cliosports confusion

[matt uk]

right i nearly bought one of these other day but then read up how some are faster than others....

i still dont understand which is which tho..

you have mk1 172
mk2 172
172 cup
182
182 cup
cliosport cup

what the **** is the differances between all these i basically want the lightest one as i know some weigh around 1100kg and some only 1000kg


when looking on autotrader/ebay etc they never mention which one it is and they all look the same to me



from what i can work out the fastest and lightest is the cliosport cup which came out in 2002 and was 172bhp

the one to avoid is the cliosprt 172 mk2 which weighs 100kg more.... but was made in same year

how do you tell these two apart when buying

also the cliosport 172 mk1 which came out in 2000 apparantly is 172bhp but 50 kg lighter than the mk2 so making it faster



which is the one i should go for and can anyone please tell me the differances between these french machines as im totally confused as to how to tell them apart thnaks


and please dont anyone say "just buy a williams" cause i tried to do that today and just missed out on one

[richy]

mk1 172 or a mk2 172 cup, both 172 bhp and both about the lightest, but mk1 u get leather and airbags etc but the cup u dont!

[matt uk]

right so for example this one says its a 172 cup

but its actually not as the 172 cup came out in 2002? right?

this is why its so hard to know what the car is thats actually for sale cause people dont seem to even know themselves

[matt uk]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2001-Renault-C...QQcmdZViewItem

[richy]

thats a mk1 172 mate

[matt uk]

right... but it says cup in title
im getting the hang of it a bit now
what plate did the 172 mk2cup come out on 02 plate?

anything before that is a 172mk1??


basically what plate did the mk2's come out

[seanofnp]

the original 172 is a PHASE 1 172, then the cups only came in 172 PHASE 2 form. these are both around the same weight.

[clean16v]

cup-only in silver and blue, withb turinis as standard. no xenons, air con (late ones had climate), leather or abs and ONLY in mk2.

mk2 172's non cup not available in the 'cup blue'.

mk1 172's, best looking , lighter than mk2, all the goodies of a full fat RS Clio except Xenons. Some models came with a lightweight ally bonnet and shift light.

Hope this helps

[matt uk]

sigh....

why did they make it so difficult

cup172's but not in the colour called cup blue..

french twats

[MatBrown]

basically what plate did the mk2's come out

Earliest Mk2 172 i have seen is a Y reg.



Mat.