So when the Renault Clio 172 appeared in 1999 as the first car (other than the niche Spyder) from the new RenaultSport sub-brand, it had a lot to live up to. RenaultSport as a division had been ...

In some ways it’s the perfect real-world petrolhead car. It’s quick (0-62mph in 6.6sec), torquey, brilliantly chuckable, addictively interactive, cheap to run, able to carry four plus luggage ...

The Renault Sport Clio V6 is one of those cars ... and in a pure 0-62mph sprint it was only a couple of tenths quicker than the Clio 172. But its delivery was nothing to be sniffed at, and a ...

It was a 172 - a nuggety three-door with wheels that looked too small ... It was a classic and you could still see the links back to the epoch-making Renault Clio Williams, that blue and gold Mk 1 ...

It was a 172 - a nuggety three-door with wheels that looked too small ... It was a classic and you could still see the links back to the epoch-making Renault Clio Williams, that blue and gold Mk 1 ...