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Renault’s Clio III Selected as European Car of the Year
14 November 2005
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Renault’s new Clio III has been named European Car of the Year by a jury of 58 motoring journalists from 22 European countries. Clio III scored 256 points, ahead of the VW Passat (251 points) and the Alfa Romeo 159 (212 points). A total of 28 new models were in the running for the Car of the Year 2006 award.
This third-generation version of the car offers three powertrains: 1.2- and 1.4-liter gasoline engines, and a 1.5 liter diesel. Configured with the diesel, the Clio III offers fuel consumption of 4.4 liters /100km (53.5 mpg US) combined, and CO2 emissions of 117 g/km. (Earlier post.)
In 2004, the Clio was the second best-selling B-class car in Europe with a total of 373,738 registrations and a 2.57% share of the total auto market. Up to the end of December 2004, Renault had produced 4.5 million Clio IIs worldwide since the introduction of the second-generation car in 1998, and a total of 8,535,280 units since the launch of the first-generation in 1991.
Clio III went on sale across Europe in mid-October.
November 14, 2005 in Diesel, Europe, Fuel Efficiency | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by: Jerry | November 15, 2005 at 12:56 PM
One of the features of this car is that it comes with a wick so that rioters can set it on fire more easily.
Posted by: Robert Schwartz | November 15, 2005 at 02:53 PM
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We rented a Cleo on a business trip to the south of France about 7 years ago. Great little car, lots of pep, and good handling.
That was the only time we rented a car in Europe, all other trips have used the fabulous train system.
-Jerry
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