Renaultsport Clio & 5 GT Turbo race. Who will win? Four generations do battle.

In evo’s second tribute to Best Motoring, the team race four generations of Renault hot hatches at the Rockingham Circuit.
Jethro drives a 1985 5 GT Turbo, Le Mans winner Andy Wallace has a 1992 Clio Cup, Sebring winner Marino Franchitti competes with a 2000 Clio Cup and Dickie Meaden races the latest Clio Cup. Expect tyre smoke, turbo smoke, worn rubber and lots of excuses - but which car claims the overall victory?
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[@davecom3]

Literally laughing out loud at this, was very entertaining to watch. You could replace the massive void left by best motoring and as others have said you could do a whole series of these including second hand cars with less than 150/200/300 hp etc. Too many car channels obsessed with newest and fastest, vast majority cannot afford those cars. We want attainable metal!

[@zm2y611]

The sound of that 92 Clio is just fantastic, might be the best 4 cylinder engine sound

[@laclede1355]

@simon jones The Toyota's 4 inline where not bad too...but yes the sound of the 92 clio si really giving me chills...

[@Dandadadan83]

It was a good soundbut not rs1600/1800 BDA/G, B18c, B16 levels.

[@monoracer_]

@@laclede1355 comment aproved!

[@a.1val8]

I own one from 1992 and is fantastic!

[@ThoR52]

That was genuinely better than anything top gear has made in a long time. Brilliant !

[@kurtrusellpatrickswayze]

Renault hatches three wheeling! This was a godly thing to watch. My love has to go with the GT Turbo, but those MK2 Clios are awesome.

[@dschonsie]

When 12 minutes feel like 5 you know you got entertained properly ; )

[@AntJoseph_]

Definitely!

[@BigAuf_]

I'd love to see a late 80s/early 90s hot hatch track battle. Fiat Uno Turbo, a Fiesta RS Turbo, 205 GTi 1.9, Honda CR-X SiR, Phase 2 Renault 5 GT Turbo, and a mk2 Golf GTi

[@Superf103]

and fiat ritmo abarth 125 or 130TC

[@paulhope3401]

What do you think would win? RS Turbo?

[@fatwalletboy2]

Probably the 5 if driven wwll the lightest car there.

[@paulhope3401]

@@fatwalletboy2 Yeah, could be. The Uno turbo cant be far off the R5 GT Turbo either but I guess you might get a few different results depending on the circuit.

[@lacossanostra]

alfa romeo 33 1.7 16v

[@rippinonap1]

More videos like this how about a race with fast fords? Focus RS, escort and Sierra cossie

[@juredraskovitsch3659]

quite awesome

[@vtctktk]

+Sean Bowman exactly keep the same challenge but use other car brands.

[@DanielCull1337]

+Sean Bowman +1 this

[@craigelder3991]

I agree, fast fords

[@djdfountain]

+Sean Bowman beat me to it RS shoot out or a focus/escort shoot out

[@Zygrene]

This was awesome. More Best Motoring tributes please!

[@boy638]

Wow an EVO vid that don't take itself too seriously. Moarr! And yes like they said, McLaren P1, P1 GTR, F1, and F1 GTR next!

[@Abaddonthedispoiler]

boy638 F1 GTLM instead of the gtr so much better

[@AntonLloves]

Is just me or those oldies but goldies make a gorgeous sound compare with the modern ones

[@audiwankenobi361]

Just like Best Motoring!...but easier to understand.

[@johanneswarn5488]

"It seems that Minnie Mouse has taken over the clio, OOHOHOHO" i laughed so hard at that

[@Deadpool-ODST]

This makes me proud to own a 2002 Clio. I love my Clio.

[@Dynamic3DLtd]

The 5 turbo still has my heart :)

[@DriveBreakFixRepeat]

Love these "Best Motoring" tribute videos, more please!

[@antonmartinslot]

My god what a great team of people you are doing Evo. Best automotive magazine channel out there by miles

[@WindmillStalker]

I love these BM tributes! Good, clean automotive fun coated in a beautiful tribute sauce! As far as the next session goes, McLarens would be neat, yeah, but maybe something more easily doable? I like the 'through the generations' concept, though. BMW M-cars could be cool. E30, E36, E46, etc. Miatas/MX-5's could be cool. GT-R's maybe? R32, R33, R34, GT-R, though possibly the performance differences there aren't as balanced. 911s?

[@Halliday57]

I think 911s next. The commentating from Nick is great.

[@tiagobernardo6807]

This was great. PLEASE do more!

[@AntoniusTyas]

"Minnie Mouse taking over the Clio" Cracked me up

[@SockyNoob]

The early 2000's Clio Cups were the bomb. The new ones just aren't the same.

[@pommesmayo7336]

1992 Clio is my favorite. The 90's are the golden era of automobiles 👍

[@SK8antonio99]

MX5s. All 4 Generations. All Race Cars if possible. That would be mint.

[@iantownsend5480]

They did that on car throttle if you haven't already seen it

[@dumkopf]

+Ian Townsend Are they back to doing actual content and not "top 10s"?

[@SK8antonio99]

+Ian Townsend saw it was pretty good tbf

[@ValentinNadolu]

This is fantastic. Hearing the pros comment about handling and beat the crap out of old race cars is inspirational!

[@benjaminbutton2897]

ha ha great video. I remember when I was younger and the 5 Turbo was the car everybody wanted, a bullet. Amazing to see it so slow here, just shows you how far cars have come

[@ImLeuff]

Awesome video! While I don't support going into full-time car comedy, this was quite a refreshing video from evo. One of the best in quite a long time, thanks

[@300ZCorradoVR6Z]

This was really great, loved it.

[@viperconcept]

BEST MOTORING! Please, restart your show!!!!

[@FortunateLee98]

Hey dude, I sent you an Email, I hope your email address is still operational, because I haven't gotten a response haha

[@viperconcept]

@@FortunateLee98 sorry, what's your address?

[@rorywaylon9719]

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[@muhammadgatlin5174]

@Rory Waylon instablaster :)

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[@emrico]

love this series, the best motoring mini challenge was epic and this is awesome too. keep them coming please

[@coxbright]

Loved this. I remember reading the article in the magazine but so good to see a video of it!

[@soundseeker63]

Compare that 2015 Clio next to the 98-06 shape and its amazing to see how much bigger the current car is. It almost looks like a car from the class above. You could barely class it as a small car anymore. My personal favorite Clio is the Williams with the 150bhp 2.0 engine.

[@atahanozaydin]

Wow! This was great! If the cars were evenly matched, it could be even more fun! We need this kind of battles, just like BMI. Thanks EVO!!!

[@dln.sweeney]

M cars would be fun

[@terry121288firebird]

I really enjoyed this best motoring video style! I still watch old best motoring videos and I think we all can agree that we want more! Awesome job!

[@lexburen5932]

for being an old car, the 5 gt turbo didnt that bad at all. surprisingly!:)

[@lupo0144]

I had a GTT in 1994 as a 24 year old boy! Loved it. You just can't beat a small fast car! I now have a 9 year old Fiesta ST with just over 20,000 on the clock. May sell soon for something small and turbo...

[@TheDrAkira]

I love ALL four cars!!! But the R5 GT Turbo is pure love

[@marcwagner9369]

In the 80s i saw a R 5 Turbo cup at Nürburgring that was awsome . I was 10 years old this time .

[@StirlingMossDrives]

288 gto, f40, f50, ezno, la ferrari

[@Jaayboii-Netskys]

Civic Hatchs EK9 Type R EP3 Type R FN2 Type R FK2 Type R if you had surplus drivers, add the Integras into the race, DC2 and DC5, That would be fun :D. They are like the Renaults, all closely matched (well bar the FK2)

[@dannyoloan]

Hi evo, Do a group B rally battle rs200 vs audi quattro vs lancia delta s4 vs Peugeot 205 T16

[@paulquince5470]

Bit expensive?

[@kelseyjames6502]

All ford hot hatches

[@kelseyjames6502]

Next

[@fread51]

+Kelsey James it's going to me a new ST making 270hp

[@Wok_Agenda]

Rs200

[@shanelee8748]

would have to up it from 12 to 20 minute video..

[@clio2rsminicup]

it is trackers competition cars made in Renault Sport from Renault market sport cars Hot Hatches. It doesn't exist for Ford such official trackers race's version...

[@guycyr3062]

Do a race with all the different STi models!! Like the 01-02, 03-05, 06-07, etc..

[@PeterKibarski]

Look at the temp gauge of the 5 GTT at 9:40 . Guess they really were having overheating problems with those. Still cool as hell. :)

[@actionklestil]

very cool indeed! loved to read the feature - even more enjoying to finally see the video!

[@collyersam]

Perhaps one for a winters day - Audi RS2, B5 RS4, B7 RS4, B8 RS4. All are 4wd estates and have a variety of engine configurations. Keep up the good work, these episodes are great fun to watch.

[@maXXik1337]

I am impressed, they actually have great commentating skills while driving these little machines :)

[@AchrafRa]

That was fun! make it a million of episodes like this!

[@Fenrasulfr]

Would be nice to have seen the Renault Clio V6.

[@IMTHEBIGGESTCUNT]

Yeah, TopGear only did a wet/damp lap too! ☹️

[@sammyjjoo]

That's the Clio Williams!

[@nikb6528]

I loved this episode! And I'm certainly not the only one! We want more!

[@xsduprwd3937]

next, Escort MK1RS1600 - Capri RS3100 - Escort Mk3 RS1600 - Sierra Cosworth 3dr - Sierra sapphire 4wd - Escort Cosworth 4wd.

[@rgolland91]

agree that would be good

[@theant9821]

no, lotus cortina, rs1600 or rs 1800, 3 door Sierra cosworth and or escort cosworth, focus wrc.

[@pgl79]

Got to hand it to that mk1 16v Clio - no turbo, 5 speed manual transmission, no abs, no traction control. What a car!

[@teamtoken]

You guys should invite Keiichi Tsuchiya and the crew from best motoring to the UK and do a few best motoring style reboot videos just like this. It'd be awesome to see their perspectives on modern euro cars

[@ArthurZakaryan23]

+Renaissance Man Man that would be amazing, absolutely love Keiichi and bought as many Best Motoring and Hot Version videos and DVDs I can get my hands on from Japan back in the day, still own many of them. Even though I didn't understand their commentary, the fact that they were having a blast on track made it so enjoyable to watch.

[@AmjadJDM]

Civic battle next, please! EG6, EK9, EP3, FK2

[@B__L]

+AmjadJDM If you're going to include the EK9 why not the FD2?

[@AmjadJDM]

Good shout, I actually forgot about the FD2 as they're quite rare haha

[@distantanomaly9649]

Just go watch Hot Version or best motoring. They have done it.

[@AmjadJDM]

+DankKronix it'd still be cool to see evo have a go

[@freedbeefpontoons]

This is fantastic. More Best Motoring tributes please!

[@scoobirex]

Definitely love these Best Motoring tributes! Can we get more videos like this?

[@connorobrien8066]

this was actually a really fun watch, very fun

[@oscarlainz]

what a great piece EVO!!!

[@opinionated_one8692]

Very entertaining....I had a 5GT Turbo...Wow! Nice show. Everybody is throwing out all the cars they wanna see race which is nice. But I like the fact that these are/were affordable cars (Hot Hatches) That's what made me watch it anyway. More hot hatches please, any makes. Thanx for the video EVO.

[@daniel.forgiven3892]

aaaahhhh fantastic. miss my 172, unbreakable car.

[@rufnek215]

Loved it! I grew up with fast renaults and in the Clio they are a perfect cheap entry into sprints and hillclimbs

[@Piranhamatt]

Owned a 2003 clio cup for over 5 years so im happy they won!

[@clio2rsminicup]

Nice idea ! Bravo and Thanks for this wonderful video ! (y)

[@blackjacket_]

exactly this best motoring idea is something what we all were missing

[@magla3oon]

Would like to see a race between the BMW M3 generations!

[@ThaDutchDK1989]

One off the best evo video's ever. Thanks to this i want to hold my 172 longer and make it like this. Do next 1990 dtm or 1990 btcc cars or maxi kit cars

[@shottingham]

Solid proof that the 172 Cup is the last true hot-hatch.

[@jamiewilkinsracing]

Love this. More please! A solution to sand-bagging in qualifying could be to qualify each other's cars.

[@taxkourel]

Brilliant! Consider doing a drag race at the beginning so we can appreciate how much difference there is in straight-line performance too!

[@a.1val8]

Nice video! Thanks for made it! I have a sixteen valve

[@zacharyp10]

I dont know why, but this video made me so happy!

[@raimondtutu3248]

Clio 182 was superb, one of the best hot hatch ever. I miss the 197 in this video though

[@BarneyWobba]

I've had three of these cars, and out of them the R5GTT Raider was the most fun, and yea I have a Williams as well, and two 1.8 16v's.

[@dhurjatimishra1230]

NEXT RACE "MUST" be between McLaren F1 GTR V/S P1 GTR. PLEASE EVO Will YOU?!! I bet YOU will.

[@chairmanmao3885]

Please make more of these hot version tributes!!!!!!!!!!

[@tuononno92]

This was both hilarious and informative. These Best Motoring videos are a great idea!

[@NForce211]

Awesome video. Great concept, would love to see some others

[@Eliano55]

YOU SHOULD DO THESE MORE OFTEN!

[@catjudo1]

This race should be re-run, but for a giggle throw in a rally car and a NASCAR Cup car too! I wish some of the NASCAR Cup drivers and Euro series drivers would run an exhibition race on the Rockingham oval; even if they all ran the less powerful Euro series cars, it would be fun to watch.

[@Nemoticon]

I REALLY want that Renault 5 GT Turbo!!! It easily sounded the best too.

[@krisg.4257]

Would like to see a track battle with the M3 generations (E30, E36, E46, E90). Which Bimmer will be the fastest? Interesting to notice that we have four-pot, six-pots and V8 engines in question.

[@aeiouxs]

Great fun video guys - more related-car races please! :D

[@alterglobo]

Great Idea but IT MISSES THE BEST CLIO GENERATION (2006-2012)

[@EvanMoon]

Here in the US I don't get to hear these great accents, especial the gentleman who reminds me of Colin McCrae. Great vid, thanks so much

[@Autoshowtelevision]

Great video guys! Interesting to see cars from different times racing each other and how technology has advanced. Do Porsche 911 race cars next

[@miguelangelhernandez2633]

just brilliant, more like this please

[@garymarcks]

Great video,put a bigger turbo on the r5gtt and add the boost control in the car,then see if the others can keep up with that 1.4 push rod engine. 👍

[@Bazgti250]

Until it over heated and blew itself up 🤣

[@HMVEE]

BEST MOTORING FLASHBACK!! Thumbs up!

[@MrAndersie91]

Why was the Clio RS197/RS200 not included? Was it not good enough or too good?

[@markgarner4655]

+MrAndersie91 too noisy

[@MrAndersie91]

+Mark Garner Too Noisy?! Would never of thought the RS197/RS200 as too noisy

[@markgarner4655]

+MrAndersie91 its not a 197/200. Its a race x85, pretty much straight thru exhaust, no silencer at all under the diffuser.... Has tipped the noise meter at nearly 105db. This day was a 98db day, iirc, the 5 was very noisy though....

[@mcdril5076]

Next mini-battle should be Porsche turbos generations... I would love that!

[@locohombre79]

A race between the different Radical models would be pretty epic...

[@jonathanclarkewater]

Nice to see them all finish without braking down. Very surprising.

[@robbs808]

Yep would be great to see all 5 M3's 👍🏻

[@NafaratMiyaMiya]

LoooooooL I was laughing my ass off watching this ... reminds me of me and my buddies going go karting! Bravo EVO and some hilarious commentary to go with it all ... When will you guys get your own TV Show? surely you guys can do a better job than the new-old Top Gear with Chris Evans and the army of ppl they have... Can we have this as a regular part of the channel like the Mini's and Best Motoring throwback... Thanks for the great Video!

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΤσώτσος]

one of the best videow about renaults out there well done guys .damn i love the 5 gt turbo so much

[@NirHason]

Great video! really enjoyed watching it

[@GranDaddo]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for such fantastic video!

[@a.t.8297]

Nice comparison 😊 Great cars!!! All of them.

[@redrum2204]

That was great! More like this. Definitely P1vsF1.

[@woaichowmein]

This is awesome. MOAR!

[@lifeinsatiable]

Epic video. Loved my 182 and also fond memories of my parents old gt turbo :-)