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Renault’s Ingenious Gadget Holder
Anyone
gadget lover that drives will know that storing an iPod, phone and any other
gadget safely and within reach is virtually impossible.
Car maker Renault has found a very clever,
yet simple, solution with its ‘grass mat’. It’s featured in the Twingo, a new
small, hatchback coming to the UK in September. As you can see, the rubber
grass stalks have been designed to flex around whatever gadget you need held
safely. 
The good thing is that everything is within easy reach and not bouncing
around in some compartment on the other side of the car.
The Twingo – what a silly name – has been kitted out to be friendlier than most to gadget lovers. It sports the ‘TunePoint’ audio connection box which allows for tunes on USB sticks, MP3 players or iPods to be played through the car’s audio system and operated via steering wheel controls. It also offers hands-free Bluetooth telephone controls, with a “‘hold’ function for safer motoring”, the company said.
I do like that holder and the other gadget-oriented tweaks but I'm pretty sure I couldn't tell anyone that I just bought a 'Twingo'.
The "Twingo" is not a new small hatchback. It may be a new model. It has been around France for many years. I never could see why it wasn't imported here.
The mat idea I was given as a present so long ago that I forget when it was. It was made of plastic of the variety that ages, so it eventually fell apart and went to the great plastic home in the sky.
Posted by: Septuagent | March 16, 2007 3:47 PM
like everything French it will eventually find a homein the sky. Not fast eneough for some though.
Posted by: Roy Grant | March 19, 2007 6:48 PM