172 discontinued

[Paranoia]

Clio Cup Success




enaults Clio Cup has been a bigger hit than even Renault dared hope. In fact such is its success that the 172 may be discontinued in the UK altogether and the Cup offered with a list of options including ABS and air-con.







Article from: evo


Sorry if this has already been posted but was this evos opinion or was this officially from Renault?

 

[Turkish]

lmao so which will be more exclusive now then, seeing as there seem to be more cups about on the road as it is anyway

 

[Daz]

Erm, so to get a 172 Spec Clio, you have to spend more money than what a 172 is now..

 

[Neil82]

LMAO so you spec your Cup up to 172 equipment levels what do you have, oh a blue 172. Renault full of great ideas...

 

[visceral]

LMFAO - So there just gonna stick cup badges on the 172, and charge more no doubt.

 

[Neil82]

I think ppl who want a car with all the kit in it will be put off having to pay extra to add them to a basic car (Cup) And might just be put them off a Clio all together and buy a car with the kit as standard. If you know what i mean???

 

[visceral]

why not just give the 172 200bhp and have done with it!

 

[Neil82]

I think it would take a fare bit of tuning to get it to 200 hp and then they have to think about mpg, noise levels, emissions etc.

 

[Leigh]

Thats not Renaults opinion !! Evo made it up !!

To be clear the cup is the one that is likely to be axed !!

172 sport is here to stay !!

 

[badley]

But arnt they doing a 180bhp cliosport (172) in september?

However I saw a Megane the other day with twin exhausts centrally mounted with a 40cm gap just like this:

http://www.rs-team.org/Images/Actu/RS3/rs180_2.jpg

Are Renault going to be using the Megane exhaust like above in the 180bhp clio?

 

[Neil82]

Do magnex do a exhaust like that for the mark 2 172?

 

[Bryan]

nope, but if you contact scorpion, they are still in the process of designing twin piped systems for as many models as they can

 

[pete_pete]

The 172 is here to stay they have more options including full leather in different colours and loads more paint jobs, and that esp stuff .. U can buy that exhaused.somewhere

 

[Flying Scotsman]

I reckon that Reno will be punting their money in the Megane department from now on. New design and new concept. The Va Va Voom advert is about to see an even bigger chile. The RS Megane is soon to hit the streets with 220 bhp or thereabouts. You see a megane advert just about every night on the telly. The 172 has been a poor seller in France which is their main market sector. The 172 as we know it is probably writing on the wall. If so good for the second hand values of 172s. Im planning to hang on to mine for a few more years yet as it always puts a grin on my face. Lets enjoy them while we have them. Afterall the similar Williams concept is still going strong years later and still giving people loads of fun.

 

[Jeremy Townsend]

The Cup ends in November

 

[steveV6]

Jeremy, are they going to produce that 180bhp clio as standard or is it just hear say??

 

[RobFenn]

Allegedly the new megane rs has 200bhp, but you can get a 220bhp renaulsport performance pack (where have we heard this before?!) They reckon 0-60 of under 6 secs.

-Rob

 

[paddymph]

hmmm, im sayin nothin!