Production of the Renault Twingo ceased in August 2024
- These last few years, almost all A-segment models have gradually disappeared from European automobile production, when the market represented less than 10% of total car sales in Europe over the last twenty years. After the Ford Ka (2008-2016), the Opel Adam (2013-2019), the Seat Mii (2011-2021), the Skoda Citigo (2011-2021), the Smart Forfour (2014-2021), the Citroën C1 (2014-2022), the Peugeot 108 (2014-2022), the Volkswagen Up (2011-2023), the Smart Fortwo (2014-2024), the Fiat 500 (2015-2024), it's the Renault's turn Twingo (2014-2024) to fade away and only being replaced in 2026.
- The Renault Twingo III which has just disappeared was the result of a cooperation between Renault and Mercedes, for the purpose of sharing costs. Based on the same platform, the Renault Twingo III and Smart Forfour were assembled in the Renault Novo Mesto plant in Slovenia. The Smart Fortwo was based on this same shortened platform, which Renault will not use for its own account. The Fortwo, unlike the Forfour, was assembled in France, on the Smart site in Hambach.
- Renault wanted to launch a replacement (thermal and electric versions) of the Twingo last year, in cooperation with Volkswagen, but this project failed. In March 2024, at the Geneva Motor Show, the president of Renault, Luca de Meo, aware of the need to launch small, moderately priced electric cars in Europe, called for the creation of an “Airbus of the small car electricity” in order to pool costs, but for the moment this wish remains unanswered, despite the Chinese threat which imposes itself in a significant way.