Nimbus 197 - First most best looking hatchback ever [factual content]

[Munson]

I saw one in RL again today and OMG they are such a good looking car. Properly properly nice machines. Definitely the best looking hatchback ever made ever. No question about it. The perfect blend between menace and understatement. What a colour! It suits the 197 so well and makes it look like it was hewn from a solid billet of alpha.

It makes my heart cry to think what Renault fitted it with a gimp mask and fake exhaust pipes, and then came up with an RE (r****d Edition) that has blue wheels and double white lines painted on the steering wheel. They're on a slippery slope in terms of styling. 197 was the pinnacle, and Nimbus was the pinnacle of 197s.

I beamed at the driver and gave him the thumbs up, but he was too busy checking out my heap to notice. He didn't snap his neck though.

Don't discuss. This is not open to debate. It is a statement of F.A.C.T. Could someone with teh permissionz please lock this thread with a suitable video. Thanks.

Bai.

 

[Gally]

An amazing colour. The man deserves an award.

The design team on the 200 need shot.

The lacks of pics in this thread is verging on infractionzzzz!

No fogs, hero!

 

[hollandcup]

Brilliant colour.

<3 them especially in F1 guise.

 

[Bux]

Definitly the best colour

One of my fav pics of http://www.clio197.net/forum/member.php?u=150simoxmino's on Clio197.net

 

[Dan]

They do look good with the F1 stuff but normal 197s don't look that great IMO

 

[Gaz_]

Dunno, in un-cupped form with silver wheels it looks too mundane for me. I also think in the UK its wasted as it looks dull 99% of the time.
White is the heroes choice iirc

 

[Dean.]

IMO the nimbus 200's look alot better. I think the 197 front end is boring personally.

But yeah, love nimbus

 

[Munson]

By boring, do you mean styled by someone who knows how to design cars? The 200 gimp mask is so fussy, with so many conflicting details, curves and joins, that I wonder how...well...the mind boggles.

 

[twingors]

I maybe be getting a 197 soon (next week) In nimbus. Glad I seen this thread

 

[tgaz16v]

Nimbus is the best colour and IMO the 197 is my favourite Clio sport!

 

[theduck]

with gaz, white is the heros choice

 

[twingors]

Nah White is not the best. Racing blue is then nimbus

 

[harry602]

I'd say alien green for a 200, only because I'm getting one the 1st of June!

 

[Sir_Dave]

A grey 197.

Yawn.

Saw an FRP today, in the flesh, for the 1st time years. Not that, was a proper looking hot hatch.

Hai gally

 

[Munson]

PMSL at them ditching xenons for the 200 because they couldn't be bothered to implement the washers into the new bumper. Downhill.

Maybe they asked the washer designer man to make some that didn't leak, and he just shrugged his shoulders. Onions FTW.

 

[Gally]

A grey 197.

Yawn.

Saw an FRP today, in the flesh, for the 1st time years. NOW that, was a proper looking hot hatch.

Hai gally

You don't quite grasp from the pics how much presence it has until you see it in person. Glad someone else has seen one.

 

[197-F1]

I agree......but then I would!

 

[Munson]

I've seen a couple of FRP and they are amazing, but personally I view them more as coupe than a hatchback. I realise that is technically inaccurate but meh.

PS. dk saw a few on his way to work this morning.

 

[MikeLYR27]

Nimbus HAS to be an R27 to look good imo. Does look nice in the sun, still prefer other colors tho. Simo looks very good with photoshop lol

 

[Gally]

It's not, it is a coupe not a hatchback. You were right.

It's also a 2+2.

 

[Munson]

FRP aside, I was properly enthused by this Nimbus today. They are a stunning hatch. Snap more necks than dk's rolling no-more-nails advert. Extreme.

 

[seb]

Standard ftw. Only option was nimbus back in 2006

R27 is too fussy with the graphics IMO. Original, pure, clean... Virginal...

 

[197-F1]

I think the darker anthracite wheels and red calipers look better against the nimbus on the R27 though IMO. I agree about the stickers though...I'm not a big sticker fan. I only have front & rear ones on mine. The sides aren't too bad, but the roof one makes me feel ill!

 

[Cookson]

Standard = CACKA

R27 = ULTIMA p**n

Now, here's a thought............. anyone repainted a 1*2 in nimbus? They have a few lines to them, wonder if it would work with black rims too??

PHOTOSHOP REQUIRED

 

[Munson]

Seb, that pic does the 197 no justice. In fact very few pics do. They look so much better IRL

 

[Harpham]

You seem to be forgetting about RB.

 

[Munson]

Out.

 

[197-F1]

Out.

Lmao

Your right, it's difficult to get good shots. I'm out and about later, and will try and get some more taken if I get the chance!

 

[andy_197]

Dunno, in un-cupped form with silver wheels it looks too mundane for me. I also think in the UK its wasted as it looks dull 99% of the time.
White is the heroes choice iirc

white is the only colour to get IMO

 

[theduck]

R27 is too fussy with the graphics IMO.

But the R27 is visually stunning...

 

[Weo]

Go White or go home.

 

[jacko 197]

totally agree with the white, heres mine.

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x460/Jacko197/035.jpg

 

[Naith]

STUNNING car, seriously. although i are sure theres an apprieciation thread on here to them. that forgiegn chaps is stunning, not the RB in scot (thats hot as funk) but the nimbus one in italy iirc.

 

[subarufreak]

I hope to get one after my 172

I just love it in nimbus!!!

 

[CountryBumpkin.]

If I were to get a 197, a nimbus R27 is the only way i'd go.

 

[Daniel]

If I were to get a 197, a nimbus R27 is the only way i'd go.

I seen you on thursday, Hambrook traffic lights. Yellowbelly's old car iirc??

 

[jay-clio182]

I would much rather have a LY 182

 

[JCC]

I knew a boy who owned a Nimbus 197 cup with black Speedlines, stunning looking machine, which he then sold for a blue Corsa VXR.

I no longer speak to him, that's too high a level of stupidity for me to associate with.

 

[Weo]

I knew a boy who owned a Nimbus 197 cup with black Speedlines, stunning looking machine, which he then sold for a blue Corsa VXR.

I no longer speak to him, that's too high a level of stupidity for me to associate with.

LOL.

 

[JayR]

Nimbus HAS to be an R27 to look good imo. Does look nice in the sun, still prefer other colors tho. Simo looks very good with photoshop lol

Really? I prefer it with the R27 toys, no stickers and Speedlines personally.

Mines grown on me but i would hardly call it the best looking hatch ever made.