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C5Alive General Category => C5 Socialising => Topic started by: PLOD11 on 21, February, 2012 - 09:27:08

Title: renault twizy 2012
Post by: PLOD11 on 21, February, 2012 - 09:27:08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-v8MQALb2Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmRfQuICdpU&feature=related
Title: Re: renault twizy 2012
Post by: coverman on 21, February, 2012 - 10:28:20
A car without doors or even a rear window is going to have to be very very cheap.
Title: Re: renault twizy 2012
Post by: Karl on 21, February, 2012 - 11:47:12
We saw that going around the track at Ecovelocity last year , very cool and I'd love to have one....but price tag is rumoured to be around £6-7k  :'(


http://c5alive.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1999.0.html

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/267715/renault_twizy_prices_confirmed.html
Title: Re: renault twizy 2012
Post by: MikeDX on 21, February, 2012 - 20:25:35
Quote from: BooBoo on  21, February, 2012  - 11:47:12
We saw that going around the track at Ecovelocity last year , very cool and I'd love to have one....but price tag is rumoured to be around £6-7k  :'(


http://c5alive.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1999.0.html

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/267715/renault_twizy_prices_confirmed.html

I am 90% sure of getting one of these.
Title: Re: renault twizy 2012
Post by: kamilb1998 on 21, February, 2012 - 20:30:51
I like the look of it, but at £7,000 it's a bit expensive, especially for a car that can only do 62 miles on a charge.
Title: Re: renault twizy 2012
Post by: thedesigntailor on 21, February, 2012 - 21:16:50
Not sure - thinking about it an electric bike can be a good £1.5k so £6k is probably not bad. Just such short range!
Title: Re: renault twizy 2012
Post by: MikeDX on 21, February, 2012 - 21:39:49
Quote from: kamilb1998 on  21, February, 2012  - 20:30:51
I like the look of it, but at £7,000 it's a bit expensive, especially for a car that can only do 62 miles on a charge.

My commute is less than 10 miles round trip! :)

Title: Re: renault twizy 2012
Post by: thedesigntailor on 21, February, 2012 - 22:23:47
I reckon proper urban driving that this will be getting on for 3.5 hours of motoring. So maybe 67 (70 with retentive braking) isn't too bad.
Title: Re: renault twizy 2012
Post by: Nitrowing on 23, February, 2012 - 20:52:29
I did the math on this and the Twizy is an utter fail.
Check the battery leasing.
'Charge battery for £3 for 60 miles of driving' but also 'Battery rental for £40 a month' (works out... £1440 for 3 years @ 4'500 miles per year... about 11p a mile based on their figures) so that balances out at about £9 for 60 miles.