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Clio 1.6 16v Dynamique +
I haven't seen any around our area yet. I'm not surprised really being as I can't imagine Wilsons (Epsom) getting any in for demonstration, let alone try and sell one to somebody.
Nimbus 197
Nimbus 197
Got to be honest, the only one I have seen on the road is my one.
Clio200 EDC Lux
Not true the official word from RUK is 1100 since last july when the went on sale.
Hehe, I got that figure (3,500) from this month's EVO mag. I imagine Renault would know the exact number better than them!
Golf GTI PP Mk7
ive driven one, and seen 3 on the road. once the price starts to come down and they begin bleeding into the 2nd hand market they'll become more common. They dont appeal to alot of normal drivers and at that price even less so. Once they can be had for inside 10k on the used market, i rekon we'll see alot more of them.
clio 172 cup
Renault must be talking about worldwide
Ph-Sold!
Surely that's the same number of cars overall though :rasp:
Tangoed Works
The 197 isnt that bad on pace. I know it may be 2-3 secs off the 182 to 100mph but in reality you never really do standing starts up to 100.
On road had a tussle with one and it was good fun. Sure I may have been slightly quicker, but there was no denying that we were both having loads of fun!
On road had a tussle with one and it was good fun. Sure I may have been slightly quicker, but there was no denying that we were both having loads of fun!
Racing Blue 182
I have seen 3 or 4. A guy at my work has one and my mates BF has one too
Just wait until Summer, Winters always abit slow for selling cars. I have never seen a 197 where I live and have seen about 9 new shape Clio's (non-sport). TBH dealers are selling them to expensive anyway. Who would pay 16k/17k for a 197 (from dealers) when they could get one 3k cheaper online?. Also for the dealer price you could get a 225 Megane brand new online?.
seb
ClioSport Club Member
Clio trophy
you have to be a mug to pay list for a 197 form a dealer. many did when they first came out but that is expected. I paid 14.5k form a dealer several months ago. The car was brand new and i was first name on it.
Many people don't want ot buy off theinternet and i can see why with long dleivery times and broken promisies. I test drove one, got my price and it was sat outside my house in 1 week.
Yes you can get a megane for the price of a 197... but maybe 197 owners didn't want a megane? maybe they wanted a 197?
Show me another hot hatch you can buy from a dealer that compares with the 197 for 14.5k? answer - you can't. (i don't bother with the fiesta ST as it is out of it's class imo)
All of the other hot hatches you cna't get massive discounts like on the 197 form a dealer.
Plus, this is just the beginning of the 197's life cycle. the 172 came out, what 5/6 years ago? that was 16k brnad new then. at the end of it's life you could get a brand new 182 for around 12.5k from a dealer.
You also have to remember we have been spoilt with car prices over many years. they have consistently been going down over time.
for example, a ford fiesta 1.4 ghia on a P plate (approx 10 years old) was £12,235!
A brand new current ford fiesta 1.4 ghia is £11,327 list price!
wouldn't surprise me to see a bit of a trend of cars going up over the next 10 years due to the globla recession thta is about to start.
