Category: Superminis 
Price Range: £10,120 to £17,020
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.
Unsurprisingly, the new Clio will prove a frugal companion. The diesels actually use a little more fuel than in comparable versions of the old Clio, and the petrols just a tad less, but as none should ever return less than 40mpg on the open road and all the diesels will do over 60mpg, there's not much cause for complaint here.
Moreover, young drivers will find insurance as low as Group 2E makes for a very attractive financial proposition, and tax bandings are quite low, too. The 1.2 TCE's worthy of note here: despite its 1.4/1.6-like performance, it returns 47.9mpg, similar to the 75bhp 1.2, and 140g/km of carbon dioxide, not bad for a warmish hatch. Service intervals are 18,000miles for petrol models, but just 12,000miles for diesels. Demand for secondhand Clios is strong, which will help maintain residual (resale) values.
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