RE: Renault Clio R.S.16 - full story

[ZX10R NIN]

JoeMarano said:

Think carfection said it's a bit much for the road and also I can't imagine those seats being amazing for long journeys...

You do go for some obscure reviews.

[JoeMarano]

I literally spend hours on youtube watching anything and everything car related.

[nickfrog]

JoeMarano said:

I literally spend hours on youtube watching anything and everything car related.

That explains a few things

[framerateuk]

NJH said:

How do you find the fuel economy? Its the one big thing with the newer cars that seems on paper at least to be a big difference to the older ones with F4R or similar 2L engines.

Hard to say at the moment since my type of driving has changed since switching cars, and I'm only just over 800 miles so it's barely run in.

My overall figure is actually a bit less than the old 2.0 at the moment (26 compared to 27) - but it's difficult to make a direct comparison since the 27 of the Megane was mostly motorway miles, while the Clio has been on back roads and I'm still enjoying the novelty of full throttle upshifts .

On the motorway the Clio definitely seems to have an advantage by a couple of MPG, but it not a huge gap. The fuel tank is noticeably smaller though and I definitely have to fill up more. I think general consensus on the Renault forums was the MPG was largely the same as the Megane, but a little better on motorways.

[NJH]

That's pretty disappointing then as the claimed figures are loads better than the 30 mpg or so I get from my Meg R26. The wife's 207 GT for example (that 1.6 BMW turbo unit used in everything) manages to always give 37 mpg or better.

[framerateuk]

NJH said:

That's pretty disappointing then as the claimed figures are loads better than the 30 mpg or so I get from my Meg R26. The wife's 207 GT for example (that 1.6 BMW turbo unit used in everything) manages to always give 37 mpg or better.

I guess the difference is that the 207 is only putting out 150bhp while the Clio has 220bhp - the power has to come from somewhere and if you put your foot down it's going to use more fuel. I'm sure if everyone stuck it in normal/auto all the time the figures would be quite decent, but where's the fun in that?

Edit:
Did a quick run back from my parents place on Sunday while trying to see what the economy could be. Sticking to *around* NSL with a few hard throttle moments coming onto the dual carriageways and off roundabouts I managed a pretty decent 34mpg. I think if you kept the car in normal mode, high 30's would be easily achievable - maybe higher on a long motorway run.

Edited by framerateuk on Monday 6th June 10:31

[Simon Owen]

Press release yesterday from Renault, they have decided not to make it !!!

What a shame

[GPH]

Huge shame that they have confirmed no production after all this effort. Specials like this add credibility to the Brand for years to come .... eg. Clio Williams, Clio 182 Trophy, Clio V6, Megane R26.R, Megane 275 Trophy.
Apparently the basic economics didn't add up and they want to concentrate on the Alpine launch now.

[Speed_Demon]

Shame, though I still have faith they will return to it after the Alpine launch.

[Kolbenkopp]

Yup, a shame. Paraphrasing French press, reason given was it would be too difficult and costly to have parallel production of the Clio and the Alpine at the Dieppe factory.