All you need to know about the Renault Twingo is that he's just a ... and the "Twing Raid" is now a real, 2,500-mile rally in one of France's cheapest cars. Sounds awful, sign me up.

There’s not a strand of performance in the first-gen Twingo’s DNA, it’s a cheap and cheerful city car, so why the hell would you race one? Good question. I spoke with Filip Rauh, who is ...