When one thinks of the open cars with two seats and a metal roof that folds into the trunk, come to mind spiders to driving purists, sporting or otherwise titled by the prohibitive cost products aimed at a limited audience, made up of lovers and lovers the open-air driving. Well, not always the case, because it created the Renault Wind, a roadster for all occasions: from the trip out of the journey to work.
Compact, self-possessed and with a retractable hardtop designed to save the capacity of the cargo area, the two places of the diamond can be used as a subcompact sport, but it offers all the charm of a spider. The appearance of the Wind wants to be sporty, and could not be otherwise given the nature of the car, the Renault, long accustomed to proposals that anticipate market trends, has designed this as a pure sports roadster, so that to see is desire to find the engine behind the seats.
Obviously this is a bluff, the engine is out of the house as a small sports Alps, but the line of the Wind seems to be that of a sports car without compromise on a reduced scale. With its 3.83 meters in length, the two places of the diamond is very compact but is a great personality from every angle.
The front end with large air intake and projectors light blue arouses curiosity, the side that descends to the rear lights show the muscles and highlights the 17-inch alloy wheels with two-tone, while the rear view convincing because of the large spoiler integrated between the headlights to boomerang.
Parked or moving, the eye-catcher Wind, issues discussions, but by no means indifferent. During the test were several drivers who have asked for more, to be able to touch, or just to ask what car it was. E 'signal that the car has character and gives off that something special that arouses curiosity.
The interior of the Wind is designed sport and you miss it by so many small details like the position of the gear lever, pedals and sports seats with integrated head restraints. Compared to the vehicle body is bare, almost essential, there are not many buttons to push, and the controls are arranged in a simple and rational.
Everything is within reach, if not for the electric window buttons placed in front of the gear lever and some other key hard to reach at the base of the center console. The whole thing, despite the hard plastic of the dashboard is pleasant: the leather seats are a great figure, representing the strings of the front doors of the distinctive elements and the transparent lid that surrounds the instrumentation gives the Wind motorcycle air.
The only note of concern to the pedal of metal, which in some cases it may be slippery, and the steering wheel with generous dimensions. The latter, in particular, can interfere with your knees higher because the drivers can not be adjusted in depth but only in height. Large boot, which maintains a volume of 270 dm3 with the car in the open configuration, and lets face travel without sacrificing the pleasure of open-air driving.
On a roof that disappears in just 12 seconds through a rotary motion and has the advantage of weighing only 21.8 kg, with all its mechanisms. Open or closed, the Wind has a sincere leadership, communication, encouraging to increase the pace, to seek the full potential curves for a chassis that is built on an excellent platform: that of Clio II RS.
Driven by a 133 horsepower 1.6-inherited from the RS Twingo, the Renault roadster fits in very quickly and turns in output is kept at bay by the electronics, in particular from experience with understeer control. In fact, the car is neutral, and only when you force your hand in a decisive manner, you can hear the cutting of power by security systems that prevent the wheel skidding.
If you disable the "parachute" electronic and explore, in appropriate fora, the limits of the Wind, it turns out to be sporting behavior, the son of the RS family. In fact, the driving limit, the rear seems to be sensitive to the issue of gas and entered the game giving the Wind agility reminiscent of a car rear-wheel drive.
Working with the throttle oversteer can trigger the not too challenging to manage due to a direct steering, with a reduction ratio similar to that of the New Clio RS, and an elapsed since the linear motor. It expresses all its power of 133 hp at the top, to nearly 7,000 rpm, and unleashes maximum torque of 160 Nm at 4,400 rpm, so much makes you want to use the exchange to keep him happy and perky.
Playing with 5-speed manual transmission, you can keep the engine in the ideal system, but doing so is growing at an inexorable stops from petrol stations. By the way, if you drive a knife between his teeth, the Wind runs about 11-km / l, but his return, with only a 5-speed, not the best ally to conduct aimed at saving carburnate: a 130 km / h in fifth gear the engine is running at more than 4,000 revolutions per minute.
On the other hand, a roadster is designed to "give" fun at the wheel, those looking for a car to break down the consumer can choose a more conventional commercial vehicle diesel. Planted firmly on the ground on large 17-inch diamond wheels, Wind ensures a good grip on the asphalt when it comes to pushing hard on the brake pedal, thanks to the 4 disc brakes that allow you to stop by at 130 km / h in a distance of just 65 meters.
One of the positive aspects of the Wind is the price: with € 18,000 you can get hold of a Blizzard Wind 1.2 Tce 100 bhp, with 16-inch alloy wheels, manual climate, thresholds sill, Radio CD with MP3, sport seats, speed controller and so on. For the 1.6 133-hp need 1000 euro more, while for the car of our test, with a Techno Pack (Radio CD MP3 with Bluetooth, and Plug & Music), Pack Look (alloy wheels 17 " climate and automatic), leather sports seats, black roof brilliant, metallic paint and a spare wheel, the price increases by € 2,400 atria.
These figures are interesting when you analyze the contents of the car and taking into account the versatility of it. Optional features strongly suggest the rear parking sensors, because frankly you can see from the small rear window is little more than the rear wing. 
Compact, self-possessed and with a retractable hardtop designed to save the capacity of the cargo area, the two places of the diamond can be used as a subcompact sport, but it offers all the charm of a spider. The appearance of the Wind wants to be sporty, and could not be otherwise given the nature of the car, the Renault, long accustomed to proposals that anticipate market trends, has designed this as a pure sports roadster, so that to see is desire to find the engine behind the seats.
Obviously this is a bluff, the engine is out of the house as a small sports Alps, but the line of the Wind seems to be that of a sports car without compromise on a reduced scale. With its 3.83 meters in length, the two places of the diamond is very compact but is a great personality from every angle.
The front end with large air intake and projectors light blue arouses curiosity, the side that descends to the rear lights show the muscles and highlights the 17-inch alloy wheels with two-tone, while the rear view convincing because of the large spoiler integrated between the headlights to boomerang.
Parked or moving, the eye-catcher Wind, issues discussions, but by no means indifferent. During the test were several drivers who have asked for more, to be able to touch, or just to ask what car it was. E 'signal that the car has character and gives off that something special that arouses curiosity.
The interior of the Wind is designed sport and you miss it by so many small details like the position of the gear lever, pedals and sports seats with integrated head restraints. Compared to the vehicle body is bare, almost essential, there are not many buttons to push, and the controls are arranged in a simple and rational.
Everything is within reach, if not for the electric window buttons placed in front of the gear lever and some other key hard to reach at the base of the center console. The whole thing, despite the hard plastic of the dashboard is pleasant: the leather seats are a great figure, representing the strings of the front doors of the distinctive elements and the transparent lid that surrounds the instrumentation gives the Wind motorcycle air.
The only note of concern to the pedal of metal, which in some cases it may be slippery, and the steering wheel with generous dimensions. The latter, in particular, can interfere with your knees higher because the drivers can not be adjusted in depth but only in height. Large boot, which maintains a volume of 270 dm3 with the car in the open configuration, and lets face travel without sacrificing the pleasure of open-air driving.
On a roof that disappears in just 12 seconds through a rotary motion and has the advantage of weighing only 21.8 kg, with all its mechanisms. Open or closed, the Wind has a sincere leadership, communication, encouraging to increase the pace, to seek the full potential curves for a chassis that is built on an excellent platform: that of Clio II RS.
Driven by a 133 horsepower 1.6-inherited from the RS Twingo, the Renault roadster fits in very quickly and turns in output is kept at bay by the electronics, in particular from experience with understeer control. In fact, the car is neutral, and only when you force your hand in a decisive manner, you can hear the cutting of power by security systems that prevent the wheel skidding.
If you disable the "parachute" electronic and explore, in appropriate fora, the limits of the Wind, it turns out to be sporting behavior, the son of the RS family. In fact, the driving limit, the rear seems to be sensitive to the issue of gas and entered the game giving the Wind agility reminiscent of a car rear-wheel drive.
Working with the throttle oversteer can trigger the not too challenging to manage due to a direct steering, with a reduction ratio similar to that of the New Clio RS, and an elapsed since the linear motor. It expresses all its power of 133 hp at the top, to nearly 7,000 rpm, and unleashes maximum torque of 160 Nm at 4,400 rpm, so much makes you want to use the exchange to keep him happy and perky.
Playing with 5-speed manual transmission, you can keep the engine in the ideal system, but doing so is growing at an inexorable stops from petrol stations. By the way, if you drive a knife between his teeth, the Wind runs about 11-km / l, but his return, with only a 5-speed, not the best ally to conduct aimed at saving carburnate: a 130 km / h in fifth gear the engine is running at more than 4,000 revolutions per minute.
On the other hand, a roadster is designed to "give" fun at the wheel, those looking for a car to break down the consumer can choose a more conventional commercial vehicle diesel. Planted firmly on the ground on large 17-inch diamond wheels, Wind ensures a good grip on the asphalt when it comes to pushing hard on the brake pedal, thanks to the 4 disc brakes that allow you to stop by at 130 km / h in a distance of just 65 meters.
One of the positive aspects of the Wind is the price: with € 18,000 you can get hold of a Blizzard Wind 1.2 Tce 100 bhp, with 16-inch alloy wheels, manual climate, thresholds sill, Radio CD with MP3, sport seats, speed controller and so on. For the 1.6 133-hp need 1000 euro more, while for the car of our test, with a Techno Pack (Radio CD MP3 with Bluetooth, and Plug & Music), Pack Look (alloy wheels 17 " climate and automatic), leather sports seats, black roof brilliant, metallic paint and a spare wheel, the price increases by € 2,400 atria.
These figures are interesting when you analyze the contents of the car and taking into account the versatility of it. Optional features strongly suggest the rear parking sensors, because frankly you can see from the small rear window is little more than the rear wing.
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