Renault News

As if Renault’s ever popular chic supermini, Clio didn’t already offer the perfect range line-up, customers are now set to benefit even further from more choice with three new versions added to the list.

Espace has set the benchmark in the large MPV market for more than 20 years and now the latest revised 2007 range looks set to ensure it continues to be the most modern, stylish, safe and practical large MPV available.

The Clio Renaultsport 197 is already being hailed by many as the undisputed small hot hatch class benchmark, but Renault’s performance arm has already sought to move the game onto the next level with the launch of the eagerly-anticipated Clio Renaultsport F1 Team R27. This new limited edition is also the first Clio Renaultsport 197 to feature the new Cup Chassis, which will become optional on the standard model later in 2007.

Alongside the New Twingo and the Clio Grand Tour concept, Renault also chose the 2007 Geneva Motor Show as the backdrop for the unveiling of its latest weapon in the battle for hot hatch domination, with the introduction of its first high performance diesel, the Megane Renaultsport dCi 175. Pricing for the new range has now been confirmed, starting at £18,950 and rising to £20,850.

Spectacular racing action wowed huge crowds at Kent’s Brands Hatch Indy circuit as round one of the ELF Renault Clio Cup lived up to exciting expectations. A capacity grid of 32 brand new cars lined up for round one on Sunday, 1st April as the series boasts the largest entry list since Clio Cup racing began in the UK in 1991.

Renault’s second-generation Twingo will make its UK debut in September – but it won’t be Renault’s entry model. Renault isn’t pitching Twingo as a cheap car in eth UK – instead it’ll be billed as a sporty hatchback with a range of just two models – the GT and Dynamique, with 75bhp and 100bhp 1.2-litre petrol engines.

Offering a glimpse of developments to come in the Clio III range, Renault chose the Geneva Motor Show 2007 to take the wraps off of the Clio Grand Tour Concept.

A longstanding player in the small car segment, Renault has sold more than 2.4 million Twingos since the model's launch in April 1993. Now for the first time UK drivers will be able to get behind the wheel of the ever-popular city car when New Twingo goes on sale in the UK in September 2007.

Just what is Va Va Voom, the now famous phrase from the Renault Clio TV adverts? Whilst many have tried to define it – even the Oxford English dictionary came up with a definition – everyone knows the positive feeling that is Va Va Voom, including 40,000 New Clio III car buyers last year.

Renault will be unveiling a range of new models at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, including the eagerly-awaited production version of new Twingo, which is coming in right hand drive for the first time. It wouldn’t be Geneva without a Renault concept car, and this year is no different. However, no information on either of these cars will be available before the covers come off.