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Renaultsport Clio 200 Cup

22,000 miles in, evo's long term Renaultsport Clio 200 Cup hits the rolling road. How potent? Video here

Renaultsport Clio 200 Cup

I've been running my Renaultsport Clio 200 Cup long termer since September 2009, and in that time it has covered over 22,000 miles. Many of those have been brutal, too, in the hands of road testers in big group tests (including evo Car of the Year) and on trackdays in my spare time, including one at Belgium's tricky Spa circuit. So how much of a toll have those big miles taken? The Clio headed to our local rolling road, LS Power near Turvey, to find out...

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