172 cup or not

[rhallyb]

Ive been looking to return to a renault pocket rocket after three years of aVTR (I had 9 points!!) previously owning a 19 16v.

My question is How can you tell if a 172 is the stripped out cup version with the suspension pack and not just a spoiler pack? Does it tell you on the V5 document?

Got my eye on a 172 cup which has a "172 cup" badge on the door piller but not sure if this is standard renaultsport spec

 

[GeeUK]

I believe the cup does not have aircon,leather seats or zenon lights.

 

[cnic69]

the 172 cup will not have xenon headlights



thats a good way to tell the difference

 

[D-CUP]

Er, its a one off colour (unless you count silver). Thats a pretty big helper.

It will have non leather seats too.

 

[paul g]

my V5 says renault sport clio cup , so ask to see the v5 first mate .

 

[edde]

Easiest way is the wheels the 172 has the 5 spoke the Cp has the multiskope ones.

Also inside the give away is the seats arnt 172 ones ones you see a proper 172 youll see the diference.

Cups had the option of being silver and having climate control so you could see a silver car with climate and its still a cup.

The Cup suspenson is only different dampers if your after the Cup driving experiance all you neeed are these and the Cup wheels. (as they have different offset for widder track).

 

[Beefy]

Standard "Cup" spec on the 172 was mondial blue paint (or a few in silver), front splitter, multi-spoke alloys, no spare wheel (just 2 cans of tyre foam), most had no aircon and all should have come with the door pillar "Cup 172" badges (although some apparently didnt).

Under the bonnet the Cup doesnt have a fancy engine cover as standard. In addition there are no xenon headlights, leather/alcantara seats, etc.

A quick read of this site and you will know exactly what youre looking at.

 

[rhallyb]

Thanks, really impressed at the response. Looks like i picked the right discussion forum.

 

[lawrence]

go for the normal 172 mate,trust me being a cup owner and crashing it id want the ABS alone, you can always get cup wheels off here and change the suspension, and depends on how many miles you do a week it gets tiresome on long journeys

 

[chris79]

ive had my cup nearly 2 years now and I love it to bits. what other car can u have which will outstrip most fast cars yet still return 40mpg and it feels "raw" when youre driving it !!

 

[Rich-D]

Well 99% of 172 Cups look like this >>>

http://members.lycos.co.uk/pug306rallye/Clio/My_Cup_Front-Side_01.jpg



Basically they are easy to tell apart... unique colour (Mondial Blue) although a few of the later ones were silver, multispoke Speedline Turini alloys, front splitter, larger rear spoiler, grey cloth seats (not leather), no climate control (was an option on later ones), no ABS, etc...

Easy to tell if its a Cup.

 

[Beefy]

I just got deja-vu, your cliosport sticker is in exactly the same place as mine!

Thats about as clean an example as you could hope to see.

 

[Brazo]

Quote: Originally posted by Beefy on 15 January 2005

I just got deja-vu, your cliosport sticker is in exactly the same place as mine!

Thats about as clean an example as you could hope to see.

What about this then

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1102419898__CScup1.jpg


[Edited by brazo on 15 January 2005 at 10:15am]

 

[Gaz_]

now thats just showing off

 

[Mondial172]

I went for a VTR to a Cup mate.

Get a 172 or 182.

Unless youre into trackdays