Cloverleaf
28th August 2009, 02:42
Renault has announced its new car, the Clio GT.
The car has a 1.6 litre turbocharged engine instead of the 2.0 litre N/A one currently used on the Clio Renault Sport.
Renault says this completely new engine is exclusively designed for the new Clio GT.
After reading this I can't stop thinking about other things. I mean Renault already has a sporty Clio model (RS) and a very successful engine in it. Why are they bothered to design a completely new one exclusively for a same bodyshell?
May this indicate the future plans of Renault?
The thing is according to unofficial resources (http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Renault-to-relaunch-Gordini-hot-hatch-brand-/) Renault is about to relaunch its Gordini brand like Fiat has done with Abarth.
And more to this they now have a platform to prepare new line of rally cars, such as the recently announced R3T class and -if the proposal comes into life- the new 1.6 litre WRC formula.
Anyway back to car, the 1.6 turbo engine only produces 128 ps. So it is no way near sporty. More of a warm-hatch than a "hot" one. However this leaves enough space for Renault to homologate rally cars based on GT model.
Full potential of the new engine is expected to show up in a future Gordini model.
I hope all of this rumors come true.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/tayyar_ak47/Clio%20GT/005.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/tayyar_ak47/Clio%20GT/006.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/tayyar_ak47/Clio%20GT/007.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/tayyar_ak47/Clio%20GT/009.jpg
The car has a 1.6 litre turbocharged engine instead of the 2.0 litre N/A one currently used on the Clio Renault Sport.
Renault says this completely new engine is exclusively designed for the new Clio GT.
After reading this I can't stop thinking about other things. I mean Renault already has a sporty Clio model (RS) and a very successful engine in it. Why are they bothered to design a completely new one exclusively for a same bodyshell?
May this indicate the future plans of Renault?
The thing is according to unofficial resources (http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Renault-to-relaunch-Gordini-hot-hatch-brand-/) Renault is about to relaunch its Gordini brand like Fiat has done with Abarth.
And more to this they now have a platform to prepare new line of rally cars, such as the recently announced R3T class and -if the proposal comes into life- the new 1.6 litre WRC formula.
Anyway back to car, the 1.6 turbo engine only produces 128 ps. So it is no way near sporty. More of a warm-hatch than a "hot" one. However this leaves enough space for Renault to homologate rally cars based on GT model.
Full potential of the new engine is expected to show up in a future Gordini model.
I hope all of this rumors come true.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/tayyar_ak47/Clio%20GT/005.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/tayyar_ak47/Clio%20GT/006.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/tayyar_ak47/Clio%20GT/007.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/tayyar_ak47/Clio%20GT/009.jpg