Clio 197 Gordini

Maybe it's just the name bolted on the end... but i like the sound of this...

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For those who find the hilarious but rather under-equipped Renaultsport Clio Cup a little too hair-shirted, Renault has the answer - The Clio Gordini R.S.

Much as the recently released Twingo Gordini is based on the Renaultsport Twingo, the Clio Gordini is based on the full-on Renaultsport version of the Clio, but with an added dose of luxury.

Therefore, while you get the same 197bhp 2.0-litre motor (that gets the car from rest to 62mph in 6.9secs) and the same chassis (both Sport or more hardcore Cup versions are available), you get a plethora of goodies and gadgets.

These include blue and black leather seats, a blue and black leather-trimmed steering wheel, a metallic Gordini-branded gear knob (and a sprinkling of Gordini badges around the cabin), TomTom sat-nav, climate control, cruise control, heated seats, automatic lights and wipers, and plenty of other trinkets too numerous to mention.

On the outside there's a choice of four body colours (Malte Blue, Pearlescent Black, Glacier White and Pearlescent Givre), black diamond-effect alloys, signature Gordini white stripes, and a bumper and rear diffuser finished in gloss black.

I perticually like all the little gloss black tounches.

Still not anwhere near the origional..



Mmmmmmm Classic Renualt Goodness...

prrreeeeetttttyyyyyyyyyyyy

not really anything in there you couldn't specify on a new 200 for a lot less.

hooray for marketing!

oh sush you!! shiny paint and bright lights work wonders ;-)

Please tell me i'm the only person who can see that stupid curvy white bar in the front bumper, wtf were they thinking(in by best french accent) "hahar we have lost our big buttocks but look we have a rollercoaster on the front end"

Woz i quite like that... very 6r4 esque....

BTW on closer look thats a fake 6r4... but you get the idea.

to me it looks like this

so mean!! lol i think the white thing is for catching road kill

see now why would anyone buy this when there's a perfectly nice 197 in a similar colour that I know of, just dying for a new home

hahaha this is true....except this one is slightly clener than yours lol

needs lowering :p

I really don't like the face lift 197, the lower grill Just looks like a cheap copy from the Eurocup Megane.

ummm....isn't that the point maybe????

but it looks ok on the race car mega, whereas the clio looks awful with it...those meganes are awesome fun to watch aswell

it would probably look better if it was on a lighter colour clio, or if they made the road kill catcher black??

if it was black then yeah as you would struggle to see it, but imo take it off would look mucho better

yes defo! you wouldn't say no if someone gave you one!!

Special K wrote:

ummm....isn't that the point maybe????

Not when it's a cheap tacky version of the origional.

Special K wrote:

yes defo! you wouldn't say no if someone gave you one!!

I wouldn't say no to any car if someone was giving it to me as I could then sell it and thus get a proper car...

woz_106 wrote:

Special K wrote:

yes defo! you wouldn't say no if someone gave you one!!

I wouldn't say no to any car if someone was giving it to me as I could then sell it and thus get a proper car...

But still not afford the insurance???

September...you just wait and i'll have one of these.




or one of these



or maybe one of these



but tbh it could be any of these knowing me...
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/classifieds/index.asp

i like that they all come with curlers

I agree with 2 of them have been known as hairdressers cars but i'm sorry the VX220 cannot be called a hairdressers car...you tried getting in or out of one never mind trying to put the roof on one.

you'll hate that it has fewer creature comforts than a 106 the first time it leaks or ices up inside :p

106s leak from the sunroof and the aerial

its the no filter on the air vents for the cabin that I like...the rumours are you have to shut them off and you'll still have dust come shooting into the car from following something.

I'm planning on getting one, since thats the most expensive of all 3, so basically if I don't like it I can sod it off and buy one of the others with little worry it will loose much money.

You will shoot yourself in the nuts if you buy one and then decide you want some comfort and a car you can get in and out of without thinking about it.

Id imagine an MR2 or S2K would feel like a big heavy boat after a VX220 lol

Or thinking about it imagine your 106 with better handling but even fewer creature comforts as alex said. Would you really want that?

Can you tell my vote is one of the other 2 lol?

i know which one you want me to get...i'd like to try one tbh, and besides what creature comforts do they lack from the 106?

i vote try them all!!! you might hate them once you have driven them....

Meh it's still BEC and a disco for my vote

I personally think looking at that group, you need to go and have a go at an Elise as well.

The Vx is the perfect second car if you're only taking it for a sunday stroll, but you're not....you want a track car that's also a daily.

If you're not adamant about the RWD thing, DC2 Integra's can be had for peanuts now...

oooh yes elise's or elans are verrryyyy pretty :-) i saw a bright orange elise the other day sooo cool

woz_106 wrote:

i know which one you want me to get...i'd like to try one tbh, and besides what creature comforts do they lack from the 106?

Carpet and space lol. I think you should visit honda for a test drive since you have the week off and maybe drive an N/A VX200 if the turbos are still to much. Ill let you drive mine as well then thats all 3 test driven.

Adam86 wrote:

woz_106 wrote:

i know which one you want me to get...i'd like to try one tbh, and besides what creature comforts do they lack from the 106?

Carpet and space lol. I think you should visit honda for a test drive since you have the week off and maybe drive an N/A VX200 if the turbos are still to much. Ill let you drive mine as well then thats all 3 test driven.

Then buy a BEC...

BEC no roof, Elise under powered and not as good looking IMHO the interiors don't differ all that much either.

I want something RWD otherwise I'd be buying a DC5 or a JDM DC2

also you have to bear in mind I walk to work and the driving I do, do tends to be a mad thrash somewhere so it would consist of whats basically a sunday thrash.

creature comforts on a VX are all options and are options that have been ticked on the ones for sale now...majority have central locking, leather interior, push button start, upgraded stereo system, and some have the GT pack which is the full carpet interior.

the only option that doesn't really get ticked is electric windows but tbh when you look at the size of the window it's 3 full winds from top to bottom.

I get the feeling at long last a decision has being made that your next car will be a VX220 lol?

don't be silly, i'm currently on PH searching anything between 4-7k with track or turbo in the title... lmao

there is bound to be 2 or 3 changes in my mind between now and september

You know l think you should do this lol

lmao I don't know what I want anymore

Lol l though that vid would help mess your mind up

dam you fucker... lmao

Im sure you've seen this before but though id just remind your ears lol

not looking at this thread anymore...amazing how it started off with a clio

TBH ive not even read the first page of this thread

thinking about it.....turbo......good on track....Megane 225?

fwd and tbh I can catch them round a track in the 106

they weren't being driven properly I'll bring the 197 to Combe, it'll change your opinion of new gen french hatches

do it!! would love to pass one

you decided what your bringing yet anyway?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1382717.htm

LSD, 225hp with potential for 250+ from a remap........can't believe I didnt think of them before now

very nice bar the main faults

its french
its got a huge arse
its fwd