The Clio Rally Car Thread

[massiveCoRbyn]

Bit of a random one, but I was going through some pictures on my One Drive (I didn't even know I had a One Drive until today) and found these pictures on there.

Most folk tend to think of racing when it comes to the Clio, thanks to the Clio Cup no doubt. I always thought that was a bit strange in a way, as the rally Clios were usually more extreme than the race ones, so I'm surprised more people haven't tried to rob bits off them for modified road cars.

Anyway, they look rather good as rally cars I think, so I thought I would create a thread for anyone that likes seeing rally Clios and wants to share pictures of them. Might be a nice distraction from the cold and all the covid misery.

Obviously it would be rude to mention Clio rally cars and not include Jean Ragnotti, who could do pretty obnoxious things with a FWD car:



And some more modern ones, just because:







I'm sure @Nathan Evans and @Twingo 1?? will have more to contribute too.

 

[Twingo 1??]

Not much from me I am afraid! 2 from Mull this year and my old rsi Road rally car.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Poor show. You can post Twingos too if you like 😂 I do love a Clio R3. Would love to have a go in one of those, especially one of the pukka 250bhp ones.

Found quite a few more on my laptop:

Should have tagged @Pauleds too

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

And some more:

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Always liked these two as well. Belonged to a member on here, @EVOgone

Pink one was an ex-Mark Fish cup car:

Don't know if he still has the grey one:

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Last ones:

 

[Twingo 1??]

Second from last picture is Calgary stage on Mull just after the beach. 👍

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Second from last picture is Calgary stage on Mull just after the beach. 👍

That car was (is?) owned by a guy called Rod Brereton. I bought some bits off him several years ago. It ended up with wide arches and other things.

 

[sam55]

Greatest thread ever.

 

[Pauleds]

Havnt actually got that many pics of my old one.
Always hated having to have mudflaps on it.

 

[ian-speedy]

still have my car , has had an engine rebuild at Pure , and now has a new ST75 sadev fitted , needs a little finishing touches and a mapping session

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Havnt actually got that many pics of my old one.
Always hated having to have mudflaps on it.
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The mud flap rule is beyond idiotic. No idea why FWD cars need those stupid things hanging off the back wheels, total waste of time, especially on tarmac.

 

[Twingo 1??]

Spotted this on Monday coming back up north on the a1.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Nice. I want to say that did the Cadwell round of the MSN series, but I might be wrong.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

My mate's 182 rally car:

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Thought I would give this thread a bit more love with a slightly oddball car - a Clio N5. These are built by RMC Motorsport in Spain and use a longitudinally mounted engine that is fitted into a variety of cars:

Not sure about the front bumper, but the arches are quite cool!

 

[JackJack]