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.

Over the moon. That’s one way to describe my reaction to getting a Clio Cup for the next nine months. Really bloody chuffed is another. It’s my first long-termer, and I can’t think of ...