Posts Tagged ‘Renault’
Ringdiculous
We’ve been getting a bit sick of being sent emails that have ‘Nürburgring’ and ‘record’ in the subject heading as they seem to enter our inbox daily. When we received a press release stating that Renault had broken the front-wheel drive Nürburgring lap record in the new Renault Megane 265 Trophy we nearly dismissed it. Then we looked again at ...
Driven: Renault Clio Gordini 200
In an ideal world the Renault Clio Gordini 200 would be the car of ‘le moment’. And in an ideal world you would confess that Renault has pulled off one heck of a good marketing stunt. You see heritage sells. Describing a jacket for instance, as a ‘garment in the style of classic, British tailoring’ ...
Rounding up the Renault Twingo Gordini
While Citroen have been battering us to death with their ‘Anti-Retro’ campaign for the new DS3, Fiat has been shifting their 500 Abarth by the truck-load. It would seem its combination of raw power and good looks, garnished with retro charm is what the youth of Britain want. So the French are having another go ...
City slicker
A city car doesn’t need to do much; it needs to be small, have an engine, and be relatively easy to drive. Indeed, until very recently the typical city car merely fulfilled those criteria. They had the very minimum of equipment and the most basic of road manners. But of late the city car has ...