What is the car going to cost ?
The Twingo SmILE and all other cars built according to the SmILE idea will not be significantly more expensive than the respective original models. The final price naturally depends in the final analysis upon mass production. It is important that all parts of the Twingo SmILE as well as the necessary know-how are known and customary in the industry. The novel and consistent combination of consumption-reducing measures which are practically ready for series production, is the main innovation. The manufacturing costs of the engine should be lower in series production than those of the previous engines, because the new engine consists of fewer parts and the material expense is lower. Nevertheless, supercharging costs more (independent of whether COMPREX or turbo-supercharger), also the wheels and the wheel suspension made of aluminium. The production facilities will not be more expensive, since the designs are indeed different, but require in principle no new tools and operations.
