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MSTRBKR
4,917 posts
67 months
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greggy50 said: 192 bhp a tonne would mean this would have to weight around 1025 kg that cant be correct surely...
With the flappy gearbox which will weigh more doubt will be much better than 165 per tonne or so. I've read that it shaves 200kg off the current 200. I have no idea if it's true, but I read an article about using a new type of steel. Seems ridiculous though as you say.
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DeltaEvo2
410 posts
61 months
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FUGLY! 
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aelord
177 posts
94 months
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hideous
and the speaker thing makes me cringe
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agent biscuit
69 posts
22 months
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otherwise will be known as the CLITO...ROS….one stroke and it goes pop with much moaning (through speakers)!!!
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Penneth
82 posts
50 months
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Papa Hotel said: Things are a bit different over on www.renaultsport.co.uk though. Some minor grumbling but all-in-all, they're dribbling over it. Really? That's not what I've been reading.
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mooseracer
48 posts
39 months
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Looks - don't really care
1.6 Turbo - way of the world (sadly). "marketing appeal" when F1 goes this way
5 door only - shame, but could live with it.
Fake noise - don't really care, shame they thought they had to do it
Auto - horrible, horrible. A hot hatch that changes up without me asking it to is not for me.
Here's hoping they release a run-out version of the current RS with some trick suspension.
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C.A.R.
1,276 posts
57 months
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I look at this article and I see an opportunity.
For Peugeot.
And a 208 Rallye to market to the Clio Cup chassis buyers...
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FestivAli
891 posts
107 months
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jonm01 said: I dont understand this hatred for paddle shift boxes. If its good enough for a 458 or McLaren or a bloody F1 car then why not on a hot hatch?
Currently have a Megane 250 but I will consider one of these. because a manual just gives you another degree (a significant one I would say) more involvement than a dual clutch or paddleshift box. I don't mind paddles so much, but would much rather a car with a clutch pedal as I quite like using both my feet when I drive. I use both feet when I walk, so why not why I drive? I for one would be a lot more interested in the MP4-12C or (though I actually find it really ugly) the 458 if it had a proper gearbox. I'll say all that but in a luxury car, say something E-class sized and up, I think an auto is more suitable because you want to relax and waft. But not in a 5 door hatchback. I do trust that this will probably be quite a nice thing to drive, but looks wise it's a woofer from me.
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petrolsniffer
1,642 posts
43 months
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Have renault and peugeot swapped designers???
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Blanchie
22 posts
91 months
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i did chuckle with the "gadgets like the R-Sound Effect" anyone else thinking http://www.amazon.co.uk/SoundRacer-V8-plug-engine-...lol I bought one of these as a giggle a few years back.....although it did sound very digital it was hilarious in my wifes TT ragtop with the roof down and a very loud V8 soundtrack! you do need a sense of humour though and not take it too seriously
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Chr1sch
1,539 posts
62 months
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GuitarTech
219 posts
19 months
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F*ck.Me. Renault, what were you thinking of? Bloatware......
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Krikkit
2,461 posts
50 months
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C.A.R. said: I look at this article and I see an opportunity.
For Peugeot.
And a 208 Rallye to market to the Clio Cup chassis buyers... YES.
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greggy50
3,140 posts
60 months
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MSTRBKR said: I've read that it shaves 200kg off the current 200. I have no idea if it's true, but I read an article about using a new type of steel. Seems ridiculous though as you say. Yeah as looking at the press photos it is also full of electronic s  t that will weight it down and bump up the price a bit more this will be nearly 20k specced up I would think.
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LuS1fer
28,551 posts
114 months
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It suffers from modern car disease - big blooby nose, slitty windows, blobbiness and the rear looks like some bland Mazda. Turbos are a Renault forte from the 80s and I recall being slightly disappointed when the Clio went n/a 2.0 TBH.
The styling is wrong, the Audi style LEDs a bit optimistic, the 5 doors ideal for my own purposes but i can see why people would want 2 and the flappy gearchange is something I don't want or need.
So....I'm oot.
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drpep
1,054 posts
37 months
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"simulates the noise of one of a range of iconic engines through the car's speakers." This is, claims Renault, a "fun and realistic" way of tuning the engine noise.
I wonder if anyone will come up with a mod to make it play sheep noises instead of fake engine revs. THAT would be funny. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Baaaaaaa. Or maybe Steven Fry, or a Little Britain character for gearchanges...
Sort it out Renault.
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masermartin
1,046 posts
46 months
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Colonial said: So, on the one hand VW gets lambasted for not changing enough. Renaultsport for changing too much. What are we? A bunch of f king goldilocks? We're a bunch of people who can appreciate when someone (Renault) are doing it right and then howl in disappointment when they inexplicably throw all that out the window. We're also a bunch of people who can quite rightly call for more excitement and risk-taking from boring run of the mill manufacturers who are constantly doing it wrong and playing it safe. The two positions are not mutually exclusive.
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pacdes
4 posts
30 months
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Oh dear oh dear. They're going backwards. Won't be seeing many of these on the roads then. Reminds me of the Saxo VTR, VTS. Everywhere you'd see a Saxo. Then when they released the C2 it did not seem to be as popular, which it at least had some style about it. Pricing on the Clio will have to be very very very competitive.
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GrumpyTwig
622 posts
26 months
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drpep said: "simulates the noise of one of a range of iconic engines through the car's speakers." This is, claims Renault, a "fun and realistic" way of tuning the engine noise.
I wonder if anyone will come up with a mod to make it play sheep noises instead of fake engine revs. THAT would be funny. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Baaaaaaa. Or maybe Steven Fry, or a Little Britain character for gearchanges...
Sort it out Renault. Accelerating to the sounds of General Melchett could be fun  Being a renault automatic maybe "I want that one" would be appropriate during gear changes. For the record I'm saddened the direction RS have taken, they'll have lost their current customer base. I won't be pxing my 200.
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Polarbert
16,884 posts
100 months
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Automatic only? Why. I just don't get it. Where has there ever been a demand for an automatic renault sport from any of the buyers of the brand previously?
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