Two decades on, the Clio V6 still seems gloriously bonkers. We discover the truth about its troubled birth – and remind ourselves what it was like to drive -
Though rudimentary, these two mule cars got the nod from Renault Sport, and TWR was tasked with delivering the entire Phase 1 project. It was an enormous challenge and, by all accounts, a logistical nightmare.‘The project was a complete handover to TWR,’ says Marvin, who was working for the British concern at that time. ‘Development, supplier selection, cost management… everything. We then sold the car at a fixed price to Renault. The operational challenges were huge.
I can distinctly remember attending the international press launch. It was a slick affair held in Cap Ferrat, just along the Côte D’Azur from Monte Carlo. We had negotiated a spot on the weekend rotation, so we had an extra day with the car, which we spent charging through the Alps Maritime. It was a bit of a handful through faster corners, but safe enough through tighter hairpins .
It still comes as quite a shock when you open the door and see the almost bog-standard Clio interior. It’s comfortable enough – better with the seat lowering kit fitted to this example – but it always seemed a shame that the V6 didn’t feature a wild interior like that of the R5 Turbo 1.
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