View Poll Results: Did Renault copy the Fiat 500 with the new Twingo?
Yes. I can definitely see the resemblance.
2
66.67%
Maybe in substance, but not in style.
0
0%
No. Lapo's off his rocker.
0
0%
I don't have strong feelings one way or the other.
1
33.33%
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Lapo Elkann calls out Renault Twingo for copying Fiat 500
03-21-14, 11:20 AM
#1
Lapo Elkann calls out Renault Twingo for copying Fiat 500
Lapo Elkann calls out Renault Twingo for copying Fiat 500
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http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-...photo-2432258/
Small cars are becoming big business, especially for European automakers that are amping up the style. But is each new Euro city car's style unique?
Lapo Elkann is calling that into question. The brother of Fiat chairman John Elkann and the grandson of his late predecessor Gianni Agnelli is known as much as a style icon as he is for his work within the Fiat Group, which he has served in various capacities. He's combined the two by birthing various special editions of the Fiat 500 like the Gucci edition (to say nothing of his own denim-clad Ferraris), but now his eye is fixed on another European city car: the new Renault Twingo.
Lapo Elkann is calling that into question. The brother of Fiat chairman John Elkann and the grandson of his late predecessor Gianni Agnelli is known as much as a style icon as he is for his work within the Fiat Group, which he has served in various capacities. He's combined the two by birthing various special editions of the Fiat 500 like the Gucci edition (to say nothing of his own denim-clad Ferraris), but now his eye is fixed on another European city car: the new Renault Twingo.
Gallery:
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-...#photo-252567/
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/21/l...fiat-500-poll/
03-21-14, 11:31 AM
#2
Lexus Fanatic
This who-copies-who stuff is getting a little long in the tooth. I've said before, in several posts, that with the huge number of vehicles in the industry today, it's getting harder and harder to design a vehicle that doesn't look like SOME other vehicle, SOMEWHERE. Even the butt-ugly Pontiac Aztek, which everybody loved to pan, in some ways wasn't a totally original design.
And, for that matter, if Elkann wants to point fingers at Renault for copying the Fiat 500, he should stop and consider that the current Fiat 500 itself, in some ways, is quite similiar to the 70s/80s-vintage Renault 5 (LeCar).
And, for that matter, if Elkann wants to point fingers at Renault for copying the Fiat 500, he should stop and consider that the current Fiat 500 itself, in some ways, is quite similiar to the 70s/80s-vintage Renault 5 (LeCar).
03-21-14, 12:41 PM
#3
The Renault is a total ripoff IMO. All they did was change the details(trim around wheelwells, position/shape of the headlights, type of door mirrors). Proportions are EXACTLY the same.
03-21-14, 12:46 PM
#4
This who-copies-who stuff is getting a little long in the tooth. I've said before, in several posts, that with the huge number of vehicles in the industry today, it's getting harder and harder to design a vehicle that doesn't look like SOME other vehicle, SOMEWHERE. Even the butt-ugly Pontiac Aztek, which everybody loved to pan, in some ways wasn't a totally original design.
And, for that matter, if Elkann wants to point fingers at Renault for copying the Fiat 500, he should stop and consider that the current Fiat 500 itself, in some ways, is quite similiar to the 70s/80s-vintage Renault 5 (LeCar).
And, for that matter, if Elkann wants to point fingers at Renault for copying the Fiat 500, he should stop and consider that the current Fiat 500 itself, in some ways, is quite similiar to the 70s/80s-vintage Renault 5 (LeCar).
03-21-14, 03:34 PM
#5
you dont have to copy, they just chose to.
New Aygo is similar class and yet it looks like nothing else on the market.
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