# Hot hatch - Renault Clio 172

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-hatch-renault-clio-172/174920>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** renault\
**Created:** [February 11, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-hatch-renault-clio-172/174920 "2021-02-11T14:00:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![meghaan1\_172092](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meghaan1_172092/32/23817_2.png) [@meghaan1\_172092](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meghaan1_172092)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-hatch-renault-clio-172/174920/1 "2021-02-11T14:00:48Z")

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For me, this Renault Clio is nostalgic. 20 years ago, my father owned one, and we considered it a very fast powerful car 😃  
Is it enough today? [Renault Clio RS: a cheap hatch that gives supercars a beating | Drivertical](https://drivertical.com/reviews/renault-clio-172-unbeatable-hatch-for-the-money/)  
Maybe somebody has such a car? Share your Renault pictures with me!

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-hatch-renault-clio-172/174920/2 "2021-02-11T14:24:18Z")

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Renault stopped selling cars in The US in **1991** , fully 7 years before that Clio model was introduced, so the chance of the US-based members of this forum having owned one of them is not likely.

Once in a while, a few people from Europe (like you??) or another continent, wander into this North America-based forum, so it is _possible_ that one of those rare visitors will respond, but you almost surely won’t get a response from the 99% US-based forum members.

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**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-hatch-renault-clio-172/174920/3 "2021-02-12T01:42:52Z")

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These are still a few years off from being legal to bring into the US other than as a museum display piece, there’s a museum here in the US that has a Clio Williams among others called the Lane Motor Museum. Harry Metcalfe formerly of EVO Magazine has raved about his Clio 182 though.

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**Author:** ![meghaan1\_172092](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meghaan1_172092/32/23817_2.png) [@meghaan1\_172092](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meghaan1_172092)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 6:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-hatch-renault-clio-172/174920/4 "2021-02-12T06:18:24Z")

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Oh, good point, you are right. That is not the best place for such a discussion. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-hatch-renault-clio-172/174920/5 "2021-02-12T11:28:55Z")

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No need to apologize!  
When newcomers come to this site, they have no way of knowing that 99% of the members live in The US. And, you might not have been aware that Renault left the US marketplace many decades ago.