RENAULT CLIO "WILLIAMS" - SOLIDO

No. 1531.

Renault Clio "Williams" (1993).

Escala 1/43.

Serie Today.

Solido.

Made in France.

Año 2002.

 

Incluye Folleto de la Colección de Miniaturas de Solido a escala 1:43 del año 2002. / It includes Solido 1:43 scale Miniatures Collection 2002 Brochure.

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Renault Clio

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

"The Renault Clio is a supermini car, produced by the French automobile manufacturer Renault.

It was launched in 1990, and was in its fourth generation in 2012.

The Clio has had substantial critical and commercial success, being consistently one of Europe's top-selling cars since its launch, and it is largely credited with restoring Renault's reputation and stature after a difficult second half of the 1980s.

The Clio is one of only two cars, the other being the Volkswagen Golf, to have been voted European Car of the Year twice, in 1991 and 2006."

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- CLIO I (1990–1998)

 

"The Clio was introduced at the Paris Motor Show in June 1990 and sales in France and the rest of the continent began then, although sales in Britain did not begin until March 1991. The Clio largely replaced the aging Renault 5 Mk2 (which continued to be built in lower volumes until 1996 in Slovenia as a budget alternative).

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Clio I

 

Also called

Renault Lutecia (Japan)

 

Production

1990–1998 (France)

1996–2001 (Colombia)

 

Assembly

Flins, France

Bursa, Turkey (Oyak-Renault)

Córdoba, Argentina (Renault Argentina)

Envigado, Colombia (SOFASA)

Haren-Vilvoorde, Belgium (RIB)

 

 

Clio Williams

 

"In 1993, Renault launched the Clio Williams as a limited edition of 3,800 cars (1,300 more than they needed for homologation purposes) with each car bearing a numbered plaque on the dash. These sold out so quickly that Renault ended up building 1,600 more.

 

After the first series, due to the demand, Renault built the Williams 2 and 3, with more than 12,000 eventually being built. But because a lot of new road cars were directly converted to race cars and when damaged replaced with another converted road car, the actual number of road cars is significantly lower.

 

The car was named after the then Renault-powered Formula One team WilliamsF1, though Williams had nothing to do with the design or engineering of this Clio.

The modifications to the Clio 16S on which it was based were the work of Renault Sport, Renault's motorsport division. Nevertheless, this car had a Formula One link by being the sport's Safety Car in 1996.

 

The 2.0 L 16-valve straight-4 engine rated at 147 PS (108 kW) and a top speed of 215 km/h (134 mph) with performance-tuned ride and handling. Renault later released the Williams 2 and Williams 3 special editions, much to the chagrin of those owners who had been assured of the exclusivity of the "original" Williams."

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- CLIO II (1998–2005)

 

- CLIO III (2005–2012)

 

- Clio IV (2012–present)

 

 

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Clio

 

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