2004 Renault Clio V6 Sport

An exclusive sports car carrying the Renault Sport badge, Clio V6 showcases the styling of the latest-generation Clio. Blending sportiness with flowing lines, the unique design also boosts efficiency. With a two-seat rear-drive layout and a V6 engine transversely installed in the midrear position, Clio V6 is an exclusive sporting model designed to offer the maximum amount of pleasure: pleasure in owning a distinctive car, and pleasure in using a new, nimble and safe chassis, and an expressive engine delivering 255bhp mated to a sports-type gearbox. New Clio V6 offers unusually a high performance car, notably with a 0-100kph time of less than 6 seconds.

Featuring a unique and thoroughbred design, Clio V6 displays an even more incisive front face by adopting the styling of the latest-generation Clio. The front bumper, grille, bonnet and twin-unit xenon headlamps are entirely new. The very slender headlamp units are installed in new extended front wings which accommodate the 18-inch tyres mounted on OZ "Superturismo" rims with a gloss finish. These wheels completely fill the wheel arch openings and, with the increased wheelbase, are moved out well towards the four corners of the car.

The new chassis benefits from a more sporting specification combining stiffness with progressiveness. The front suspension castor angle has been increased and the larger-diameter anti-roll bar is now connected via drop-links for improved efficiency. This new chassis runs on 18-inch Michelin Pilot Sport tyres specially developed for New Clio-V6. They provide greater directional stiffness for improved precision, and good feedback of steering feel for the best possible driving pleasure. A popular feature in the former version, the ABS-equipped braking system benefits from the higher level of grip provided by these new tyres.

The acoustics of New Clio V6 have been the focus of especially close study, resulting in a metallic and sporting exhaust note which contributes to the overall pleasure of driving. A resonator modifies intake noise at high speeds and the adoption of a damped windscreen allows booming to be eliminated. Noises emanating from the driveline are filtered by a damped twin-mass engine flywheel.