RE: Sandero Renaultsport coming!
Monday 27th April 2015
'There's something new coming up. Get ready!' At present, that's all the information available on the Sandero RS. It's the video description of Renaultsport's latest YouTube upload, which means after a fair bit of speculation it can be confirmed that a Renault Sandero Renaultsport will happen. Superb news!
Sandero Renaultsport coming!
YouTube teaser previews a fast version of Britain's cheapest car. Bring it on!
The 'Renault' part of that name is the first point of note. The embed video title describes the car as a 'surprise for Latin America'; the Sandero is sold as a Renault in markets including Brazil and so it would appear only for those markets. Performance isn't exactly Dacia's USP in the countries where it is available either. Let's wait and see but it doesn't look good for a quick Sandero in Europe.
A mechanical spec is still to be announced at this stage too but there's little harm in speculating, right? Hopefully as a low budget hot hatch a fancy pants small turbo and dual-clutch auto can be ditched for a big old NA lump and a manual. We can but hope, right?
Anyway, the Sandero RS is something we'll have to keep tabs on given there's little released so far. Will it make a debut at Frankfurt? Or perhaps even sooner? All input welcomed now!
Watch the video here.
[Source: WCF]
Discussion
J4CKO said:
Apart from ABS being a legal requirement.
Maybe a Clio 197 engine ?
Since when?Maybe a Clio 197 engine ?
Most recent car I can think of without, off the top of my head, The Noble M600?
ASM yes, but afaik not ABS?
eta: ok according to wikipedia, in the EU since 2007, so before the M600?
and according to an old thread on here, since 2004?
I suppose there's a different rule for small volume?
scarble said:
J4CKO said:
Apart from ABS being a legal requirement.
Maybe a Clio 197 engine ?
Since when?Maybe a Clio 197 engine ?
Most recent car I can think of without, off the top of my head, The Noble M600?
ASM yes, but afaik not ABS?
eta: ok according to wikipedia, in the EU since 2007, so before the M600?
and according to an old thread on here, since 2004?
I suppose there's a different rule for small volume?
I'm pretty sure some core elements of the Dacia platform are engineered to be good for about 120bhp which is why it's so cheap so anyone hoping for a Clip 182 engine is going to be disappointed.
Most likely (if it happens at all in Europe) it'll be a mildly breathed-upon 1.2 tCe or at a push the 1.6 from the old Twingo RS. Anything more means huge engineering changes.
Most likely (if it happens at all in Europe) it'll be a mildly breathed-upon 1.2 tCe or at a push the 1.6 from the old Twingo RS. Anything more means huge engineering changes.
er, technically I think some core elements of the Clio were only designed for 120
That's why RSes tend to just shake themselves apart.
You're lucky if an exhaust mount lasts more than 6 months.
In all seriousness, I don't see what the limiting factor is, you can always stick on bigger struts, bigger brakes, bigger wheels, bigger wishbones, bigger ARB, recycle bits from the next car up the range, make the arches a bit bigger to fit the bigger wheels? Need to modify the front wings? No problem, they're plastic, relatively cheap manufacture process.
Of course it probably will be a 120hp Twingo engined thing.
But we can dream.
That's why RSes tend to just shake themselves apart.
You're lucky if an exhaust mount lasts more than 6 months.
In all seriousness, I don't see what the limiting factor is, you can always stick on bigger struts, bigger brakes, bigger wheels, bigger wishbones, bigger ARB, recycle bits from the next car up the range, make the arches a bit bigger to fit the bigger wheels? Need to modify the front wings? No problem, they're plastic, relatively cheap manufacture process.
Of course it probably will be a 120hp Twingo engined thing.
But we can dream.
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