7/31/2019 RENAULT TWIZY NA "ALGARVE RESIDENT
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5500
Portugal
Semanal
Regional
45
Cor
28,01 x 33,64 cm
1 de 142359636 08-06-2012
motoring by Guilherme Marques [email protected]
Legal alien
The wizy is not the aver-age electric car. It is notthe average
car either.In act, the wizy is noteven a car, it is what
call a quadricycle. And itn. A lot o un actually.lgarve Resident
was at
international launch ina and drove the wizynd or two days,
enoughto all in love with Re-
ts frst zero emissionscle developed romtch the Fluence is
real-st an adaptation.
Te idea behind the wizyather simple: create theest car to live
with in aenvironment while add-
a big dosage o un actorlure customers.
Tere are two models toose rom: the wizy 45h a top speed o 45
km/h)
the wizy 80 (you cans the top speed here).
Te wizy 45 can be driv-with a license or 125cc,
meaning kids rom 16 yearsold will be wanting one.
We tested the most pow-erul version, with a whop-ping 17 horse
power. Youjust t urn the k ey, release thehandbrake and press
D.
Te driver sits in ront o thepassenger and even with doors a
handy optional that will setyou back 560 - the wind oodsthe cabin
and, at least in Ibiza,
you could eel the smell o thesea mixed with the pine treeswhich
created a unique e-mo-toring experience.
Eighty km/h eels astenough and the wizy canbe driven at out in
mostcorners, with the unassist-ed steering being direct andeelsome
and the brakes o-ering strong stopping pow-er. Te dynamic abilities
are
still limited but this is not acar or racing in the street.
A perfect fitfor the Algarve
Renault says the autono-my or the battery dependson your right
oot o course and it ranges rom 55km to100km. We easily achieved70km
in normal driv ing con-ditions around Ibiza.
It takes three-and-a-halhours to ully recharge thebatteries in a
domestic sock-et and you need an extra50 per month to lease
them
rom Renault, on top o theinitial 6,990 asking price.
You also need a ga rage topark it at night, since there
are no windows and the rainwill always fnd a way i nsidethe
cabin. Better to live inIbiza then. Or you guessedit in the
Algarve.
In act, this is one o thenot so many places in Eu-rope where it
would be per-
ect to have a wizy ready
to drive around: to thebeach, the shops, the ma-rina, the ca
But beware: show it toyour riends and they wontleave you alone.
Te wizy isthe most un you can have ina car (ok a quadricycle)
with-
out having to add adrenalin
meaning high speeds tothe equation.
It has a depth o charac-ter missing in most modernvehicles let
alone electricones and will make youhate even more those rarerainy
days when you wont
be able to take it out.This is one of thenot so many placesin
Europe where itwould be perfectto have a Twizy
Photos:
SUPPLIED
he Twizy looks more likeomething from Marshan from France and
isl the better for it.
