RENAULT Twingo · 1.2 Authentique · Hatchback · 2007 ‐ 2010

From 2007 Renault started manufacture of automobiles type Twingo, modification of 1.2 Authentique and finished it in 2010. The weight of the car is 0.9 tn and a length of 3.6 m, It is formed as hatchback with three doors, and can be placed in a 4 people including the driver.

«Twingo 1.2 Authentique» is a front-wheel drive car with a 5-speed manual transmission. This automobile can be accelerated for 15 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 154 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a peak output of 60 horsepower at 5250 rpm.

Fuel rate is 7.1 l in the urban driving mode, on the highway 4.6 liters, and the mixed fuel consumption is 5.5 l per 100 km. Fuel tank volume is 40 liters of petrol, what allow you to drive roughly 728 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 259 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have drums, 203 mm brakes and attached to the underframe by dint of suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following measure - 165/65R14.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Renault Twingo gained the lot quantity of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. Furthermore to active safety systems (Brake assistant, EBD, ABS), it is also has passive safety systems (passenger, driver airbags).