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.

But when Renault switched from the previous model with its naturally aspirated engine, manual gearbox and three doors to the new Clio RS 200 Turbo with forced induction, dual-clutch transmission ...

What do you do when a rear-mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive French hot hatch just isn’t quirky enough? You give it two extra wheels, that’s what. A French man named Christian de Léotard did just ...

There’s a great deal to admire and enjoy about the diminutive Twingo 133 and the Ring-conquering Mégane 265 Trophy, but for me the mid-sized Clio 200 is the essence of the RS brand’s everyman ...

This is what the purists call what we now know as Clio RS, and I find myself constantly ... less aggressive-looking and with a 1.6-litre turbo engine, five-door-only body and (gasp!) no manual, just ...

This is what the purists call what we now know as Clio RS, and I find myself constantly ... less aggressive-looking and with a 1.6-litre turbo engine, five-door-only body and (gasp!) no manual, just ...