Renaultsport.co.uk - 182 gone, hello 197.

[Tim Lennox]

Its fabulous looking. So much more attention to detail than the previous models. Look at the rear diffuser and wheel arch vents - thats real design! No more silly disfunctional roof hatch soilers here!
17 inch alloys, 4 pot brembo brakes with 300+ mm discs and a 6 speed sequential box!
What a spec! )0-62 in 6.9 so assume 60 in approx 6.5ish! Very nice!
Take the time to flic through all the pics on the renaultsport.co.uk webpage! The interior looks very stylish especially the seats and trim details!

 

[Toypop]

Hmm think they have the top speed wrong too.

Inside is nice but I'm afraid its too heavy and doesn't have enough power. I'd rather buy a used CTR.

Perhaps worth waiting for the Cup or Trophy versions.

Personally I will be keeping my 182 and spending the £5k that 197 will lose when you drive it out of the showroom on a new bike. Definitely not worth the cost of upgrading and for those buying for the first time I'm not really sure how it will compare to rivals.

A bit miffed with this whole concept of using a diffuser so that it doesn't need a spoiler. Hello? Does Renault seriously think we paid more for the Cup packs because we wanted more downforce lol. Needs a spoiler for the looks you fools. If you want performance over looks get rid of those stupid large wheels and put some 15's on it.

 

[lewisniven]

im thinking black, with turinis, slightly lowerd, that would the look the tits then.

 

[pecan]

Wow, this thread was certainly dug up from somewhere.

 

[Ian_182]

I like the look of the black one and would like to see some anthracite alloys as an option for it

ian

 

[Dash]

It will sell. It better sell, otherwise we turn into a classic car club.

 

[portland]

I like the six speed box, diffuser looks interesting.

17"s, 200kg more than my Ruby, can't say I'm impressed overall at all.

I'm more concerned about the handling than the grunt. This car does not look nimble. I'll prolly try a test drive at some point, but the biggest concern is the pricing. Rather too near the ST mark I think.

Overall for me: No

 

[Dave H]

So what we're all saying is that once the 197 comes on sale theres gonna be a load of cheap 182's on the market for me to chose from?

 

[Munday]

I like the look of the Blue photoshopped one but apart from that it looks fat and boring.
The performance figures don't even look that good either and its going to weigh 1,240KG unladen!!!!!!

How much is it going to cost?

 

[Panthro]

Its fabulous looking. So much more attention to detail than the previous models. Look at the rear diffuser and wheel arch vents - thats real design! No more silly disfunctional roof hatch soilers here!
17 inch alloys, 4 pot brembo brakes with 300+ mm discs and a 6 speed sequential box!
What a spec! )0-62 in 6.9 so assume 60 in approx 6.5ish! Very nice!
Take the time to flic through all the pics on the renaultsport.co.uk webpage! The interior looks very stylish especially the seats and trim details!

The gearbox isnt sequential.

I prefer the look of the old clio, but Im not going to write this car off because of the looks. I might take a test drive and pretend I am interested!

 

[Stevie]

No thanks - 182 for me any day.

 

[Neil G]

Probably getting too close to RS Megane sector of the market and I'd probably buy one of those instead of the new Clio anyway.