yeah the diffuser creates more downforce than the use of a spoiler, but it looks mint when there is a spoiler.. someone on this forum has it that blue one with 18s chrome 5 spoke
An F1 car doesn't need it but they have it because it makes more downforce, so why wouldn't you get more downforce from having it on the clio, the answer is you do, that's why it handels better than if there wasn't an air defuser. Just because it hasn't got 600 bhp it doesn't mean you can't go round corners quickley, it just means you don't have to slow down as much for them.
i dont like the clio 197, i think the back end looks like a yaris too much and the front end just looks like every other car out there atm. Peugeot, renault.. citreon all exactly the same.
I agree the back ends on all modern cars are designed to be more arodynamic but at the end of the day if I wanted any of your said cars when I bought my 197 I would have bought one, which means that the 197 has made more of an impresion on me than the other said cars. I've just been on the Toyota website and I wouldn't say the 197 looks like a Yaris even from the back, I can see the arodynamics that have gone into it but the 197 is far superior IMO.
I can't believe you're actually comparing an F1 car to a flipping Clio.
The stupid plastic thing stuck to the back of your car is not what is making you go round corners faster. The three things that are are:
1.Chassis
2.Suspension
3.Wheels/tyres
The chassis is excellent on the 197, which is why it is so damn good.
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Originally Posted by J03
it doesnt matter how much BHP it has.. its just to keep the car glued to the road at high speed
missing my point completely.
if it was a very fast car (that better?) then it would need the downforce.
its a hot hatch clio. hardly needs planting to the roads as it hits the speed of sound.
]well how bloody fast do u want to go! at speeds of around 200mph!? 100mph is fast enough... if ll of you say the diffuser does naff all then is there any need of a spoiler on anycar? (hot hatch)
Surely the diffuser would only be functional with a near flat underbody?
Surely the diffuser would only be functional with a near flat underbody?
Winner!
It's completely useless on the 197.
I've seen no technical evidence to support it's presence other than a promotional gimmick... which seems to be working it's magic with the average joe.