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Zollo
29-12-2005, 22:04
Hasn't got all the fancy concept car stuff on it, so I'm guessing this'll be as it come out of the factory. Looks good I reckon 8)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/Zollo/3906469071.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/Zollo/1584512012.jpg


....Queue old duffers saying they don't make cars like they used to :roll: :wink:

zedx19
29-12-2005, 22:32
Looks alrate to me, it'll grow on folk, I used to hate the looks of the mk2 phase 1 Clio 172... then I bought one lol every incarnation seems to take time to grow on you. No doubt the new un will be a lardy fcuker tho due to new regulations and ncap tests so prob be less nimble, less fun, pretty much like every incarnation, all lost a tiny bit of the original magic.

VIPERONE
29-12-2005, 23:13
lol

Gav
29-12-2005, 23:27
yer if good means shit

it looks like an astra lads

and it needs that many horses to carry that huge ass

Martin
29-12-2005, 23:36
I think thye are turning the clio into a mpv lol

Gav
29-12-2005, 23:38
I think thye are turning the clio into a mpv lol

:D exactly

Zollo
29-12-2005, 23:54
yer if good means s**t

it looks like an astra lads

and it needs that many horses to carry that huge ass

Nah. In 15 years time - when cars look like bubble freaks, and are battery powered, 2 tonne, green machines - you'll look back at a noisy, 225bhp, 1200kg, lairy hot hatch like this and wish you'd appreciated it more instead of winging :P

edde
30-12-2005, 02:46
It will be very good its different than the 182 and WIlliams not necessarily better ow worse the Williams has no real worries about loosing it title it will be more down to rarity and poor examples which will let the side down.

Gav
30-12-2005, 13:00
yer if good means s**t

it looks like an astra lads

and it needs that many horses to carry that huge ass

Nah. In 15 years time - when cars look like bubble freaks, and are battery powered, 2 tonne, green machines - you'll look back at a noisy, 225bhp, 1200kg, lairy hot hatch like this and wish you'd appreciated it more instead of winging :P

and when that day comes mate i will send u a sorry card for winging....till then while mk1 clios are still goin strong...im gonna bitch and bitch aboot this bag of wank clio :D

stew
30-12-2005, 13:21
yer if good means s**t

it looks like an astra lads

and it needs that many horses to carry that huge ass

Nah. In 15 years time - when cars look like bubble freaks, and are battery powered, 2 tonne, green machines - you'll look back at a noisy, 225bhp, 1200kg, lairy hot hatch like this and wish you'd appreciated it more instead of winging :P

and when that day comes mate i will send u a sorry card for winging....till then while mk1 clios are still goin strong...im gonna bitch and bitch aboot this bag of wank clio :D

Ill drink to that! LOL
Why do they have to make new cars with huge arches and 18inch wheels as standard. Its all looks and comfort these days rather than fun driving! The car manufactueres cram them full of heated seats, aircon, elctric mofo-ing everything and it makes it weigh loads more!!

Gav
30-12-2005, 13:29
yup, and if something goes wrong, not just a case of getting your tool box out the garage one sunday.... :?

Purple
30-12-2005, 13:47
IMO, it looks different and probably feels different enough from the Williams to complement the Williams rather than replace it. Provided it is a decent car in the first place, of course. One for hooligans days and the other for civilised cross-country runs.

I hope they put back the low-torquey engine response and a bit of tail happiness. The current Clio RS, though fast cars, just not my cup of tea without the low-end pull and slidey tail.

Coops
30-12-2005, 16:46
i am a self confessed old duffer so....

they just dont make cars like they used to!!!

hate the rear plastic grey lookin diffuser effort, part from that its just a standard clio with bigger rims so not bad but not good either, just dull.

i love the 90's

:lol:

Zollo
30-12-2005, 17:19
Bunch of old duffer fags :P

richy
30-12-2005, 19:59
i like it, cant wait to test drive some at work, ragging time lol

VIPERONE
30-12-2005, 20:49
http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/spyshots/R/renault/03-large/renault-clio-sport-002.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/spyshots/R/renault/03-large/renault-clio-sport-005.jpg

Chris n`nic
02-01-2006, 23:59
IMO, it looks different and probably feels different enough from the Williams to complement the Williams rather than replace it. Provided it is a decent car in the first place, of course. One for hooligans days and the other for civilised cross-country runs.

I hope they put back the low-torquey engine response and a bit of tail happiness. The current Clio RS, though fast cars, just not my cup of tea without the low-end pull and slidey tail.

I think anyone who has been in mine might disagree about the lack of low end torque...mine pulls very well for low speeds (although the topend is a little poorly at the mo) between 150 and 160 ft/lb at 2680 rpm ain`t too bad....

Chris

Purple
03-01-2006, 01:01
I think anyone who has been in mine might disagree about the lack of low end torque...mine pulls very well for low speeds (although the topend is a little poorly at the mo) between 150 and 160 ft/lb at 2680 rpm ain`t too bad....
Chris

Is that standard torque? That's huge and probably improves the throttle-steer as well :). Sadly, the one I wrung out felt more like a Honda engine - which was like: Nothing, nothing nothing and then boom! All the horses and torque comes in past 4.5k. Guess it's just those weird Reno engine specs variation. Hope they nail down the bhp and lb-ft properly for the new car.

Chris n`nic
03-01-2006, 02:53
To be honest m8 I`ve looked at the graph again and it was a bit of a cock up but as the torque was doubled....there for the revs may have been halved. (was actually 321lb/ft at 2680rpm. The RR guy new exactly what had happened and said it would be exactly half (torque) so more like 160@5360 (which sounds more like it tbh) but even at low revs looking at the graph it is 137lb/ft @ 3k. I should point out that it isn`t std (well it is on willie .co.uk :wink: ) and only has 6k on this engine so should improve with miles

Chris

Fred
03-01-2006, 07:32
Hasn't got all the fancy concept car stuff on it, so I'm guessing this'll be as it come out of the factory. Looks good I reckon 8)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/Zollo/3906469071.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/Zollo/1584512012.jpg


....Queue old duffers saying they don't make cars like they used to :roll: :wink:

that's still the concept version

Swervin_Mervin
03-01-2006, 11:57
I actually quite like it. It's not as adventurous as they claimed it would be though. I thought it was going to be something like 60% different body panels, and different lights?

At the end of the day Renault can't build another car like the willy so there's no point pissing and moaning about it. The shape of a modern car is pretty much dictated by EC regs, which is why so many small ones tend to look MPV-ish.

Zollo
03-01-2006, 12:00
that's still the concept version

Aye, 'cos they haven't released any official pictures yet. So they're still calling it a concept. But I'd be very surprised if the production version looked any different.

03-01-2006, 12:00
I really like them, would definatley consider buying one :D

Swervin_Mervin
03-01-2006, 12:07
I just noticed that front grille is very Ferrari 456-like. Which is a good thing.

Purple
03-01-2006, 12:19
IMO, I thought the whole thing looked quite a lot like the Pug 206gti. But with 9.2% less feminine appearance about it. :D

Clio b
03-01-2006, 15:12
I like the side.... dont like the front or back....