This Renault Clio Sportive is 40 times rarer than Williams but much cheaper

In January 2000, the second generation Renault Clio increases the tone with the Renault Sport version which then took over from the Clio 1 16 Vairy and Williams. In 2001, the bomba abandoned her frog’s boil that she swaps against a more sharp, more serious face, a more Germanic formal register in short and more qualitative than we find on board in the form of unprecedented furniture. The diamond brand broke its piggy bank with this large restyling. We did not know it yet at the time, but the second version of the city car which “has everything of a big” will last long, the pleasure testifies to its five successive restylages allowing it to stay in the catalog in Latin America until 2016, as for this time, in Europe, the Clio IV was in concession. But beyond the longevity we are interested in the exclusivity of the Clio II and in particular its sports variant badged Renault Sport.

A clio signed Ragnotti

In 2002, the Clio RS Ragnotti appeared at only 300 units in the Alpine factory in Dieppe (76) in order to approve the model in Rally Group N. The signing of the Jean Ragnotti driver emeritus appears in the glove box. Originally, this more sharp variant had to simply be named Renault Clio RS Light, but a pilot name, one of the most faithful to the diamond in addition it is more speaking. Especially since before the Clio, the Renault Supercinq GT Turbo was also entitled to an exclusive version called Alain ear, which was driving at the time in rally the turbine bomb.

60 kg less!

The Renault Clio 2 Ragnotti is distinguished by numerous technical and aesthetic modifications with regard to a Clio 2 RS. Starting with the absence of ABS so that braking is adapted to competition. The emergency wheel has disappeared from its accommodation, two anti -punctures bombs are provided, the rear ice towel is absent subscribers as well as air conditioning and xenon headlights. In detail, the side windows are thinner, the soundproofing coatings are less and the cardanals no longer have a landing so that, on the scale, the reduction reaches 60 kg. Enough to make even more demonstrative but also noisier the atmospheric 2.0 liter engine of 172 hp. The power has not been changed.

Blue for the Ragnotti, gray for the PS2

The Renault Clio 2 RS Ragnotti shell has a specific metallic blue shade baptized world (a variant called PS2 as the game console was deliverable in gray) and the chassis is fitted with 16 -inch Turini Speedline rims whose offset is more important than that of standard RS precisely 2 cm at the front and 1 cm at the rear. From a cosmetic point of view, the wings are much better filled. The suspensions are also specific with a lowering of 3 mm almost imperceptible but effective especially because it is coupled with a specific blade affixed under the front shield.

The dashboard benefits from blue facings at the horizontal banner, on the lower branch of the steering wheel as well as at the instrumentation level. The seats receive a fabric upholstery instead of a leather/alcantara mix for some RS. New, the Clio RS Jean Ragnotti was billed € 19,500, when the Clio RS Standard then appeared at € 21,650.

What price today for a Clio 2 RS Ragnotti?

Despite its rarity, the Renault Clio Ragnotti does not reach the summits of the Clio Williams on the market according to the mileage, the copies appear between 11,000 and 23,900 € in France. Conversion made, a copy in Switzerland is offered at € 25,000 with 203,000 km on the clock. A model from Belgium without technical control is offered at € 7,900 but it has more than 330,000 km in the legs.