What happens when a Renault Clio Renaultsport sheds its interior, gets bespoke suspension and slick tyres? Meet the Renault Clio Cup racer.

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The Renault Clio Renaultsport hot hatch is hardly slow, but it’s no match for the Clio Cup racing car. Its 220bhp might not be a big hike in power, but it weighs around 100kg less thanks to a stripped out interior and light weight exhaust. Not only that, but it has a straight-cut sequential gearbox with lightning fast shifts and short ratios, as well as slicks and, of course, race-tuned suspension. Matt Prior goes head-to-head in the Clios at Silverstone’s Stowe circuit.

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Read Autocar’s Clio Renaultsport review: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/renault/clio-renaultsport
Read full details of the Clio Cup racer: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motorsport/new-renault-clio-cup-racer-2013

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