Adorable Modded Renault Twingos Are Flooding My Instagram Feed And Now You Get To See Them Too

The original Renault Twingo is one of the cutest cars ever made, and us Yankees were deprived of it, which makes it even cooler. Recently, my Instagram algorithm has been flooding my feed with an onslaught of badass Twingos, be they slammed or lifted or hand-painted or all of the above, and I believe it is my civic duty to share them with y'all.

Renault achieved something very rare with the Twingo. It was cute, chic, and tongue-in-cheek, but it never took things too far. Its styling is endearing, effervescent and efficient, something that only a handful of cars have ever achieved. Crucially, the Twingo never took itself too seriously, and it provided efficient, spacious, and effective transportation for more than a million French families and over a million other folks around the globe. The subsequent generations didn't quite capture the original Twingo's spirit, but an all-new retro electric model is coming next year, and we can't wait.

All Twingos are good Twingos, as long as their owners don't mar their sweet innocent Twingo's face by adding angry eyelids to the headlights. I don't know why anyone thinks it's cute to add angry eyes to cars; I've never seen a car with angry eye appliques that made the car look any cooler. Please stop all angry eye mods immediately. Anyway, here's a roundup of the coolest Twingos I've found on my Instagram feed.

I don't know who thought it was a good idea to transform a humble Renault Twingo into a positively unstoppable off-road monster, but I love it. This Twingo would 100 percent outperform any Jeep in the rough stuff. Not actually, but it looks like it would give you 110 percent of its effort.

Honestly, words aren't necessary to explain the allure of this little pea green piece of French magnificence. After all, the French are famous for their cooking, and Renault ate with the Twingo.

Adding eyelashes to a car usually makes me want to find the nearest potential receptacle to violently vomit into, but somehow, adding eyelashes on a Twingo actually manages to look avant-garde. It looks like it's ready to hit the Met Gala red carpet for the camp runway.

As I clarified in the introduction of this, The World's Cutest Slideshow, angry eyes on cars are never okay. Stop it. Yes, you — close that browser tab, remove the stickers from your cart, save us all the second-hand embarrassment from seeing your sad, sad attempt at butching up your car. Instead, try adding an objectively menacing shark tooth grin instead. Even on one of the most cheerful looking cars ever made, this decal transforms the friendly Twingo into a furious little piranha ready to devour anyone who dares challenge it.

This adorable lifted Twingo somehow manages to look almost modern, despite the design's introduction in France in the early '90s. The color scheme metaphorically elevates it, and the bigger tires literally elevate it. If Renault ever made a Twingo Cross, it would look like this and I love it.

Everything about this build screams Euro. The bodykit, the fender flares, those intricate wheels, and that colorful graffiti paint scheme are all achingly European. This little scamp is adorable and trendy and ticks all my boxes for a perfectly modded car. Bravo.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL, BRO, NOT A DRILL. Slapping a set of these iconically silly wheels on this iconically adorable car is a recipe for cuteness overload. It doesn't just give cuteness overload, it's giving daring style. It's giving commitment to the bit. It's giving perfection.

This Twingo is just happy to be here, and the Elf graphics on the side look so correct. Chef's kiss.

It doesn't take much to make a Twingo look like the ultimate Euro trash car. Drop it to the ground, add some chic alloys, make sure it's a bright, '90s color and you've got yourself a show stopper.

Similarly, it doesn't take much to turn a Twingo into a miniature crossover. Get some steel wheels, slightly chunkier tires, and some cute graphics and you've got a cheeky little friend ready to go mountaineering. Or at least it looks ready to go mountaineering.