Automakers like Seat, Opel and Citroën (to name just a few) all offer hot hatches American buyers can only admire from afar. Few of them, however, can hold a candle to Renault.

Consequently in point-to-point terms the Clio 200 Turbo is an extremely rapid and ... It might not have burned quite as brightly as Renault Sport Meganes and Honda Civic Type Rs, but the Mk7 ...

Cars with this degree of driving purity, this degree of truth to the spirit of the Renault 5 GT Turbo and the ... in 1999 with the Clio 172, a car which lacked the dynamic sparkle of the previous ...