The Renault 5 was named Car of the Year at the 2025 What Car? Car of the Year Awards. It was also named Best Small Electric Car while the Renault Clio was ...

The estate seems to be going extinct – the ... and prominent among those is the Clio, and Renault’s willingness to still make them, despite the swing to electric and SUVs.

As a result, the Clio has a front-end design similar to two bigger cars, the Renault Austral and Renault Megane. Like the Austral, it’s available with a 1.6-litre hybrid petrol engine – but ...

This Clio was a big change from the cars that went before - slimmer-hipped, less aggressive-looking and with a 1.6-litre turbo engine, five-door-only body and (gasp!) no manual, just Renault's ...