Woooosh...Car gone Byebye's (Renault Clio 1.4 3-door)

Member Name: northernalex

Product:	Renault Clio 1.4 3-door
Date:	06/08/01 (642 review reads)
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Advantages: Fast

Disadvantages: Girliee

Well I was really suprised to find that noone had actually writen an op on this fantastic car. So I will be honoured to be the first.

Well, I have never owned this car, neither do I plan to (unless I win a little bit of cash, I am only a skint student myself you know), but I was given one of these by Reg Vardy when I was having some minor repairs to my citroen AX done (see my review of that too :))

Anyway, I foudn this car fantastic. I was pleasentlky suprised by the speed and acceleration it offered. But to look at it, well , its nothing special. I loved the old 'squarish' bodykit of the pre 90's model but the newish one looks, well more like a bubble car, a stley that too many car manufacturers are opting for. Bring back the angles, thats what I say.

Ok, foot on the gas, and here we go!

Engine.

This has a well sexy 1.4 engine that will do 0-62 in 10.4 seconds. That beats even a corsa 1.4SRi with much less insurance, however you dont get any spoiler though. Shame. The fuel consumption is your typical 1.4i about 38-40mpg depending on how you drive. The engine is very willing though. Even with the car full of clothes and stuff(taking it all down to my student flat) it flys up hils with ease. At 90MPH on the motorway it wanted to give more, and gave those annoying Volvo drivers that sit 2inches away from your rear bumper the shock of their lives.
The engine itself is really quiet too, even at moderate speeds, but above about 85ish is starts to get a bit noisy. Still very quiet compared to other 1.4s i've been in.

Looks

Erm, very girliie. I didnt really like the look of it. The front end is ok but the back end looks like a cows bum. Not nice. The front visability is good but out of the rear, well put it this way, you would see more at a Robbie Williams concert with the entire Buckingham Palace guards begrade infront of you.

Inside

Inside the trim is nice, it looks and
feels rather expensive. The radio is good too, 6 speakers if I reamember rightly and a stawlk on the right of the steering wheel so you can change station on the move. There is a litlefoot rest next to the clutch, which I thought was a nice toutch.

Ride.

Sturdy and conmfortabnle, no roll mon corners. Nice, but you do feel the bumps.

Cheers All
Alex

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