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And there’s a reverse-Tardis sense of constricted elbowroom, despite an exterior to bother width restrictors.If the interior is a carryover from the 172, the chassis is a big difference – the body was lowered over a rear box-section built up on a jig, with unique multi-link rear suspension, and there ’s a new crossmember where four cylinders should have perched.The front track is 110mm wider, the rear 138mm, and the front arches were cut off and re-welded to accommodate 17in wheels – two inches larger than the 172’s – behind which four-piston AP Racing brakes were fitted.As hardcore as these modifications were, Renault intriguingly marketed the V6 as a GT-flavoured sporting car with a cushioned ride.That softness actually adds to the challenge of a heart-in-mouth drive – the Clio lolls about gently on its suspension, smothering expansion joints and, tellingly, rolling on to its outside rear wheel whenever possible.Even when you’re not pushing, you sense that weight transfer plays a big part in this car’s dynamics.Driving gently, you also notice relatively leisurely but nicely detailed and weighted steering, the long, lazy throw of a gearshifter that sits up higher than in other Clios, like a miniature Statue of Liberty, and is in such stark contrast to the keen bite of the AP brakes.Above all, the V6 stands out as it hauls energetically from low revs. Read more. Grand Prix; Results and Standings The Schlesser-Renault-Elf team out in strength","Renault ramps up Formula E role to become a constructor for 2015/16","Renault signs with Spark Racing Technology and Formula E Holding as Technical Partner in the FIA Formula E Championship","FIA homologates new manufacturer powertrains for Formula E","New Formula E outfit Techeetah to run Renault powertrain","Renault to exit Formula E at the end of Season 4","Renault launches Renault Sport F1. From Abarth to Zagato, Classic and Sports Car provides a comprehensive list of all the classic car … Renault.

PARIS — Renault's new sports division Alpine will enter the 2021 World Endurance Championship, a series whose jewel in the crown is the Le Mans … Renault is a key player in various racing formulas including Formula 1: a unique record for a generalist car manufacturer. It was a firmer, smarter-looking, better-balanced car (and also easy to bury in a snowbank on the ice racetrack in front of Jean Ragnotti and Patrick Tambay on the launch).As such, prices range from £23,000 to £70,000, but there’s a purity to the Phase 1 as the start of the line, and they’re cheaper at £17-30,000 – if you can find one.There were only 250 examples of the Beetle RSI, all silver (251 if you include car 002, a blue one-off for boss Ferdinand Piëch), and one will now set you back around £45k.‘Our’ Norwegian import recently sold at a Bonhams MPH auction for £33,750, and in very good nick it is, too.For a car so close in era and concept, the Beetle couldn’t have been executed more divergently, taking a far more conservative – and no doubt more economically sensible – path to a similarly extrovert car with similar performance.Like the Clio, the Beetle had its roots in motorsport, with a one-make series in Germany featuring a grid of Beetle Cup cars powered by 204bhp V6 engines.No modern Beetle before or since the RSI got all-wheel drive or a VR6 engine (the closest was the front-drive V5, but mostly it was a cuddly machine more focused on retro flower power than actual power).We had, however, seen 2.8- and 2.9-litre versions of its narrow-angle V6 with a common cylinder head through the 1990s.The luxurious V6 4Motion Golf was still on sale, and combined that engine with Haldex all-wheel drive.The limited-edition RSI Beetle essentially took these proven parts in 2001 and previewed a sportier twist on the theme, with its wilder exterior and interior plus a capacity increase to 3.2 litres – the VR6 barely fits in the engine bay.This new displacement would later resurface for mass production with the four-wheel-drive Golf R32 and six-cylinder Audi TT, all sharing the same platform and the RSI as their testbed.Power was only 5bhp off the Clio at 222bhp, but, because this is a substantially larger machine with a propshaft and four driveshafts, it’s some 160kg heavier.The chassis was enhanced to complement the extra performance, with lowered suspension featuring revised rear geometry, and uprated Brembo brakes tucked inside 18in OZ Superturismo alloys.The bodykit is lifted straight from the Beetle Cup racer and includes 80mm-wider arches, deeper bumpers front and rear, and a huge pramhandle below the rear window that’s fed air by a smaller, roof-mounted wing.