Sad there aren't new fast Clios anymore? Here's the next best thing
Sad there aren't new fast Clios anymore? Here's the next best thingThe Alpine A290 can’t come soon enough. A world without French hot hatches is a worse one, let’s be clear. And that’s not exaggeration, either, with Peugeot offering nothing more potent than a GT badge, Citroen doing who knows what and Renault abandoning combustion pocket rockets ahead of the Alpine electric revolution. Leaving the 145hp E-Tech Esprit Alpine about as sporty as small Renaults currently get.
So there’s pressure on the A290 - but there’s potential as well. Because truly great cars come out of Dieppe, whether they be front-drive hot hatches or mid-engined sports cars. They nail it pretty much every single time. And perhaps no Renaultsport bullseye was quite so emphatic ; highly rated when new, a legend in its own lifetime and adored 15 years after launch, it was everything we’d come to love about French hot hatches.
Which you knew already, of course, and may well have personal experience to draw upon given the cheap and cheerful nature of the last 2.0-litre Clio. You may well also have noticed that the best 200s have been appreciating of late, its status as the last naturally aspirated, manual Renaultsport Clio - and a belter at that - attracting the interest of collectors. Values have not risen to crazy levels yet, but they’ve certainly long passed their lowest ebb.
Getting a good one can be tricky, too. As one of the defining driver’s cars of recent times, the Clio 200 became a box to tick for many, and mean a good few are for sale with plenty of previous owners given their age. . Lots of keepers isn’t the end of the world, but it’s not always the best news for keeping a thorough history as the cars keep being moved along. Having personally viewed a 200 with more owners than service stamps, it can be unsettling.
It’ll surely go on to reside in another collection, alongside a Williams, a Trophy, probably a two-seat Megane of some description - cars of that ilk. The cars Renault did better than anyone else. It’s surely too nice to use in anger, to barrel into bends and rev out every single gear to 8,000rpm, even in bare-bones Cup spec. Probably a bit too valuable for it as well, the asking price of £34,995 more than double what it would have cost in 2010. Told you they were going up.
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