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Mini Review - Mk3 Clio 1.2 Turbo Dynamique!

Bet none of you have driven one of these before heh!

My friend has just gone out and got herself one of these - I had a go tonight, bear in mind it had 101 miles on it so I didn't wanna go mental heh. Pulled well, was amazingly torquey for a 1.2 (obviously the turbo helps) - the dash and steering wheel were very nice. Also had the little cornering light things, they were sweeeet. I liked it, good brakes, felt very smooth and very planted - 12k service intervals I noticed, presumably because of the turbo-ness (the others are mainly 20k I think?). And the trip was showing 35mpg including it getting delivered etc - so a fair beating I bet heh.

Summary - good buy for £9k if you want a new small car that's cheap to run I'd have thought! It was practical too, plenty spacey, good boot etc.

Reply to
Iridium
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The second one I tried was a chunk looser than the first, but it had just over three thousand miles on the clock.

Reply to
DervMan

That's the same engine as the "hot" Twingo2 isn't it? Supposed to be nice but I'm holding out for the Twingo192 Cup.

Reply to
Depresion

I'm not sure: the Twingo doesn't interest me. That said the new Clio doesn't either, but it could serve a purpose. Dan's right: the car has good composure, it's quiet and refined.

But like: it's huge for a "supermini."

I also can't help but ask myself, "what else does £9,000 buy me" and the answer is invariably, "one nicely specified TDCi / TiD / TDI / CDI machine."

Reply to
DervMan

The Twingo RenaultSport is gonna be a 1.6 NA with 145ishbhp :-) Which is disappointing considering it just uses the old Clio2 chassis - and that had a 182...

Reply to
Iridium

Must be to avoid knackering sales of the Clio 19x...

Reply to
DervMan

Undoubtedly. The general consensus on ClioSport seems to be the 197 is no quicker in a straight line, is significantly better built, has brakes in a different league (100-0 in 4 seconds), handles better with more grip and has a nicer cabin. That said, a lot of punters will only look at the paper performance figures I guess - which are pretty similar.

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Iridium

But, as you know, some people only like buying new cars heh. She's one of those types - 3 years of worry free motoring re: it dying expensively, then get another. Worked out quite nicely for her last time cos she only paid some £7k for the Clio2 it's replacing and then got £4k trade for it - so a grand a year for depreciation on a new car struck me as pretty good. Although the Clio3 isn't technically new I guess, it was a 57 plate pre-reg with 50 miles on it hehe :-)

Reply to
Iridium

133bhp on the RenaultSport uk site.
Reply to
Depresion

Christ, it will hardly move! That is until its 6months old and has shed most of its interior trim and is alot lighter..

tim..

Reply to
Tim

I was close enough :-)

Reply to
Iridium

You're right. I've never driven one of those.

I'll be having a go in one of those Golf TSi things in a couple of days though, should be interesting.

Reply to
Pete M

Is that the one with the supposedly rough as a cement mixed donk? Turbo, supercharged?

Reply to
DervMan

Yeah. I doubt it'll be like a Delta S4.

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Pete M

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