NEW RENAULT CLIO REVEALED – NEW RENAULT CLIO REVEALED
New Renault Clio arise – New Renault Clio arise Our absolute images appearance a arresting attending for the next-generation Renault supermini
Daring to attending at, bigger to drive and cheaper to run – that’s the new Renault Clio. And Auto Express has all the data on the supermini that’s got the Ford Fiesta in its sights.
The Clio is Renault’s acknowledged model, and this fourth bearing will be the aboriginal assembly car developed from the arena up by new architecture director, Laurens van den Acker.
So far, the alone models we’ve apparent from the Dutch administration arch accept been concepts – such as the arresting DeZir, R-Space and Captur appearance cars. As you can see from our absolute illustrations, the Clio is a little added down to earth, but has still undergone a above transformation.
The advancing new face is aggressive by the ample DeZir, with a avant-garde slatted lower grille and LED strips beneath the capital lamps. The characteristic Renault brand is added prominent, additional there are chrome accents on the high grille and surrounding the glassy new headlights. Baby rear windows accord this five-door archetypal a abandoned look, as do the acclaim sculpted physique panels and attenuate roof spoiler.
A Renault agent accepted the activating new attending to Auto Express, saying: “There’s no abstruse that it’s a adventurous blazon of car, and it will affection a different interior, both in agreement of appearance and packaging.”
Our acquaintance aswell arise that rather than traveling upmarket – like Vauxhall’s accessible MINI battling – the new Clio will adhesive its position as a supermini. “We wish to ambit it from the all-electric ZOE, as except for the five-door layout, they’re abstracted models,” the agent added. Both cars are appointed to access in dealers in the summer of next year, afterwards debuting at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
The Clio will be bluff to drive than before, too, and is set to get a avant-garde ambit of small, able turbo petrol and agent powerplants. The exact agency is still getting kept beneath wraps, but Renault’s avant-garde new three-cylinder turbo – previewed in the R-Space abstraction – is set to feature.
This 900cc assemblage delivers 108bhp and 160Nm of torque, and promises CO2 emissions of alone 95g/km, as able-bodied as 76.3mpg accumulated economy. This amazing ability is down to a host of technologies, including a ‘pulse start’ arrangement which allows lightning quick restarts. Plus, by accumulation radio atom plugs for quicker agitation and EGR Boost technology to air-conditioned and reclaim bankrupt gases, the assemblage allows added able engine combustion.
Following the launch, a new Renaultsport Clio will appear. This is acceptable to get a new 1.6-litre turbo.
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