New safety
equipment
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Clio, a compact tourer
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More than 6 million Clios have been sold since the model was launched in
June 1990 in France. Its excellent performance put it among the three top-selling
cars in the B segment in Europe in 2000, taking 3% of the European market.
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New Clio, the result of a restyling in 2001, reflects Renault's new visual
identity, launched on Vel Satis, which allows vehicles to be customized (Clio
is available with nine different interior colour schemes) and top-of-the-range
finishings.
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With New Clio comes a remarkable degree of travelling comfort. New features
include a rain sensor hooked up to a light sensor, automatic climate control,
the latest GPS navigation system and Carminat "real-time" navigation. Noise
levels have been reduced thanks to the vehicle's new structure and the vibration
damping windscreen. Also new in the segment is electrically assisted power
steering, which is available as an option.
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New safety equipment gave the car four stars in the Euro NCAP crash tests
in 2000. New Clio can be fitted with EBA, ESP and Xenon headlamps. As for
passive safety, the car is fitted with adaptive front airbags that have
pretensioners and load limiters, pretensioners in the rear seats and three-point
attachments for Isofix child seats.
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Technology also comes to the aid of driving pleasure with the new family
of common-rail turbodiesel engines. The 1.5 dCi unit develops 65bhp and 160Nm
or 80bhp and 185Nm.
 This new generation of engines
combines lower fuel consumption (4.2l/100km), among the lowest levels of
polluting emissions on the market (113g of CO2/km) and reduced
running costs (servicing only every 30,000km). With Clio Symbol,
the four-door version with boot designed in 1999, Renault expanded its range
in response to demand from markets in Turkey, Mercosur, Central Europe and
Russia.
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Renault Online-Press-Service, April
15, 2002
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