Ex-Clio V6 owner Tony Bailey described it as feeling ‘like the wheels had been replaced by castors’. And there’s something else. High-speed cornering, even in the dry, should be approached ...

The 3.0-litre V6 wouldn’t fit in the front of a Clio, so the rear seats had to come out, with the engine slotted into their place above the rear wheels. The Clio V6 was described as a ‘classic ...

However humble your starting point – and they don’t come much more humble than a front-drive shopper – sacrificing the rear seats for a potent motor driving the rear wheels will have all ...