Clio Sport

i had a go in a clio sport just now
and was rather dissapointed by it to be honest
wasnt as fast i was expecting and the clutch is really heavy

but its another to add to my list!

I drove the old 172 cup and wasn't that impressed but then I was driving a Westfield at the time. Had another go a few years later and did quite like it. Bit of a nasty french interior but goes well.

was all round dissapointed i thought it would go like a rocket with it being a 2 litre but i dont think its as fast as my stilo

what stilo have you got?

1.9 Jtd

the clio is much much quicker... before my starlet died I was just able to pass the 172/182/197 etc.. and I never had any trouble from a stilo jtd lol.

You're having a laugh right? A JTD Stilo in same league as a Clio 172, did you forget to take the handbrake off or not take it above 5000rpm? It's not a diesel so has a rev range maybe something driving a turbo diesel has made you forget that there is power above 3500rpm

I've driven a fair few 172/182 and Cups now and they never fail to amaze me that you get that much performance for so little.

A heavy clutch, that's what proper performance cars are meant to be, have lots of feel. I hate the over light clutches you get in many of today's cars, the Clio clutch is light & for those who are scared of R5GTT's clutches, now that was heavy, but again so full of feel.

The thing with Clio's is they have VVT, so you need to take them above 5000rpm to make them really fly, pretty much like all multi valve VVT type high power cars, but the Clio unlike others in particular Honda's actually has low down torque making them very economical for the performance as you can ride along happily on the torque, you can get up to 40mpg from one on long runs and even on shorter blasts mid 30's is easy.

I know its hard on a test drive because not many folk are happy driving someone else's unfamiliar car or vice versa have someone drive there car in a manner that extends the cars capabilities.

in fairness though i still dont have my liscense so i cant really comment just sharing my opinion of what i thought

a quick car with good handling, but its still a cheap plastic french shopping car, and you can tell. give a pig a breast enlargement and she'll have big tits, but she's still a pig.