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WITH a name like Grande Panda, it’s no surprise to see the latest car dwarf the original model in terms of size. However, at 3,999mm long, it’s still dinky by modern standards – and 75mm shorter than

No Parisian style parking required here, because the Renault Twingo is back... and it’s a properly dinky little city car! Renault first announced a return for its mini Mini rival back in November 2023

£254,200 OTR/£282,000 as tested/£5,077 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: What has a hybrid makeover – and Mulliner buffing – added to the world’s best grand tourer? DRIVER: Ollie Kew IT’S 5AM, AND YOU JOIN ME AT hom

Renault’s Twingo returns, cute and electric. But is it a design great like Apple’s G3 iMac – or indeed the original Twingo? Critic Stephen Bayley referees

THE next decade saw buyers demand a little more from their small cars. They no longer needed to simply get from A to B, so brands needed to give drivers a more complete experience. More refinement, mo

FEW car brands have managed to nail the small car formula quite as consistently as Fiat. Ever since the original 500 was launched back in the late fifties, buyers have bought Turin’s smallest cars by