Renault Clio V6 was from a time when the French were going crazy

The French automotive industry is known for its quirks, but there was a time when they were doing hatchbacks like no other. Here is the story of the Renault Clio V6. 

New Delhi: When we think of a hot hatchback, we like to imagine a humble-looking hatchback with a slightly larger-than-stock engine that can zip past traffic, fit in the small parking slots and decently cruise on the highways. That’s not how Renault looked at the hatchback segment in the late 1990s. 

Back in 1998, Renault decided to create a hatchback that broke these norms and to do this, they decided to put a 3.0-litre V6 in the Clio, also known as the Clio V6 RS. The V6 was placed in the rear passenger seat, making it a........

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