Many people complain that front-wheel drive is all wrong for performance cars and that rear-wheel drive is the only way to go for oversteer antics. Well, they’re wrong. Allow Chris Harris to show you how to do it in a Renaultsport Clio 197...

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, tinted rear windows, an MP3 CD player and Renaultsport carpet...

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 work on chassis tweaks and removing excess weight, resulting in...

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 Renault say it will be approximately £1000 cheaper than the...