The usual questions

Is it electric?: Yes, entirely. There is no petrol engine
Do you need a special licence?: No. A full car licence covers it. It is registered as a heavy quadricycle rather than a moped, so there is no CBT and no L plates
How fast does it go?: 50 mph, which suits 40 and 50 limits. It is not allowed on motorways
How do you charge it?: It plugs into an ordinary three-pin socket and takes about three and a half hours from flat. The cable is built into the car
Do you have to wear a helmet?: No. It has a roof and seatbelts, and is driven like a car
Does it seat two?: Yes, one behind the other. An adult fits in the back
Why has it no windows?: No Twizy has them. They were never fitted from the factory

Photos

Walkaround filmed 28 May 2026.

Looping walkaround of the Twizy: nearside, the back, both wheel pods and
into the cabin — A 14-second loop covering both sides, the rear, all four wheel pods and the cabin. A full-resolution version is also available (17 MB).

The Twizy parked side-on between a hatchback and a VW T-Cross, showing how much
shorter it is than both — Alongside a small SUV. At 2.34 m long, two will fit in a single bay.

The Twizy plugged into a 13 amp socket in a marked electric vehicle bay in an
underground car park — Charging on its own coiled 3-pin lead. Any 13 A socket, about three and a half hours from flat.

The driver's seat base, showing two torn areas in the blue fabric with the foam
underneath exposed — Driver's seat base, torn in two places.

A crack running horizontally through the white nearside body panel, below the door
mirror — The cracked body panel, nearside, below the door mirror.

The front brake caliper and disc photographed with the road wheel removed, the edge
of the brake pad visible in the gap between caliper and disc — Front brakes, with the wheel off. Pads were an advisory at the June 2026 MOT and have not been replaced.

The document pack
Laid out on a table — readable enough to see what they are, not to read the numbers. Not the V5C.

Battery

The traction battery is owned outright. It was bought out of the hire scheme on 5 December 2022. The Renault Retail Group invoice quotes the battery serial number, and Mobilize subsequently issued a release certificate quoting the same serial number and the vehicle's VIN:

"…no longer the subject of a separate battery lease agreement … Mobilize Financial Services have removed the finance security interest in relation to the battery and have no further security interest registered in the battery."

Both documents are supplied with the car.

69% Of its original capacity OBD2 reading

23 miles Showing on the dash at a full charge 13 August 2026

Charged fully on 13 August 2026, the dash indicated 23 miles. That is the car’s own estimate rather than a driven range test.

It is a short-range car, suited to a few miles across town and back rather than a commute out of London. It charges from any 13 A socket in about three and a half hours, and the supplied Type-2 adapter allows use of lamp-post and on-street chargers.

History

2 Jun 2012First registered
25 Jan 2018Bought from a Renault main dealerAt 21,649 on the DVSA record. Original order and receipts included. The dealer resprayed it before I collected it.
6 Nov 2018Washer pump, under Renault warrantyRenault London West.
£5027 Jan 2020MOT, washer fuseMDM Auto Clinic, Park Royal.
£8410 Jun 2021MOT, rear caliper freed offAdvisory: discs corroded from standing.
£48824 Jun 2021MDM Auto ClinicRear discs replaced, two weeks after the disc advisory. No disc advisory at any test since.
£50627 Jun 2022Four tyres, rear caliper, brake fluid730 miles ago.
£17530 Jun 2022Handbrake mechanism rebuilt
Oct 2023 – Jul 2025SORN — stored indoorsOff the road for 21 months, kept inside.
May 2026New 12V batteryExide EK143 AGM. Receipt included.
18 Jun 2026MOT pass
11 Aug 2026Valeted

MOT tested and maintained by the same garage since 2020, MDM Auto Clinic of Park Royal. No insurance claims in eight years of ownership.

MOT

Fourteen tests are on record, the current certificate running to 3 July 2027. Four were failures: a tyre, a washer, four tyres with the parking brake, and a horn with a reversing lamp. Each was rectified and re-tested within three days.

The January 2020 and June 2026 tests were carried out by the same tester, M. D. Manzoori-Fard at MDM Auto Clinic, VTS 1ALU36. The 2020 test recorded pads wearing thin front and rear, and discs worn front and rear. The 2026 test records pads wearing thin front and rear, with no disc advisory.

Date	Result	Miles	Notes
18 Jun 2026	PASS	35,159	Advisory: front and rear pads wearing thin. To 3 Jul 2027
18 Jun 2026	FAIL	35,159	Horn, reversing lamp. Fixed, passed same day
4 Jul 2025	PASS	35,035	No advisories
27 Jun 2022	PASS	34,429	No advisories
24 Jun 2022	FAIL	34,430	Tyres, parking brake. Both done, passed 3 days later
10 Jun 2021	PASS	32,228	Advisory: discs corroded from standing, tyres worn
27 Jan 2020	PASS	30,906	Advisory: pads thin front & rear; discs worn front & rear
25 Jan 2020	FAIL	30,906	Washer. Fixed, passed 2 days later
22 Jan 2019	PASS	26,851	Advisory: tyres, discs worn
23 Jan 2018	PASS	21,649	Clean
18 May 2017	PASS	21,525	Clean
25 May 2016	PASS	17,376	Clean
29 May 2015	PASS	13,319	Clean
27 May 2015	FAIL	13,307	One tyre. Fixed, passed 2 days later

The 24 June 2022 failure is recorded at 34,430 and the pass three days later at 34,429.

Mileage

Recorded mileage is 35,159, which is high for a Twizy. Most of it was covered before I bought the car, and it has covered little since:

21,649 were already on it when I bought it in January 2018 — the DVSA reading two days before I collected it
730 miles in the last four years
124 in the last twelve months

All fourteen readings are on the DVSA record at check-mot.service.gov.uk.

The dealer's order form records 22,168 at collection, 519 more than the MOT two days earlier. I cannot say which of the two is correct. Both documents are in the pack, and every figure on this page uses the DVSA reading.

Every MOT reading. Line: cumulative miles. Bars: miles per year — around 4,000–5,000 a year for the first decade, then 606 miles in the three years from mid-2022 and 124 in the last twelve.

Table

Date	Miles
2 Jun 2012	7
29 May 2015	13,319
25 May 2016	17,376
18 May 2017	21,525
23 Jan 2018	21,649
22 Jan 2019	26,851
27 Jan 2020	30,906
10 Jun 2021	32,228
27 Jun 2022	34,429
4 Jul 2025	35,035
18 Jun 2026	35,159

Details

Included in the sale

Two keys
Dust cover
A new, unused pair of door gas struts, which weaken with age and let the doors sag
Spare Twizy decal
Type-2 adapter, for lamp-post and public charge posts as well as a 3-pin socket
Mobilize battery release certificate
V5C
Nine DVSA MOT certificates, covering every test from January 2019
Original Renault purchase paperwork
Garage invoices

On the Type-2 adapter: an optional extra rather than part of the car, but included at the asking price. A Tough Leads Type-2 to 13A, bought new in July 2025 for £179.99, receipt supplied.

Faults and wear

Brake pads advisory at the last MOT. Not replaced, and reflected in the asking price
Tyres date from June 2022. Ample tread, but four years old
The 12V auxiliary battery goes flat if the car is left standing for weeks. A new Exide AGM battery was fitted in May 2026
The nearside body panel below the door mirror is cracked. Photographed above
The driver's seat base is torn in two places, with foam showing. The fabric has perished with age. Photographed above

Driving it

No windows. No Twizy has them. It is open at the sides. Zip-on covers were sold for them
Top speed 50 mph. Suitable for 40 and 50 limits, including London A-roads
A full car licence is required. The V5C records it as L7 heavy quadricycle, which is the Twizy 80
Not permitted on motorways, as with all quadricycles
Two seats, one behind the other. An adult fits in the rear. Luggage space is a small locker behind that seat
Rear-wheel drive, with the motor on the rear axle

Running costs

Road tax £0. DVLA shows it currently taxed to 1 July 2027
Battery hire £0
Insurance £316 for 2025 and £349 quoted for 2026/27, fully comprehensive with Admiral. Your own premium will differ
Roughly £1 to £1.50 a charge, depending on your tariff
ULEZ £0, Congestion Charge £9 a day — see London costs

London costs

ULEZ £0. Zero emission and therefore compliant. Nothing to register and nothing to pay
Resident parking. Most London boroughs set permit prices by emissions, and an electric vehicle falls in the cheapest band. Rates and discounts differ by borough
It fits where cars do not. 2.34 m long and 1.24 m wide. Two will fit in a single bay, and it parks in gaps a car has to drive past

Congestion Charge, £9 a day. The 100% discount for electric vehicles ended on 25 December 2025. The standard charge is now £18, and electric quadricycles get 50% off on TfL Auto Pay. An electric car gets 25% and pays £13.50

How the price compares

£2,995 The asking price Lowest asking price of any Twizy for sale, August 2026

£4,500 The next cheapest with its battery owned On Auto Trader, August 2026

Five Twizys are advertised for sale in the UK this month. Four carry a battery hire agreement at around £55 a month which passes to the buyer, so the asking prices are not directly comparable.

Over three years of ownership, adding the hire to the asking price puts this car between £1,505 and £3,979 below anything else currently for sale, and £1,037 below the one that sold at auction in April.

Car	Asking	Hire, 3 yrs	Real cost
This car — 35,159 mi, battery owned	£2,995	£0	£2,995
2015 Urban, under 2,000 mi, battery owned — sold 1 Apr 2026	£4,032	£0	£4,032
Battery owned, on sale now	£4,500	£0	£4,500
Colour, battery hired	£3,999	£1,979	£5,978
Urban, battery hired	£4,499	£1,979	£6,478
Technic, battery hired	£4,995	£1,979	£6,974

£2,995. At the time of writing that is the lowest asking price of any Twizy for sale in the UK. The battery is down to 69% capacity, the brake pads are due and the nearside body panel is cracked.

The current market is on Auto Trader and PistonHeads. Both are live listings and will be more current than this page.

Asking prices from Auto Trader, August 2026. The April sale is Brightwells lot 877764: £3,350 hammer, £4,032 with buyer's premium, which is what it cost the person who bought it. Hire at £54.98 a month is the rate on this car's own original agreement.

Contact

I'm selling because I no longer need it. I've enjoyed owning it and would rather not be selling.

twizy@eaden.co.uk

Viewings in Hackney Wick E3 by arrangement. Payment by bank transfer, collection in person. Any document referred to on this page is available to see on request.