Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
6/18/24 12:55 p.m.
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Start with a fairly benign, front-engine hatchback. Then rip out the original engine, put a larger engine where the back seats normally go and then send all that power to the rear wheels.

Sure, that was the recipe for the legendary Renault 5 Turbo, but it’s also the same recipe for this car for sale, the Renault Clio V6.

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Duke
Duke MegaDork
6/18/24 1:20 p.m.

Yeah, I posted that to Enablers Unanimous on FB.

I want that.  Hard.  Re-wrapped in Gran Turismo 3 livery.

 

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
6/18/24 2:11 p.m.

In reply to Duke :

If it helps, the car is currently wrapped in an old-school Marlboro livery, per the seller:

bmw88rider
bmw88rider GRM+ Memberand UberDork
6/18/24 2:38 p.m.

Interesting car. Too bad there is almost nothing you can race it in except maybe gridlife. So you have an odd ball car that is only good for track days with not much in the way of spares.

I'll wait a year or 2 and get the road version for the same price.  

Duke
Duke MegaDork
6/18/24 2:49 p.m.

In reply to Colin Wood :

Yeah, that's what I want to take off.  I want it to look like this:

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
6/18/24 3:44 p.m.
Duke said:

In reply to Colin Wood :

Yeah, that's what I want to take off.  I want it to look like this:

That brings back memories :-)

DavyZ
DavyZ Reader
6/18/24 3:56 p.m.

Maybe use this one as a hill climb or autocross car?  I like it!

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
6/18/24 4:19 p.m.

In reply to J.A. Ackley :

I know, it's from 4 and not 3, but all the menu music songs from Gran Turismo 4 live in my head rent-free. I played it so much as a kid.

 

jerel77494
jerel77494 Reader
6/18/24 6:17 p.m.

I present to you the Ford SHOgun! A Fiesta with a SHO V6 in the back seats!

BlueInGreen - Jon
BlueInGreen - Jon UberDork
6/18/24 7:06 p.m.
Duke said:

Yeah, I posted that to Enablers Unanimous on FB.

I want that.  Hard.  Re-wrapped in Gran Turismo 3 livery.

 

That was my first thought too devil

Rodan
Rodan UltraDork
6/19/24 6:43 p.m.

Looks like the same car (with a fresh wrap) that recently went RNM on BAT...  https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1999-renault-clio-2/

Previous Clio race cars have gone for asking or better on BAT.  Not sure what happened on this one, other than the market is definitely cooling off...

racerfink
racerfink UberDork
6/19/24 8:34 p.m.
Duke said:

In reply to Colin Wood :

Yeah, that's what I want to take off.  I want it to look like this:

1 day, 6.8 mil?

racerfink
racerfink UberDork
6/19/24 10:59 p.m.

GT4 version 

racerfink
racerfink UberDork
6/19/24 11:02 p.m.

In reply to Colin Wood :


I took mine out of retirement about a year ago.

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