RE: PH Carpool: Clio Renaultsport 200 Gordini

RE: PH Carpool: Clio Renaultsport 200 Gordini

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garypotter

1,483 posts

149 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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very "max powered" for the middle aged man who wants something a bit sporty.

not for me

BigTom85

1,927 posts

170 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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I like the car, and all the trimmings are right up my street, just no need for the Gordini association in my opinion. "Clio Renaultsport 200 Lux" or "Clio Renaultsport 200 Blue Edition" would have been more appropriate.

Zajda

135 posts

146 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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LuS1fer said:
I don't understand the Gordini bashing either - the fact is the standard car is a million times better and more capable than Gordinis in the past which were good versions of really rather dire cars. We should thank Renault that it didn't think the car needed upgrading because it's a damned good package as is.
U are missing the point, same as Renault does. Motorsport and performance tuning name is used here as an indication of cabin equipment, that's pretty bold. It should be named Luxury or something like that. I am certain that it helped him to sell few more of Clios and Twingos, but you only ruin your name once.

LuS1fer

41,086 posts

244 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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Zajda said:
U are missing the point, same as Renault does. Motorsport and performance tuning name is used here as an indication of cabin equipment, that's pretty bold. It should be named Luxury or something like that. I am certain that it helped him to sell few more of Clios and Twingos, but you only ruin your name once.
You mean like the butchering of the BMW M badge or the misapplication of the MINI name to a large car or the use of Lotus on a Proton. Renault tried the "luxury badge" to rival Ford's Ghia back in the 80's with "Monaco" when Ghias were very popular. Truth be known, nobody these days really gives a hoot about Gordini, it's a means to shift cars.

Not even the monstrous catastrophe of applying the Chevrolet badge to Daewoos has really affected the historic perception of the marque vis a vis muscle cars and the Americans have perpetrated some shockers - Pontiac Le Mans on an Astra, Shelby on a Dodge Horizon etc. ultimately the historic value of the name will be unaffected because it will always have a historical perspective.

The point is that it is hardly debased by being on a car as good as a Clio 200. It might be worth whining if they stuck it on a Twinny.

Arthur Daley

269 posts

157 months

Tuesday 10th July 2012
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Lol @ the gordini bashing... I you want a stripped out version like the gordinis of old there is a version you might of heard of called a CUP!

Gavin Blackwell

7 posts

190 months

Wednesday 11th July 2012
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Hi Del,

About time your moment of fame came, look forward to catching up at Oulton Park.

Gavin