From my experience of Renault, he was lucky to get it started 

Had a test drive of a RenaultSport Twingo 133 today.
Metallic blue and Cup suspension.

Liked:
Very good handling...very little roll and accurate steering. It felt light and reactive.
Engine was very responsive and fairly smooth across the whole rev range. In gear acc was ok once rpm's were higher.
Seats were comfy and supportive.
Looks very good in the flesh (but smaller than I imagined compared with pictures)

Disliked:
Very, very firm ride. I thought my Type-R was hard but this was the firmest I've ever driven.
The engine didn't rev as quickly as I hoped (maybe because it had only done 10 miles)
It didnt feel particularly quick.
Gear change had a short throw but felt rubbery and vague.
Steering wheel seemed too big.
Initial brake travel was way too sharp.
It was hard to read both Speed and RPM in an instant. The rev counter was too small and the speedo was far away!
Looked very cheap inside.
Too Small! The 500 seemed to have more space inside.

From my experience of Renault, he was lucky to get it started 

Before my disastrous Barchetta. my previous 4 new cars were Renaults - from a 5 , two Clios and a Laguna. All of them were totally reliable, good to drive for their own sector and I never once regretted buying them. I wanted a Clio 255 V6 in ID yellow but it was just too impractical as a day to day car. So I bought the Barchetta. Was that ever a mistake!

While the Barchetta was at the dealer having clutch number 4 fitted, I was offered a good trade-in price and bought the AGP. Otherwise I wouldn't be here now.

My wife is in the market for a new car so we went to look at the Twingo RS. We didn't drive it, we just thought how cheap it looked. Most of the time she wouldn't use the performance and would just sit in it on the motorway. Not a particularly nice place to be. There was a Clio Cup in white with the gloss black wheels. Compared with the AGP that was cheap inside as well. Apart from the Recaros, that is. Again the performance would only be used for a small percentage of the time.

I would of considered the Twingo RS for my next car but I could not live with the interior, really dated and plasticy look.

Do like the Renault Sport range generally though.

I could live with the interior, its a bit bland and dull, but if its as good to drive as they say I wouldn't worry so much. I think Renault build quality is pretty decent now, certainly I'd say its on a par with modern VW's, which have an somewhat undeserved reputation for bomb proof quality, which it most certainly is not on all models.

I recently, well earlier this year, had occasion to drive an old Megane 225 Cup press car, it was leggy, well abused and a bit tatty in places, but as you'd expect for a 4 year old car and certainly in a similar state to my much loved Lupo GTI. To drive it felt fresh and although worn in still handled crisply and cleanly, I was shocked by just how good a steer it was.

You can probably tell (although I am toning it down a little) I'm a huge fan of RenaultSports efforts, I've come very close to buying a 197 and the more recent Cup version, as I've been so impressed with them, so I'm very excited about the Twingo. I've actually been attempting to convince my other half to chuck in the 100HP for one but she refuses.

BTW, the problems with the last shape Laguna are well known, a bit of a turkey of a car!