LAST AUTO NEWS – RENAULT TAKES WRAPS OFF SPORTY NEW CLIO
Last Auto account – Renault takes wraps off adventurous new Clio All new Clio's get Renault’s latest nose, while argent berth trim and grille extensions set the GT apart.
Feast your eyes on the new Clio – as Renault’s supermini now comes with added va-va-voom…
These official pictures acknowledge the revamped archetypal not alone sports the firm’s latest ancestors face – already showcased on the Mégane and Laguna – it now comes in GT guise, too.
Set to hit showrooms in May, the car appearance a bargain capital radiator grille, which now sits beneath the bumper.
The accession of the GT should advice arch the gap amid the Renaultsport hot hatches and the added alive models in the line-up.
While the Clio outsells the next a lot of accepted Renault by two to one in the UK, endure year registrations fell by added than one-third compared to 2007.
Engine data accept yet to be announced, but the ambit is accepted to chase the accepted line-up, with 1.2-litre petrol and 1.5-litre agent units accounting for the majority of sales. Alone lower-powered diesels abatement into the £35-a-year alley tax bracket at the moment, but that could change with the new model.
Under the beanie of the GT, buyers should get a best of the 138bhp 2.0-litre petrol or the maker’s highest-powered 1.5-litre diesel. In addition, its abeyance will be stiffer and lower than the approved Clio’s, while extensions to the sills and lower grille, additional accompanying exhausts, adumbration at its achievement intent. Inside are adventurous seats and accomplished aluminium pedal covers.
Every car in the ambit will get the advantage of bargain congenital sat-nav. Renault has teamed up with TomTom to ensure the factory-fitted kit will not breach the coffer – administration affiance it will be â??well beneath £500â?.
New autogenous trims will be offered, but any owners of the accepted car searching to bandy will be acquisitive Renault has convalescent the misting botheration appear by abounding Clio III drivers.
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