Category: Superminis 
Price Range: £10,485 to £17,385
Good looks, image, safety, very stable handling, ride and refinement close to class best.
Just not that much fun to drive. Performance limited, and the steering uninvolving
Feels more than one step removed from the car it replaced.
The Clio III looks, so far, to have taken one big step in improved quality, but that's just as well, as the shabby standards of the II were looking increasingly unacceptable in the 21st century. So far, no major problems have been reported with the mainstream Clio IIIs, which share much of their underpinnings with the tried-and-tested Nissan Micra, and all the cars we've seen so far appear to have been well-finished and without glitches. We'll give Renault the benefit of the doubt, for now, though the complex electronic systems in this car do give cause for concern.
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