Renault Sport Clio V6 | 12 Days of Driftmas - Day 4

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DRIVETRIBE's Editor-at-Large Jethro Bovingdon takes on his toughest challenge yet: trying to drift Renault's mad mid-engined Clio.
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[@FAT8893]

It's a shame that Renault decided not to do a brand new Clio V6 anymore. :'(

[@Eidrian111]

Farhan Ahmad Tajuddin I believe it's a good thing, these generations price is skyrocketing and if they did a new one be sure the would have put a stupid automatic gearbox on it.

[@Mladjasmilic]

RUclips: Swingo

[@andreasbeaufort3594]

But he still managed to drift. And it's a Clio V6. Jethro is an utter monster!

[@Kaisuke971]

I see that the reputation of this car lives on then, very hard to control

[@Skullbrothers]

This version is the best though. It helps that Porsche helped them build it.

[@philipcooper8297]

Every MR car is hard to control.

[@TheBobes]

A mid-engined car with short wheelbase, only thing that could make it worse for drifting at that point is AWD lol. Good effort tho, love this car. Reminds me of the good old times. :)

[@Eidrian111]

Style 6/10???? You mad????

[@Yautah]

I agree with everything they say. It's about the style of the drift. It's not very good because of the poor steering lock the car can't be thrown around, it has to stay more or less aligned with the direction of the drift, so it doesn't look as good.
Love the car tho.

[@karl3392]

11/10, just beautiful

[@avishardutta2578]

I need a longer version of that intro beat.

[@cibimbox9195]

it's so difficult to drift cuz it has very little steer angle.

[@immmelting]

Also short wheelbase does not help things.

[@cibimbox9195]

Didn't mentioned cuz people drifts miatas with similar wheel base but yes it doesn't help at all :)

[@longtailgt]

And also mid engine

[@immmelting]

Yes,...definitely.

[@SantiagoUrquijo92]

Just set a biturbo iti..

[@ozm8642]

One more year until I can import mine. Can't wait

[@ChrisMokkel]

So Austin, did you get it yet?

[@googlemenoww]

how it's going?

[@macto2312]

que bueno que sos hermano, me suscribo por el clio al sopi

[@mrpayne508fr8]

Thank you :D

[@ilketama5982]

if you give 10/10 for difficulty to drift this car you have to give impossible/10 to lincoln

[@p1fly]

ilke tama shut the fuck up

[@QBIX04]

That's not a drift, that's powerslide...

[@Duskconqueror]

Oh you cheater, try the Phase I 😜

[@viligamesbg6971]

What is the difference between them all i know is Phase I is worse than Phase II but is the difference between the handling or something
Phase I is FWD? Just guessing

[@gianlucaantoniocamilleri1966]

@@viligamesbg6971 The chassis balance was different in the Phase 1. Its much more difficuilt to drive because one has to remember that this road car was developped from its track car version, not vice versa (as usual). Now, due to having that 3.0L lump behind the front seats, the center of gravity is there. Though one has to also remember, that the chassis is simply a normal Clio RS 172 modified to be mid-engined. So, what did the mad guys at Renault Sport do? Removed the 2.0L 16V from the front, and threw a plastic cover instead. This made this monster suffer from understeer, especially the Phase 1. Nicknamed the widow-maker, it didn't allow for a slight error whilst grabbing it by the horns. When the Phase 2 arrived, RS reviewed this. This time, Porsche stepped in to help. The chassis was balanced a bit better. Though, this couldn't let anyone relax, as the car remained one hell of a thing to handle, just like its predecessor, and its daddy, the R5 Turbo 2 Maxi.

[@kebabcek]

@@gianlucaantoniocamilleri1966 Porsche? It was TWR form Sweden mate.

[@melconify]

​@@kebabcek TWR fabricated the (street version) of the phase 1. The phase 2 was indeed refined with help from Porsche. Gianluca exaggerates a little bit. Yes the handling of the phase 1 was difficult especially in the wet. However these cars had insane amounts of grip, so if you arrive at the point where it snaps you were already driving at ridiculous high cornering speeds far beyond what's a legal speed on the road. So in short, you can enjoy these cars - both phase 1 and 2 - very well as long as your not driving on the edge. And to be fair, these drive more like a GT than a true sports car. You can make long road trips in them without any issue or discomfort. The engine noise right behind your back is what's most addictive about them. You just keep flooring it, slowing down and start over all again :-). (I unfortunately don't own one but do have driven many km's in them).

[@kebabcek]

@@melconify Way my research says Porsche tuned the engine, other suspension and chassis stuff was "stolen" ideas from Porsche. Not my first hand info, I just read about them.

[@BondanHeru]

Same as you try to drift toyota mr2

[@sircampos94]

counter stir then over stir

[@anapaulaniza6494]

This is a FF car,right?

[@andersgammelsrd1815]

MR

[@ABDZD]

anybody know the name of the music used?
don't tell me its darude

[@MegaAsdf2]

its darude

BDRNHO o f

[@lokopixo2338]

its sandstorm

[@trevgev]

Sadude - Randstorm

[@mufflejoy]

So don't drift it.