Best Clio in 20 years?

[JayR]

197 is the best!*

*just to keep inline with everyone thinking there own car is the best since sliced.....

 

[Dash]

Dull day, dull presenter. Most exciting looking car on that sleepy vid was the 200. The yellow brightened things up a bit.

I notice he mentioned the awesome Williams number 001 but had he looked behind him in the v6 he might have also mentioned it was v6 number 001. The leather was fitted sometime after the car was built.

 

[R-Sport.]

Dull day, dull presenter. Most exciting looking car on that sleepy vid was the 200. The yellow brightened things up a bit.

I notice he mentioned the awesome Williams number 001 but had he looked behind him in the v6 he might have also mentioned it was v6 number 001. The leather was fitted sometime after the car was built.

I Remember V6 number 1 being sold as a PH1 near Eastlemark a couple of years ago from a garage--
I take it they reset the numbers on the PH2- I remember Lord harvey had 356 - INFERNO straight off the boat!!!

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[MarcoB]

197s look beasty in your rear view mirror, 200s just look awful. Not enough straight cut lines.

 

[Richyy182]

Im looking forward to picking up another 200 in 3 weeks-

I have a LY 200 coming in -- After having the glacier white for only a week the front end really grows on you-



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i hate you

 

[trailerparktrev]

I Remember V6 number 1 being sold as a PH1 near Eastlemark a couple of years ago from a garage--
I take it they reset the numbers on the PH2- I remember Lord harvey had 356 - INFERNO straight off the boat!!!

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Ah "Lord Harvey" and his inferno V6... Ha ha those were the days.....

 

[Dink]

did the designers of the 200 work on seperate panels in their own rooms and then just bolt them on once that had all finished?

as it does look like it's been in a shunt and not really repaired properly

 

[2 live]

this was done years ago....the answer hasnt changed imho.

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

this was done years ago....the answer hasnt changed imho.

The Williams is old tat. Move on.

 

[marinemackay2003]

I thought that was quite a good watch. Don't ever read too much into these things. They're fun but always designed with their own ends in mind.

Classic example was the FRS 'rinsing' the Meg 250 on a mountain road, and then the Clio 200 keeping up with the FRS on a twisty track. Blah blah. Tune one then rinse the other etc. etc.

The only thing that matters is how you enjoy your own car. Comparisons are often largely based on opinion, and we all have one of those.

The man talks sense^^


auto express do need some new presenters imo they are all wnk

v10 R8 + tunnel = no grins or smiles>>>>GTFO

 

[R-Sport.]

The Williams is old tat. Move on.

Indeed- may have been good in its day, however its about attractive as my nans wallpaper now -
but we all enjoy what we have- thats why we bought them!

the 197 & 200 are far superior-

I also remember all the haters on the 197-- now they they are the best things since sliced bread---

People will grow to like the 200-

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[The Spaniard]

this was done years ago....the answer hasnt changed imho.

Ive not seen this before, has anyone got a bigger copy i can read?

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

Ive not seen this before, has anyone got a bigger copy i can read?

2 live has a laminated copy iirc

 

[N0ddie]

this was done years ago....the answer hasnt changed imho.

Done years ago yes. Now the 200 is on the scene though

 

[2 live]

and after having driven both.......i still prefer the williams

 

[Ali]

No a bad review. Although all he did was trickle round the track and repeat what every other clueless journalist has said before. Still inaccurate.

If the 200 is anything like as good as the R27, i have no doubt that it's brilliant. But out of every RS car ever made the V6 and the Williams are the only ones that will be remembered as being just that little bit "Special"

 

[Alan]

Remember your 'illiams' buckle...that ride was SICK!!!

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

There is no such as the best of anything, preference will dictate what customers go for.

One mans vice is another mans sin, has been and always will be the way.

 

[R20 CWH]

Remember your 'illiams' buckle...that ride was SICK!!!

spider web in the boot iirc.

 

[Ali]

*Shivers* Looked cool. Thats all.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

My favourite queers giving it llady there x

 

[Alan]

spider web in the boot iirc.

Mate...it had more than a spider web in the boot..

You turned on the cold air or put the window down and you'd get a spider pokin' you in the back givin it 'hawl, its cold enough in here'

 

[Ali]

lol! If you kept the windows closed you died of the heat, if you opened the window you died of the fumes!...

 

[R20 CWH]

yeh I recall the spider

 

[Louism]

The V6 was overpriced new, the whole point of the 200 is that is better quality than the rest of them and the best of both worlds with performance etc

 

[Ali]

The V6 was overpriced new, the whole point of the 200 is that is better quality than the rest of them and the best of both worlds with performance etc

The RSV6 cost Reno over 70k to build, so selling it for 27k, whilst expensive from the outset is a bargain. Plus what exactly are you benchmarking it against on cost...

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

The Ford Focus RS was overpriced new, the whole point of the 200 is that is better quality than the rest of them and the best of both worlds with performance etc

ja, ja

 

[mark smith87]

Nice cars,shame about the driver. He didnt put them through their paces properly. Fair enough the track was damp but he couild have pushed them a bit more.

 

[Alan]

ja, ja

Mad Louise at it again..

 

[R20 CWH]

Mad Louise at it again..

sellin it next week mind.

:S

 

[Alan]

LAWLER...for a new 'cooper S'

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

iirc he is Mr MiYagi >

 

[ForceIndia]

Amazing. After the 5th gear lap times people still believe that magazines are impartial and truthful. You're all 'special'.

 

[Alan]

MiYagi eh...

Worked wi ma brer on the automotive cairper refit for the Dalai Lama's fleet.

 

[R20 CWH]

LAWLER...for a new 'cooper S'

1 word - FUD.

 

[Louism]

As i said people can stay in their oldies maybe in a few years you guys will have one

 

[16valver50]

the williams being 20years old and still featured in all the 'autotests' sais it all really.

 

[2 live]

The RSV6 cost Reno over 70k to build, so selling it for 27k, whilst expensive from the outset is a bargain. Plus what exactly are you benchmarking it against on cost...

and the williams was very competitive on price upon release too. and handed everything else its size, and quite a lot bigger, their arses......and still is doing.







a little clip of the mag day we had at brunters, and the aim for 'an action shot' lol

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[KungFuSpaghetti]

and the williams was very competitive on price upon release too. and handed everything else its size, and quite a lot bigger, their arses......and still is doing.

Except for Mk3 Clio's which you admitted were quicker overall

 

[2 live]

when did i say that??

its not in my vocabulary to say anything of the sort. the 200 was too slow, too heavy, and far too damn quite to even think about a comparison.