Twizy

This is a Renault. Renault, besides possessing the secret recipe for making world-championship-winning F1 engines, has also been known to be a little bit quirky in their design department... take the previous generation Megane, with it's uniquely likeable rear end...

This is the Twizy, the latest solution to urban motoring, by Renault. It's not exactly what you would call a typical car... That said, it's small enough to be compared to a scooter. But then, the Twizy is clearly more than a scooter...

This smallish quadricycle-car of a thing is so instantly likeable... Or maybe it's just because I am such a sucker for small cars...

And the best thing yet is that the Twizy is all-electric... 3.5 hours of battery-charging action and you're ready to go... Simple, joyful, and clean motoring... :)

It reaches (nearly) 50 mph, has a range 60 miles, and seats two... It's even got scissor-doors...!! The battery pack is located under the driver's seat, which lowers the Twizy's center of gravity, indicating that this machine will handle better than it should, despite it beng quite tall and narrow... Navigating the twisty city streets with this thing should be that much exciting (if only other people weren't staring all the time) ...

The perfect urban-mobility device...? Maybe... if it weren't priced to compete with a Kancil... Other than the Twizy being a tad bit on the expensive side, I'm smitten... :)

There remains one thing, though... Should I charge my phone first, or the Twizy?

Expected to be available in Europe come end 2011. Actual Twizy may vary from pictures shown.

Because fun doesn't necessarily mean V12;