The then-new Clio 197, the first Renaultsport Clio with the bigger, bulkier, heavier Clio III body, didn’t make the final cut but the then-obsolete 182 Trophy did. Two, one of the engineers ...

There are two schools of thought here: one that the Clio is nicely refined and grown-up for a car of this class – making it a natural rival to the Volkswagen Polo, which goes about its business ...