Danza's French clutter - 50 miles and counting...

[jhtrophy]

Talking of Bedford, Autocar took a Focus RS500 (345bhp), Clio 200 and a Megane 250 there a few months back. The Focus was only 3 seconds quicker round the circuit than the Clio (this was a mag feature) and the 250 went 4 seconds faster...


than the Focus!

Source (for those registered): http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/community/forum/Forum_postst72661/Focus-RS500-v-Clio-200-v-Megane-250/Default.aspx

thats werid, those times are all over place! 7 sec is a lot for a track that size

[Sunglasses Ron]

Talking of Bedford, Autocar took a Focus RS500 (345bhp), Clio 200 and a Megane 250 there a few months back. The Focus was only 3 seconds quicker round the circuit than the Clio (this was a mag feature) and the 250 went 4 seconds faster...


than the Focus!

Source (for those registered): http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/community/forum/Forum_postst72661/Focus-RS500-v-Clio-200-v-Megane-250/Default.aspx

I read about this a bit back and i'm still as confussed now as I was then..   I know the Megane is a lot more sure footed around corners than the Focus RS, but 4 seconds faster???    When the standard RS was locking horns with the R26R around all the different circuits it was only 1 second or so slower. Yet the RS500 has 45-50 more bhp and is now 4 seconds slower than the new 250, which I very much doubt is going to be quicker than the R26R round a track.. 
Something doesn't add up IMO and I would like to see another test with the 2 against each other TBH..

[simonp]

Apparently they did the timings on a public track day, which was a bit naughty in itself. Maybe the Megane got the clearest run of the 3?

[JPC]

You can hardly blame them... With a renaultsport monitor, a lap time is just a click away 

[simonp]

They made a vid, but the actual article was only Focus vs Clio, so the meggy isn't in it.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-video/rs500-vs-clio-cup/

[Deako]

As i said on the Clio200.net forum Mike, love it to bits. Cant wait to get mine back from the bodyshop. Nearly 5 weeks and counting now. 

[andrewparker]

As i said on the Clio200.net forum Mike, love it to bits. Cant wait to get mine back from the bodyshop. Nearly 5 weeks and counting now. 

Did you prang it?!

[Deako]

I didnt personally. Some wanker on a Harley Davidson crashed into us.

[mortygttdi]

very nice mike, evo mag had the focus rs and clio 200 on a test track with the clio clung to the back of the focus like a kid on a skate board...the focus is good but defo no track slaaag,

There is a good vid on the evo website.

Darren