If you’re the sort of person who likes a hot hatch to be festooned with luxurious goodies, Renault have your ideal car in the form of the Renaultsport Clio 197 Lux. The Lux trim level adds leather upholstery, automatic climate control, automatic headlamps and wipers, cornering headlights, tin...

As already mentioned, the 133bhp Twingo RS is getting near to its launch date. As the hype builds there are more pictures circulating the internet, as wellas a video of Fernando Alonso having a quick run around a circuit. Enjoy! [Show as slideshow] ...

The Renaultsport Megane R26.R has made its first public appearance at the British Motor Show, and it really is a belter. By taking the already excellent Megane R26 and putting it on a crash diet Renault have managed to shed 123kgs, improving the power/weight ratio as well as sharpening chassis repo...

With the British Motor Show due to start tomorrow, Renault have leaked a couple of images of their upcoming RenaultSport Megane R26-R ahead of the car’s official unveiling at the show. Little more than an outline, the images do at least show a couple of interesting features of the new car. On...

Although you could be forgiven for confusing the standard Renault Twingo with something out of the Little Tikes catalogue, here’s a model that should help dispel that image - the Twingo Renaultsport 133. Prices have just been announced for the Twingo Renaultsport, and you can have one for jus...

As a final farewell for the current Renault Megane before the new model hits showrooms next year, Renault are giving us a lightweight two-seater version of the fantastic Renaultsport Megane R26. According to EVO magazine, the R26-R will use the same 2-litre turbocharged engine but will feature a sho...

If you’re a fan of fast cars then you’ll probably have listened with a mixture of horror and confusion as the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, announced a shakeup of the current Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) tax bands. For 2008-09 the structure of the VED bands remains the same, but with increa...

The Renaultsport Clio 197 has been around for a couple of years now and it’s still widely regarded as one of the best small hatches available, despite putting on a few pounds over the old Clio 182. However, the Renaultsport team haven’t been resting on their laurels and have been hard at...

Renault have announced that a Clio 197 Cup will be available later this year. The chassis setup will be the same as that on the current limited edition F1 Team R27, but 5th and 6th gears will be given longer ratios to improve refinement at cruising speeds. Prices have yet to be confirmed, but Ren...