Automakers like Seat, Opel and Citroën (to name just a few) all offer hot hatches American buyers can only admire from afar. Few of them, however, can hold a candle to Renault.

Cars with this degree of driving purity, this degree of truth to the spirit of the Renault 5 GT Turbo ... Clio 172, a car which lacked the dynamic sparkle of the previous Clio in its hot 16v ...

Excitement because the new Clio 200 Turbo promises increased and more freely ... dominated by those oversize headlights and the giant Renault diamond badge, but there’s no denying it has ...