Category: Hot Hatchbacks 
Price Range: No data available
Good value for money, stonking performance for the price, high credibility with the boys, lots of grip and decent agility.
Not terribly refined or spacious, plenty of torque-steer.
Sometimes a hoot, sometimes a bore, the Clio 172 is a hot-hatch of the old-school. You've gotta like it though.
The previous Clio scored a pretty impressive four stars in the Euro-NCAP independent crash tests, and the body of this 2001 version has been further strengthened. It also comes with (air)bags of standard safety equipment: even base models get four airbags, plus ABS anti-lock brakes with Emergency Brake Assist, although the 172 strangely does without the latter system. Together with standard Isofix child-seat mountings, all this makes the Clio one of the safest superminis in the class.
Latest Readers' Drives About the Renault Clio RenaultSport
wrote on 28 08 2007