In the early 2000s, the automotive world witnessed a moment of pure, unadulterated madness. While hot hatches were becoming faster, they were still largely sensible, front-wheel-drive city cars with ...

Because of the Ford Focus RS, hot hatchbacks have slowly but steadily adopted fancy all-wheel-drive systems with selectable rear-wheel drive. The Blue Oval had the audacity of calling this feature ...

Whereas the current-generation Renault Clio RS can make the MINI JCW put its money where its mouth is, the Clio V6 Renault Sport of yesteryear soldiers on in our hearts as the ultimate subcompact hot ...

Most of us North Americans probably only witnessed this car in video games. For many, the Renault Sport Clio V6 never actually existed outside of Gran Turismo. I mean, why would a dorky little compact ...

Robert has been an auto enthusiast his entire life. He started working on cars at a young age, learning the basics from his father in the home garage on the weekends. Over the years, he learned as ...

Today, when car enthusiasts think “hot hatch,” we think of a small engine in the front along with the “go” sent to the front wheels, sometimes to all of the wheels. Back in 2001, Renault flipped that ...

About a year ago I was doing research on cars Porsche helped design on a consultancy basis, and I came across the Renault Clio V6 Renault Sport. I've always loved that Clio, but never before had I ...

Hot hatches have never been more exciting than they are now but few modern examples are quite as insane as the Clio V6 was back in the day. Renault introduced the Clio V6 in 2001, and while most ...

Renault suffers from something of a jinx when it comes to introducing Clio V6s. On the first occasion, back in 2000, the launch of the one-make race version was tarnished when the expert racing driver ...

Lyon, France - Imagine a widebody Dodge Neon coupe. Mid-engined. Rear-wheel drive. No longer powered by a humble four-cylinder but by a V-6 borrowed from the 300M. Get the picture? That's essentially ...

Renault has built a name for itself as a manufacturer of great hot hatches and while the current Clio RS has drawn some criticism, mainly for its dual-clutch transmission, it is still a force to be ...

A super rare Renault Sport Clio V6 is up for auction at The Market, and is expected to fetch an exorbitant amount of money once the gavel hits later this June. The car featured is model year 2005 — ...