Who's feeling brave? Both in the financial and 'oh dear, it's trying to kill me' sense.
While it isn’t Brave Pill’s fourth birthday until next week – appropriately juvenile celebrations are being planned - the column has already passed the milestone of featuring more than 200 of our automotive honeytraps. So why are we only getting around to the Clio V6 with a double century on the scoreboard? This is a car that, in terms of the courage required for ownership, wins at the most visceral level - the fact it frequently seems to be trying to kill you.
The Renault Sport division had also been busy, creating a class-leading hot hatch in the form of the Clio 172, spiritual successor to the earlier Clio Williams. But then it decided to go several better by also creating a road-legal version of the Clio V6 Trophy, enlisting the expertise of TWR to help it do so Power would come from a milder version of the 24-valve 3.0-litre V6 from the racer, making 227hp and driving the rear wheels.
It didn’t. I was too junior a journalist to be sent on the original press launch, but when I eagerly quizzed the colleague who had attended his verdict on the V6 was delivered in two words, with the printable one being “undriveable”. Several cars had been dinged on the event, and many of even the handiest hacks had suffered the indignity of spinning them.
The Clio V6’s knife-juggling handling and limited urge didn’t actually hold it back. TWR built more than 1500 of the Phase 1 car in Sweden during the first two years. But the company wasn’t deaf to criticism, with a mid-life facelift giving the chance for a substantial bit of reengineering for the so-called Phase 2 cars. These got more power, revised suspension, and a lengthened wheelbase to improve stability - with production switched to Renault Sport’s factory in Dieppe.
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