Based on the road-going car, but fitted with a more powerful engine, gearbox, roll cage and different suspension, the Clio 4 Cup race car costs €39,900 plus VAT.

The new Clio Cup is powered by a 1.6-liter direct-injected turbo engine tuned by Oreca Magny-Cours that produces 220 hp and a constant torque of 270 Nm (199 lb-ft).

On the outside, the RS model gains a roof scoop similar to the one found on the current Clio Cup as well as a large roof-mounted wing that is said to offer 40kg (88 pounds) of downforce at 125mph ...

Motivating the Clio Cup is the same 1.6-liter turbocharged inline-four as the street version, only amped up to 220 horsepower and 199 lb-ft of torque by the endurance racing veterans at Oreca and ...

I once fell in love with an admittedly beautiful woman just because she told me she drove an ex-generation Renault Clio 1.4 but dreamt of an RS. That’s how deeply the manual Clio RS 200 had ...

Volkswagen, Honda, Peugeot... they can all try to make hot hatches, and they may even turn out to be smashingly good. But Renault will always be the king of ...

Only three current-specification cars entered the first round of Clio Cup GB at Brands Hatch on Saturday - but drivers were full of praise for the new championship. Race winner Ben Colburn says ...

To Cup or not to Cup? Renaultsport offers its Clio with or without the hardcore chassis option fitted to our long-termer, so I booked in a standard Clio 200 for a 1000-mile comparison. Let’s ...

In the GB Clio Cup Championship, all racers get a car from the same Alpine factory in France, so it is a level playing field. "You have to go out to France, ...