Four nail varnish colours are available that match the Renault Twingo paint scheme but the French company has faced criticism it's sexist
RENAULT has launched a range of four nail polish colours to match its Twingo model - and it can also touch up paint scratches.
The nail polish is available in Dragée Blue, Flamme Red, Etoilé Black and Eclair Yellow from the
It's on sale for just €8.90 (£8) and could be a great option for owners who've scratched their paint in car parks or with shopping trolleys.
The Paris-based cosmetics startup Ink and Out, the owner of the De Blangy brand, is manufacturing the polish.
But the release of the product for the dinky hatchback has come under fire for its sexist marketing.
In the Renault advert, a woman screams “ouch” as she sees a scratch on her blue Twingo, parked between two vehicles.
She then paints her nail in blue, before hiding the car scratch with a brush stroke.
A product release statement said: "Twingo Nail Polish is an innovation that seeks to embellish and facilitate the lives of lady drivers and is easy to carry in any handbag, unless – of course – their manfriends take a shine to it!"
But Marie-Noelle Bas, the head of the French feminist collective Chiennes de Garde, "reduces women to their beauty concerns and their inability to drive".
It's not the first time Twingo advertising has been criticised for sexism after Renault withdrew a Belgian video ad for the city car in 2014.
The video pictured a woman leaving notes with apologies on other people’s cars after parking wrongly.
But Renault has defended the product and claimed the Twingo was aimed at "active lady drivers who need to get about town but who are also attentive to fashion and looks."
"We are in a completely different perspective with this video, which is better thought-out," the Renault spokesman said.
"The video is making a buzz, be it good or bad."
