Whether we’re...
Whether we’re car drivers, bikers or bus and coach users, we each have our corners to fight and are all entitled to our say. And the same is true of truck operators. As with the rest of us, they pay a high price to put their vehicles on the road and keep them running. And judging by the amount of complaints I have heard over the years from the lorry boys and girls – about everything from low profit margins to unfair competition created by foreign-registered vehicles – I always thought they were genuinely hard-up.
HERE"S proof someone...
HERE"S proof someone has been toying with Renaultò€™s Twingo CC! These dinky pictures of a die-cast scale model have surfaced on the Internet ahead of schedule, showing exactly how the compact coupé-cabriolet will shape up.
The styling tallies with the spy shots weò€™ve seen of the car in the past ò€“ the two-seat layout and tall, flat rear deck were visible, even through the camouflage on the prototypes our photographers snapped.
Thereò€™s nothing unusual about handing over designs to model makers before a car has been revealed. Citroenò€™s C4 Picasso was scooped in this way in 2006, as was Mercedesò€™ E-Class Estate last summer. And our sources have revealed famous French toy manufacturer Norev is responsible for this model.
The full-sized car will retain the regular Twingoò€™s front-wheel-drive layout, but swaps four seats for two and gets a folding hard-top. A range of small-capacity engines will include a 1.2-litre turbo and a naturally aspirated 1.6.
After debuting at the Geneva Motor Show in March, the Twingo CC will hit dealers in June.Ò