Renault Clio 182 Trophy | evo DIARIES

evo's Harry Metcalfe takes us for a drive in one of his favourite cars, the hot hatch Renaultsport Clio 182 Trophy. This little red Renault is a true giant-killer, and a true evo favourite...

[jipster]

I miss my 53 Clio 172 Cup. It was the most fun I've ever had on 3 wheels.

[rghanim]

I love Harry's diaries. He can talk about any car with such passion and knowledge that you rarely see in other videos.

[BriMarshie]

Devastated you are leaving Evo, Harry. Your diaries are one of the enduring pleasures of YouTube for me, but best wishes for your new role.

[melvinmartinali]

A few months ago i bought my dream clio man did i fell even more inlove whit the car !!!!

[thecalculator]

I owned a 172, the most fun I've ever had, bought a Golf GTI VI after it but never felt the same buzz. It was like the Clio kept tapping you on the shoulder going "...faster, hit that corner harder..." The GTI (as much as I loved it) felt like a GT compared to the 172. A brilliant car.

[Kamukix]

By a way, he is the greatest. Every time I see he's got a new video diary up, I feel as though I should put on some tea and settle in to enjoy it.

Such an incredible man.

Kei

[kasztan]

I didn't know Throphy version was so different and special. Great little car, and fantastic to see it beside so many supercars !

[AShaw-bdfy]

I am sure the values of these trophies went up a little after this video.

[titaniummechanism]

Ever since I got into cars at a young age, I would always talk to my dad about the newest quickest supercar I just found and he would always say that he'd much rather have a small hothatch than a 600hp rocketship and I didn't get it. Now that I'm older, I do. I'd much rather bang around some backroads in a 205 GTI or a Clio RS than do 300 km/h on the Autobahn in an Audi R8.

[idlejim]

I bought a Trophy in 2009 after the motoring press, especially Evo, absolutely raved about how great they were. And I never regretted it for a second! Thanks Evo for planting the Trophy seed in my mind and for this video, which reminds me how awesome the car (which I have unfortunately since sold) was. Nice one!

[Justin]

Another brilliant video Harry! Thanks.
I had a Clio 182 (not a trophy, unfortunately) from new with 9 miles on the clock and sold it 3yrs later with 120K on the clock. I loved every single mile in that car! :)

[Haze]

That whole era of clio sport is gonna go down in history next to MK1 golf GTIs and Peugeot 205 GTIs imo, don't even need the special editions just a base 172 is sheer brilliance.

[GrotrianSeiler]

Harry is the best storyteller ever. I love his videos. So polished, so much enthusiasm...for whatever he's driving. Much respect. Thanks.

[mavezy]

Amazing! it's a shame no manufacturer makes great raw feeling cars like this any more. Gone are they days of small compact lightweight high revving NA engined cars that are ultra fun and chuckable in the bends. It's a real shame that these type of cars are a dying breed, it all seems to be about large heavy forced induction bhp figure chasing cars these days.

Now i'm not saying that modern cars are bad far from it they are great but from my experience they just aren't as raw or fun as they used to be.

[vazzayzf]

Seems like he has a soft spot for that Clio, even over all those other cars in his collection.. lovely car and agreed it hits a lot of the criteria of what defines a hot hatch. great video. thanks.

[TheSaabClinicUK]

Renault have always been good at small hot hatches. I remember going in a R5 Gordini in the early 80's, and man that thing was really fast. They were 800kg or less. Then out came the R5 Gordini Turbo. Only to be superseded in the late 80's with the R5 Turbo. But like your 182 Trophy, the old plain R5 Gordini was better as it was NA, and just thrived on revs. The good ol days of Hot Hatches !.

[capitan_camote_picante]

Renault Clio TROPHYs were sold in Mexico too, and were sold in French Racing Blue with Gordini stripes.

[NadsGlanzaV]

Just got my second 182, after a few upgrades (bushes, suspension) i am amazed with the sound and power of these little things.. just a fun cheap car!

[warwickstingray]

Unless you have driven a trophy you're not in a position to comment. It's the whole package that counts. There are faster hatches and hatches that can generate more grip and some that may stop better but none that have such a complete driving experience in this class. A true petrolhead will always choose N/A over turbo. The rewards far outweigh the performance deficiency. With the current price of trophys if you value driving fun over impressing people with your wallet or a nice dashboard and enjoy B roads and track days against licence loosing dual carriageway duals it's a no brainer. Lol at the starlet. So many mods to make them even ok as a drivers car.

[mariodanielmonterrubiomonc]

I have my clio 182 in Mexico es called RS team and some years back had an RS 2002, it might be noisy, with not the best plastics and maybe the looks not so radical than others performance cars but driving them are addictive, best clio RS in my opinión as well and the best hot hatch I have ever driven, the smile and excitement it makes you feel is priceless.