Club Renault Sport

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They call it the “sportiest of compacts.” The Renault Clio V6 is one car you could wish to die for. It is a miss for the American roads. The Renault Clio Cup is a one-make racing series managed by the Renault sports division. They use the Renault Clio cars. And what’s more, it includes 14 national championships and one International Cup.

The new Clio Cup Racer in its debut season in 2007 gave all an exciting race, true to the spirit for which it has been the latest buzz of the town. Eventually, Martin Byford clinched the title at the final ace meeting of the season. The event attracted a record crowd of 1, 35,000 in UK during the course of the weekend.

In 2008, the organizers have planned to limit the championship to 36 registrations unlike 38 in the earlier year. This will help them to revert the competition to the traditional timed qualifying. The biggest crowd puller includes various other championships like Copa Renault Clio Espana, Renault Sport Clio Cup Belgium, Renault Sport Clio International Cup, Dacia Logan Cup, Renault Clio V6 Cup and Renault Super Clio Cup Brazil (since 2006). The organizers have also roped in the BTCC favorites Jason Plato and Tom Onslow-Cole This euphoria is boosted with the all-new-looks Clio Cup Race, a 2.0-liter, 205 hp joining the tracks. The car has been already declared a hit in UK.

Wondering how you can improve a perfect car? They are using the world’s best aftermarket parts and that too from the best manufacturers of the world. It is Renault Sport’s most successful Clio Cup Racer so far. The organizers also plan to hold the tenth event of the year alongside the UK leg of World Series of Renault. The tour plans to include the biggies including the World Touring Car Champion Andy Priaulx.

The Renault Clio Sport or the Renault Clio RS had hit the market back in 1999 and still is in business. This hot-hatch is a high performance vehicle from the French automaker, Renault. Gaining a hand over the Clio Supermini, it has a 2.0-liter, 4-petrol engine with a three-door hatchback body and an FF layout. Established in the early eighties, the Renault sport division was founded to concentrate on making cars to fit the racing track. The first vehicle coming out of this was the Renault Spider followed by the first Renault Clio II RS 172.

The body of the original Clio II was used with additional sportive features like bigger wheels and running boards. It received a facelift in 2001 with regard to its interiors and exteriors. The car provided catchy equipments like xenon headlights with washers, 4 airbags, 16 inch alloy wheels, six-disc changer and leather seats (with the Renault sport logo). In 2004, the engine of all-new Clio II RS 182 was upgraded to 182 DIN PS (176bhp/131kW). It was also provided with a dual-exhaust system plus different 4-2-1 manifold.

A special edition of this – the Clio II RS “Trophy”- had a lower ride height, light-weight 16” wheels, recaro seats, spoiler and an exclusive Capsicum red paint. The Trophy won the ‘Evo’s’ magazine’s People’s Performance Car of the Year in 2005. The latest Clio III RS 197 is inspired by a special technology for Formula One with a rear diffuser, cooling side vents, more power and more torque. It also has the new six-speed with shorter gearing. All this combines to give us better acceleration figures with the help of its 197 bhp (147kW/200PS).

The Renault Clio Sport has gained popularity as a powerful car, beating its competitors like Mini Cooper S, SEAT Ibiza FR, more recently the Peugeot 206 RC and Seat Ibiza Cupra R.