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clio v6
d8mok - 6/3/07 at 09:35 AM

has anybody got any idea of how reliable a clio v6 mk1 is?

and what to look at if buying one?

Any ideas what colours they came in?

cheers

nick205 - 6/3/07 at 09:42 AM

I've only seen them in Blue and Silver myself. I see a Silver one around here beign driven by a guy in his 50s quite regularly. Certainly a bit different

DIY Si - 6/3/07 at 09:47 AM

Don't be too surprised if you see a good few with repaired accident damage. Apparently the Mk 1 was quite good at trying to kill you! When I was looking their was very few totally clean ones. Changed my mind in the end though, so never actually ended up driving one.

pathfinder - 6/3/07 at 10:12 AM

I have seen one in Burgundy but silver or blue are the norm, the Renault v6 is a reliable old lump but as mentioned the mk2 is far superior. I looked at the mk1 a while ago but the high insurance and being inferior to the mk2 put me off in the end. Possibly the best looking 10k sports car there is!

mark_mcd - 6/3/07 at 11:58 AM

buy evo magazine 101. the 10k shootout had it included and if i remember rightly they loved it!

andyps - 6/3/07 at 03:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mark_mcd
buy evo magazine 101. the 10k shootout had it included and if i remember rightly they loved it!


Came second only to the new Fiat Panda 100hp - mainly because of its desire to throw you off the road. I think they said that if you were driving the Panda and saw a Clio V6 going the other way and the driver was grinning you would know why, and they would understand if you bought it.

For reliability, it is a Clio with a Laguna engine basically, so no reason why it should be unreliable specifically.

damien - 6/3/07 at 03:23 PM

did read somewhere that they love to oversteer and understeer at the same time as trying to kill you, the mk2 had a much better setup i beleave

[Edited on 6/3/07 by damien]

novacaine - 6/3/07 at 05:31 PM

go for the MK1 Clio williams, much cooler

the clio V6 looks very very good, and they are apparently homicidal, and after looking in the back of one i would assume servicing would cost an absolute fortune, very difficult to get to the engine, much harder than a conventional bonnet so labour costs if things go wrong would also be sky high.

if you get one post some pics up here

Matt