New Renault Clio revealed

ba....

ugly car, pretty engine.
can i please have that engine in a Micra?

By omria on 15 August, 2011, 10:22pm

Striking?

I think not. Bog standard supermini fare if you ask me.

By erly5 on 15 August, 2011, 11:44pm

when we first saw the new MG6 everyone commented about the squeezed look of the lamps and grille Looks like its catching

By sherbo1959 on 16 August, 2011, 6:58am

Almost

I quite like the idea of using the badge as grille, a la Citroen, but not sure about all the additional grille-work underneath - too fussy. I still mourn the loss of the design era when Audis didn't have comedy snouts and designs were praised for being balanced and tasteful, not 'striking' or 'unusual' . I still believe that any design that requires a lump of chrome or black paint to make it 'work' is a fundamentally poor design.

By pajbse on 16 August, 2011, 10:19am

Beautifully stunning

While I am not a Renault fanboy, I have to admit this really looks nice and well designed and not geeky or gawky.
The worst Clio that went downhill was the second generation with that bulbous rear when they rear going through that shaking your ass era.

I can see this car becoming a sales success, that is if they can sort out the electrical problems.

By hotredman on 16 August, 2011, 11:45am

Carry on clio? NO WAY!

Looks like a Proton from the 90s.
Renault design seems to get more and more out of touch.
It wouldn't be so bad if they topped the reliability league.Never bought Renault and with this car, i never will.

By toycollector on 16 August, 2011, 1:59pm

Good, but...

..reminds me of a stretched Mazda 2. Not that it's a bad thing. Unlike the colour!

By nhunt2 on 16 August, 2011, 3:04pm

Bigger.....but is it Better?

Renault seem to be following VW's lead by making each new generation of their model range bigger, allowing them to slot a new smaller range at the bottom..... and so the cycle starts again. This looks similar to the up-dated Twingo but is probably not a stop-gap model which the new Twingo clearly is. I've owned a couple of Renaults, one a 5 which was a very satisfying car. I might have considered a Clio but I'm hanging on for the new 5 model which has been flagged up as a possibility for the future. Now that looks worth waiting for.

By n50pap on 16 August, 2011, 5:50pm

Overdone Styling

Not convinced about the design, looks too out there, too gimmicky and unresolved. French designers sometimes get a little too carried away!

By JTravolta77 on 16 August, 2011, 9:24pm

Nothing new here...

Completely agree about it looking like a stretched Mazda 2 - from what I remember Mazda even used this colour for some of their promotion shots for the 2. At least the Focus now has some competition for the silly shaped rear lights award!
I don't really see how it looks 'sporty' though.

By knox615 on 16 August, 2011, 10:41pm

it's ok ish

Nice rounded frontal treatment and all that, but moving backwards, it all gets a little lazy. Difficult really, the Clio has always been a pretty supermini, Polo safe, Punto so right, and then so wrong, C3, too family channeled , Jazz, too perfect with an old person following, guess that leaves the SEAT Ibiza (in SC version, yes), Skoda Fabia, never a looker but does the job. I forgot the Fiesta, looks like a kid at it's first youth club, bloated and in need of friends.

Suzuki Swift is the only supermini worth spending money on, you can enjoy it +resale ain't that bad

By JFalck on 16 August, 2011, 11:16pm

Agree with sherbo1959

The first car it made me think of is the MG6.

By cakewalker90 on 17 August, 2011, 12:23am

Third World Car

This looks like it should have been a new Proton. Sorry, but obviously Malaysia will be a first world country as we decline to be a Third World one.

By Mike_the_Trike on 18 August, 2011, 8:39am

Robert Opron

Perhaps those critics on Renault's current styling are right.
Apart from the R-space concept Renault's Dutch chief stylist doesn't quite know in which direction Renault's design should go.

Renault needs another Patrick Le Quement, the man who gave us the sensational first generation Twingo, to head their styling department.

By takata on 21 August, 2011, 8:24pm

oops

Of course the title of the above should be Patrick Le Quement instead of Robert Opron, the man who designed the bodywork for Citroen's GS and CX models.

Sorry

By takata on 21 August, 2011, 8:35pm

desperate

This really looks like a badly designed mazda 2...Seems like they´re trying to hard with no results,we can see design cues from many cars,it has no identity...it looks really desperate.Renaults are nice cars to drive and really confortable,but they´re not reliable at all...get some fresh new designers.really.

By Bubuxxl on 3 September, 2011, 11:54pm

Kia or Hyundai?

Is this the new Hyundai or Kia? Well, their new ones are much better anyway.
Have the Renault designers gone the S.Asia way?

By kirra1 on 6 October, 2011, 9:03am