The raw stats of a Cup stunned in 2003, so they look even more startling these days. Taking 90kg out of an already svelte 172 ...

Ever since the Renault 5 Gordini, Renault hot hatches have been a bit feisty. So when the Renault Clio 172 appeared in 1999 as the first car (other than the niche Spyder) from the new RenaultSport ...

Launched in 1998, the Clio Renault Sport 172 was the first properly hot Clio since the Williams. Those early Phase 1 cars looked a bit gawky compared with the gorgeous blue-and-gold icon ...

The story began in 1999 with the Clio 172, a car which lacked the dynamic sparkle of the previous Clio in its hot 16v and Williams guises – not least because it used Renault’s first torsion ...