This is a Renault Twizy ambulance

Ambulances do a wonderful job, but the necessity of transporting broken humans means they're generally too bulky to squeeze their way to off-the-beaten-track trouble.

Help is at hand, though, in the shape of an ambulance version of the Renault Twizy. Yes, really.

The ambulance uses the Twizy Cargo as a starting block, the van-like variant that ditches the passenger seat for a 180-litre cargo deck.

That means space for an assortment of potentially life-saving equipment. Ambulance crafting company M&L then gives the Twizy an A&E makeover, applying hi-vis livery and sirens. Quite what the sirens do to the Twizy's 62-mile electric range could be a minor concern, though.

We're told the Twambulance is rather specifically aimed to work "up and down a busy coastal town's beach front," administering essential emergency treatment, while a ‘real' ambulance presumably winds its way through the crowds.

That's a far more ambitious role than first outlined by Renault, who stated the Twizy Cargo was aimed at inner city pizza deliveries. Now, though, the Twizy is capable of delivering health-debilitating food and providing the necessary medical care that follows.

This isn't the first time we've seen a Twizy given a makeover. Back in 2013, Renault shoehorned in a KERS unit from its 2011-spec F1 engine to create the 100bhp Twizy F1, shod with slicks from a Formula Renault car and capable of 0-62mph in under seven seconds. A handy future modification if the response times from the 17bhp Twambulance aren't up to scratch...