3 Renault Twizy Snow Drifting Videos You Need To Watch

Like the beautiful game, the Renault Twizy is a car of two halves.

On the one hand, it should be the most depressing, awful lump of materials ever to have the misfortune of finding themselves in one piece - it's not that quick, it's a riot of cheap-feeling plastics, you can only go 50-odd miles on a charge, and the looks are... challenging, to some.

On the other, its bare specification actually raises a few eyebrows. It's very light compared to most modern vehicles. It has a racing car style tube frame chassis. It's rear-wheel drive. It has independent suspension. A central driving position. And the chassis was breathed on by Renaultsport. And as we've found out, there is no car more fun to drive so slowly.

If you count yourselves among the first group, the Twizy might also be the 'Worst Thing Ever' for dealing with this recent British weather. But if you're in the latter, you'll note the skinny, snow-cutting tyres, the instant rear-drive torque, and the talkative non-assisted steering.

While it might have appeared on our list of winter cars for the clinically insane, our assertion that "rear wheel drive and instant torque might be fun in the snow" couldn't be more true. Just check out this chap:

And while we wouldn't advise replicating the driving 'skills' of the biggest cock-end in Russia, the odd 'dab of oppo' in a Twizy seems a whole lot less dangerous. I mean, he's going, what six... maybe seven miles an hour?

Maybe you're not bothered about correcting slides though. It has to be said, spinning like a top in an icy car park looks kinda fun. More Rick Waller and Susan Boyle than Torvill and Dean, but you can't argue with the guy's grin.

Even better, you'll be saving baby polar bears with every sideways moment. The Twizy may still cost a few bob for such a small vehicle, but we're struggling to think of a greener way of learning the art of oversteer...