No152 Posted 11, May 2015 Report Share Posted 11, May 2015 Just found this. Bodes well for future RS220 Trophy owners. Who needs a $200k+ supercar to have fun...? Nobody on this forum, cos we know the secret of our little French beauties... An interesting comparison of 220Hp (albeit in a race prepped one make car on slicks) versus an Audi R8 V10 with 520HP on the track. Who said the Clio IV was soft...? lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJkPqGooZKA For the track... And for the road... Looks amazing in any colour (although I am little biased towards white with black roof... ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jong Posted 12, May 2015 Report Share Posted 12, May 2015 Just awesome. Gonna try convince the Mrs to get one in a couple of years to keep whatever RS i may have company.. hopefully can use the 4 door factor as a good excuse or maybe i should just show her this video lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No152 Posted 12, May 2015 Author Report Share Posted 12, May 2015 Take her for a test drive - that will likely seal the deal... Everybody happy then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crownleyian Posted 18, May 2015 Report Share Posted 18, May 2015 Unfortunately the 220 will not be anywhere close to the Clio CUP... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No152 Posted 19, May 2015 Author Report Share Posted 19, May 2015 Unfortunately the 220 will not be anywhere close to the Clio CUP... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Likely true, but you could get one, add $35k in suspension, brake and transmission upgrades and still probably save $200k over the cost of the Audi. Punching above its weight anyway you look at it, bringing affordable performance to mere mortals. I am just so pleased that a manufacturer bothers to try. In my opinion, it would be so much easier for a car maker to design and build a performance car to sell for $350k+ than to build one that is quick and fun to drive, selling for a fraction of that. Sure lots try, but not too many seem to do it well. Luckily Renault seem to have turned fettling hot hatches into an art form! I certainly, however, appreciate that the Clio Cup race car is a different (and faster) beast than the 220 will be off the showroom, as you point out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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