you and your beau are Really Quite Short.
Such paucity of kit means that, at £11,795, the Twingo Mug is considerably cheaper than the Twingo Cup. Seven-hundred quid cheaper than the non-Cup Twingo 133, to be precise, which means it's a full £1,350 cheaper than a similarly equipped Twingo Cup, the stiffer chassis normally costing an extra £650.
If you want those nice glossy 17-inch black wheels, they'll cost you £175 - a worthy investment, we think.
Even with that extra outlay, the Twingo Mug represents a lot of entertainment for the money. In fact, is there anything that can top it on the laugh/cash scale? Abarth 500 Esseesse? Suzuki Swift Sport? Er, Pagani Zonda Cinque? Let the debate begin...
What’s more Cup than Cup?
Renault shows off lighter, more focussed version of already-light-and-focussed Twingo 133 Cup
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morphine commented on this article
at 01:17 pm on 29 September 2009
The Swift Sport might be cheaper, and may be a bit more reliable. Is somewhat bigger too, which in this case means a more useful boot. The twingo supposed to be the more fun to drive, but if you ask about money, few things come cheaper-but-still-usefull than a Swift.... Of course, a pagani might be topping both, but so does its price :-D If you ask me, fun/bucks equation comes best with 15-20 year old hothatches or small sports. Toyota MR2, Escort XR2 you name it :-)
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Minimal1ty commented on this article
at 01:50 pm on 29 September 2009
Thats almost abarth 500 money...and one is a renault and the other is a..well fiat but you get the fancy name of ABARTH! No competition.
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jamman commented on this article
at 04:07 pm on 29 September 2009
no thanks!!!!!!!!! rather have a fiat 500 abarth. this looks really pooooo! hate it. FIAT 500 BETTER
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 05:11 pm on 29 September 2009
Where are you getting your prices from? According to this very website, a non-cup Twingo 133 is £11,210, and a Cup is £11,440. So £11,795 actually makes this primitevely specced one the most expensive! At least the Twingo RS Mug (genius name TG!) didn't become a Twingo R29.R or anything - who'd buy a trackday Twingo?!
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 05:13 pm on 29 September 2009
Wait, according to Renault's website, a basic RenaultSport 133 is £12,145. I'm confuzzled o_0
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