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The historic Gordini name will return with this, the Twingo Gordini Renaultsport.

On sale next March, it is based on a standard Twingo Renaultsport 133 Cup and has a series of styling additions that earn it the Gordini name.

No prices have been released yet, although it's expected to cost around £14,000. That's around £1600 more than the standard Twingo Renaultsport 133 Cup.

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Just a bunch of kit added to a small car. If you need leather seats and that kind of stuff, than maybe this car is for you. Actually I don´t get it, only a bunch of marketing.

I really can't see the point. Gordini has absolutely no kudos outside of France, and what's going on with the spec? It's just a luxurious version of the RS.

The Gordini brand died when? in the early 70's? Cooper and Abarth have way more brand recognition, they never truly diseappeared.

Shame on renault - absolutely pointless and a missed opportunity. Not sure about Abarth having more brand perception than Gordini - at least in the UK where there were Renault Gordinis until the mid 80s whereas no Abarths.  However, what Fiat has done with Abarth is far better, more relevant and true to the spirit - performance versions which can be tuned and modified further, exactly what this should be about.  

The Gordini name disappered soon after Monsieur Gordini retired. Considering he was know as "the sourcerer for extracting significantly more power from Renault's engine this re-use of his name would appear to be inappropriate.

The early Gordini models also had serious handling tweaks and brake upgardes. Now it seems to just extra trim options!

 If anything this seems more like the brief use of the Gordini badge to sell the Renault 17 in the USA.

 

Yes, Gordini may have died in the 70's, but so what?, lots of names from the past have come back RS being just one of them, i'm sure you could name more, and plus i'm kind of getting bored with "R" getting stamped on the rear of every special edition, it's type R this or R32 that, a name from the PAST does no harm. 

I like it, and I know it's just extra kit and fancy paint, but does the Twingo really need to be any faster? Yes, Fiat have Abarth, but Renault have Renaultsport to compete with that. Maybe they'd have been better naming their sporty models 'Gordini' from the word go. Still, I like the blue two-tone alloys :-P

But the 70s Gordini was a type R of its day and the new one is not, so why bother with the name for just a pair of go faster stripes?

 Even the Escort RS1600i was a better effort than that.