Renault Clio hatchback long-term test review
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- Senior road tester Phill Tromans has spent six months with this Renault Clio 1.2-litre TCe 120 Dynamique S Nav. Here are the best and worst things about living with Renault's compact hatchback.
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You went to a Renault dealer to ask about satisfaction with a Renault? Seriously?
Just passed my driving test. Really want this to be my first car.
sooo was it your first??
I Own this car in baby blue, Still need my license 😭
Twas my first car, and I still have it, I love it
@@georgeprice5368 nice which model was it
Good luck getting into it 🤣
Bought my Clio 2 months ago and I am obsessed. Prettiest car on the market. Drive is so comfortable and they are unbelievably economical.
Absolutely great car!
My friend once you closed the with the key you have to open it with the key! When you turn the engine on the system resets and it works again ;)
Yes if you lock the car with the key it disables keyless entry - I do it at night to protect it from theft
@@yeet3748 Thats actually a quiet brilliant idea. I haven't thought about this yet but it great. Thanks
@@yeet3748 Although, being a Renault you don’t need to even worry about theft…..it’s just not going to happen!
Seems a bit like they’re finding problems for the sake of finding problems. I’ve just bought my first Clio and one of the things the salesperson told me was about how the keyless entry doesn’t work if you use the keycard to lock/unlock the car but it resets once you start up the car, surely if you’re reviewing a car you should know that sort of detail 🙄
Well it sometimes doesn't work because your phone is before the card. But it's always better than a traditional key, and you can still use it that way if you want.
Yes exactly. Shit review tbh.
Exactly i was going to say the same thing !
My father bought a Dynamique two years ago. I have NEVER seen him so enamoured with his own car before. He's owned models from quite a number of different brands over the years, from Ford, to Toyota to FIAT. He even used to be a VW Golf devotee, before downsizing a few years ago to a Suzuki Swift... well, since getting the Clio, he has been only too delighted. And I must admit, having taken it for a spin a few times, I find it to be a very enjoyable little car to zip around in. Probably the best-looking supermini at the moment too, with those nice lines and haunches. But it needs to have a good trim level so as not to feel too cheap.
I've owned the 0.9 TCe Dynamique Nav S with GT Line look pack for the last two years and have been highly impressed with the car. The engine's overboost function and adaptive ECU mean that if you drive the car fairly briskly all the time, it performs almost like a warm hatch with rapid third gear overtaking in particular. Taking an overall 47 mpg into account I'd happily buy another one when the time comes to replace it.
I have nearly the same car. I also have the wonderful TCe90 but i have a different spec. But fully loaded. Do you have the same Navigation like in the video or the R-Link System which is much better?
Changing keycard battery helps with this stuff, when it starts doing that you know card battery is saying goodbye. Also your 0-60 time is for 90 hp 0,9 tce. As for Media Nav, probably it's not the best now, but still way better then old fashioned radio.
Just like Phill Tromans, I get frustrated when keyless entry doesn't unlock. the car. But as others have said, that's because the previous person used who pened my Clio the keyfob rather than the button on the door. Switch on/off the ignition resets the system.
I agree with nearly everything Phill says about the car - it's a fair review. I've owned my 0.9tce for 16 months from del miles (pre-reg) and it's been 100% reliable and returned an astonishing 53mpg average. (I don't use the car for short journeys and drive with my 'eco' head on). Just returned from a 500mile round trip most of which was motorway - the engine defies it's tiny size.
The only differences I'd pick from Phill's final report:
1: Agree about the infotainment, the Sat Nav isn't the greatest or most intuative but at least it has one of the easiest DAB radios to use.
2: The keyless is one of the best systems bar none. Video refers to pushing the door button on exit? No, you don't you just walk away and the system locks itself. (Unlike VAG's keyless where you do have to physically toch the car to close it). And unlike VAG's systems, Renault's is intelligent enough to know when the keys are inside the car - i.e. you can't accidentally lock the remote inside the car.
3: Cruise control button on centre console? Thats the master 'ON' switch. I set that switch to 'ON' the moment I collected the car from the dealership - I've never had to touch it again in 16months so why it it's location a problem? I simply use the 'SET' or 'Cancel' button on the steering wheel to use cruise control. Again it's one of the easier systems to use.
I'm currently looking to change the Clio for something bigger (we need an estate). I'm really going to miss it, something I thought I'd never say about a French car.
Just spent several weeks on gathering information on budget hatchbacks. In the end it came down to the Peugeot 208, Toyota Yaris and the Renault Clio. I test drove all of them and gathered information through YT. The clio (2017, 120PS) really convinced me with its agility, punch, good suspension, cool design and quiet driving experience. It's sporty, funky, fun and still practical. The Yaris (101PS) seems solid, but somewhat noisy when being pushed beyond 60km/h. The peugeot 208 had a weird auto gear shift that didn't run smoothly at all. It overall just wasn't a pleasant ride. Thumbs up to Renault, they've taken it a step further these years. Love their work!
IPhone connectivity issues are resolved using the latest software update for the MediaNav, it can be done in 10 minutes with a Laptop and usb flash drive using Renaults MediaNav Toolbox software.
The problem with the keyless entry is if you use the button on the card to lock it, you must use the button on the card to unlock it. Not an issue if you are using the car yourself but if its a pull card as mentioned that will be the issue, people using the button to lock it assuming that is how you would do it as that's how we have been locking and unlocking cars for the last 15 years!
Absolutely agree with Anthony Hedge on this review. You simply did not read the manual and got the wrong infotainment system. I owned the pre facelift version with the Tce 120, an automatic and R-Link. I loved it and in 33.000 miles it never failed me once. (because I read that manual)
Sold it in need for a bigger car, Baby Nr. 2 was arriving.
Just bought a clio I love it no complaints from me
Hello, they say its underpowered. Is it the case?
@@MrWhite0303 it's a 66KW with a turbo which makes up in power. It can keep up with a golf gti 2.0 at 120kph when you open the turbo.
Can you guys make a long term review of the Mazda 2 SkyActiv please. Keep up the good work. Greetings from the Netherlands!
Never had an issue with my 1.5 dCi Dynamique S Nav Auto. Sound system has never let me down, always charges my phone quickly, never disconnects. I never have an issue with my keycard either.
is it still okey?
Unfair critic. If you use the keycard to lock the car, the auto feature is deactivated. After you start up the engine it resets and gets enabled again. That lets you choose between auto and manual locking.
I have one as a hire car. I agree with this review. It’s a pretty car (mine is in metallic red/orange and it looks nice) and I quite like the punchy and rorty engine (although my usual car is a BMW 330). Compared against that, the nav system feels a bit cheap - but I have to say I’ve warmed to the Clio. It’s a nice little car, great as family runaround and perfectly capable of a longer run or some fun around the bends. Good little car!
I have one! They are great
I like the subtle mention of the Ff1s podcast
I learnt to drive in this car and absolutely loved it. Sadly it wasn’t the car i got when i passed my test :( but one day
Renault always have put the cruise control switch in odd places. I've always driven Fords, BMWs and VWs, all of those have had cruise control activation on the steering wheel.
My mum isn't loyalist to manufacturers at all so when she had a Renault Laguna a few years back and I'd drive it (which drove absolutely fantastically, strong brakes, perfect steering and grip) I was always searching for the button which was between the steering wheel and door on the dashboard.
She also had their previous generation keyless entry where you walked away and it locked and you just put your hand inside the handle to unlock it. Worked flawlessly.
The only times it didn't work would be when she'd closed the windows/sunroof with the key once she'd gotten out the car which meant she had to use the key to open the car again.
I rented a Clio in Portugal and have to admit that I really liked this small cruiser. Comfortable ripe and very responsive, and quite good on the gas..
I never ever had a problem with my handsfree dooropener. I have the Clio Estate Bose edition. (I'm from the Netherlands, cannot find that version on the UK site).
Good review. One note regarding the charging and iPhone compatibility issue. It's not the car's fault I would suspect but rather the phone's. You do have an iPhone after all. A simple solution would have been a using the aux to connect to your phones audio while using a car charger (plug into the cigarette lighter socket) and that should do the trick.
Acceleration for 1.2 tce 120 - 0-100km/h in 9 sec
the 0.9 TCe90 gets around 12 sec
I have the 1.2 tce 6 speed manual and it's around 9 seconds fo 0-60. The caption is wrong in this video, unless it's a 5 speed in which case it might be correct. However I thought all 1.2tce were 6 speed.
@@alexanderbellingroth 9 sec dude
I'd say a lot of nitpicking here. Cruise control on display is not a bad thing and it's easy to cycle through everything, also what Tashie801 said, you can use keyless always if you don't use key fob. I've been driving almost the exact same Clio as this one for 6 months and never had any problems with keyless.
I've got one too. The blutooth sometimes in the phone gets jammed, or in the car system which blocks the entirse system...and only gets ok after turning of car and turning on again. Sometimes I need to reset to factory settings or reset my phone. Bluetooth isn't certain to work .
The phone calls dialed through phone arent recognized by Car system, yet when dialed in the console its ok.
When locking car, through Keyless mode or button mode, if u have it in your pocket next to a cellphone it wont work, as phone signal interferes with it.
About the FULL LED lights (Car Model, in the Van model, There are no LEDS in the rear) , when completely turned off, the front Minimium Leds are brigher than when are turned on but in this mode, the Plate number wont get Lights. Have travelled in highway only with TUrned off lights which illuminates way further.
if needed, turn completely ON to turn on Medium lights of course.
That's the best car colour in the world!!
Strange, they seem to have downgraded the keyless system, back in the day I had a brand new Clio 3 (Jan 2006) with a keyless system (and my parents had it even before in a 2004 Laguna) and the only thing you had to do was just pull the handle (it had a sensor in the handle cavity) and it just unlocked, no need to press buttons and it worked flawlessly for years, the battery on the cardfob lasted for 3 years.
Passed my test iñ this clio few year back very good hatch
The best car ever made, period. I have done 90 000km in 3 years and it still feels brand new.
Dhameer Govind best car ever made haha , yeah ok 👌 😆
@@Kadaf1?
You don't understand the keyless entry system. If you flick the button to lock it then when you come to it next time it won't allow keyless entry, this can happen sometimes when you put it in your pocket and the button gets pressed by mistake. If you walk away and it locks automatically then when you come back it will alloy keyless entry so unless yours has a fault then like I said your not using it properly Both me and my son have 66 plate clios and never once had a problem. My only real gripe is the stop start system but at least you can switch it off
What does the light button on the key do?
have to say, i dont think this guy knows about cars or about this Clio lol. i've had my Clio since 2015 and not once had a keyless problem with it. As for the cruise control button, again never a problem. it doesnt distract from driving as i know exactly where it is. as for the sat nav... meh, its a bog standard one without and traffic info at all. but its never let me down and always got me where i need to go so i can't really complain too much. all in all i think it's a fantastic car and great to drive as well
I have a 2017 clio and I’ve never had an issue with the keyless entry
Why don't you just use the internal features on the entertainment system? Like come on it's 2018. Use the bluetooth for your music and whats wrong with the standard map on it for navigation?
NOTHING WRONG WITH KEYLESS ENTRY. LEARN HOW TO USE IT CORRECTLY. WHY AM I TYPING IN CAPITAL LETTERS?
That car can lock by its self my sister had one and I am getting one for my starter car!!!!!!!!+
Are you sure it takes a glacial 12.2 seconds to 62 mph ?
Mark StJust You are right mate. I own this car n it takes less than 9.5 secs to accelerate to 62 mph. It is the 0.9 tce version with 90 hp which takes around 12 secs for the century sprint.
A 20 year old golf 1.4 does 40mpg... car manufacturers have done very little to move us away from petrol - except for telling us to buy diesel which has been a massive success...
Geordi La Forge But a 20 yrs old golf 1.4 doesn’t have 120 hp....probably half of that
That's because of the Turbo,.. VW stuck a turbo on the old 1.4 engine and called it a 1.4 TSi. It was an easy way to still produce fast cars and cut production of larger naturally aspirated engines.
The 1.4 TSI has nothing todo with wour cheap old 1.4 engine.
And your 20 year old Golf weights several hundred kilos less has no AC , no Elektro supporters and will kill you in an Accident where you will walk away fine with this Clio.
Also your engine has half the power and not the Nox restrictions we have today. It would be easy to save fuel with no Nox restriktions.
Madza shows this with there new generation of engines up to 30% more Power and simultany safe a lot of gasoline.
what make of phone holder are you using
well does anyone know how long can the diesel engine can last in the clio?
How does the 0.9 stack up against the 1.2?
Your Phone cable is probably faulty, buy i high quality one never a cheap £1 shop one!
Does it come automatic?
Pity to see that Renault still haven't worked out how to do infotainment. I have a 2012 MK3: I love the car in general, but the infotainment has so many flaws.
For one, it freaks out in cold weather. Below 10°C and the GPS signal will intermittently drop, often for days at a time. Below 5°C and the satnav stops even trying, and sometimes the clock disappears. Living in Scotland, that means that the satnav only works properly for approximately 5 months out of the year.
The Bluetooth is so stupidly complicated that I've given up on it. It took me ages to work out how to even find the option to pair a device for a start, and everytime I try to actually do that, it asks me to enter a mysterious code that it thinks my phone is displaying. I've tried with 3 different phones now and not one of them displayed a code. Come to think of it, without an app or text message link, I don't see how it even could make my phone display a message.
And I can't use the AUX connection in its place because Renault somehow managed to f*ck that up too. Instead of it being aux to aux like every other car in existence, Renault have made it AV to aux. Not only does that make finding a spare or replacement difficult, it's also appallingly unreliable. If the cable gets knocked or moved at all during use, it pops and cuts out, and sometimes the audio sounds like it's underwater. The only way to correct this is to jiggle the cable around til it's happy again, but 2 minutes later the same thing will happen once more.
It's a terrible system on the whole, but I can forgive Renault as it is essentially a 15 year old design. But it concerns me that the new system still seems to have many annoying faults of its own. I REALLY hoped they'd have ironed out the Bluetooth connection at least, but apparently not. Having lots of tech in a reasonably priced car is always appealing, but the novelty wears off quickly if it doesn't work!
1.2 tce does 9 sec not 12sec the 0.9 does 12 sec wrong info
0-62 mph is quicker than 12.2 seconds. It's more like 9.8 seconds. I know because I have one and timed it. Having said that mine has a 6 speed gearbox, think this one has a 5 speed gearbox. Also the reviewer seems to be nit picking about the 'faults'.
We had a clio 4 dynamique s media nav 1.5dci it did 71000mi within 3 years it did newquay once germany twice neatherlands more times than i can count scottland three times and more
Question for those with a petrol 0.9 engine Clio:
Do you find yourself stalling a lot with a car with such a small engine? I’m curious because the smallest petrol engine I’ve driven is a 1.4 which I can go without stalling perfectly fine, but I wanted to know if there was a drastic difference between a 1.4 and 0.9
Why would a smaller engine make you stall? My passed 2 cars have have 1 litre and 1.2 litre engines and I don’t remember the last time I stalled either of them
BardocksBallSack I’ve the 0.90. Just reached 1400 miles in it in two months. Never stalled car. Was concerned about the motorway driving but I was very pleasantly surprised at how well it reached 70mph and how it behaved. Couple days ago I done a 640 mile round trip through towns country lanes and motorways. Car behaved perfectly. I’d be happy to recommend it to a novice or accomplished driver
I bought 2and hand clio 2017 any advice. it has been drove 130k. advice me please I want to drive the car for at least 2 years,
1:19 does*
I'm gonna check out a second hand clio tomorrow, gonna be my first car if it is clean.
How was it?
@@Life-ff7wu it was amazing, I ended up buying it actually. And a month ago I traded my 2014 Clio 4 with a new 2022 Clio 5 from the dealership. It was a great first car and I sold it with 45,000 kms on it.
@@charackthe great to hear that! Safe travels😊
@@Life-ff7wu Thank you very much!
I love Renault!
Clio car is which country launched
Own this car, but 0.9l model.
The car won't let you unlock the door by just pressing the button on the handle if you used the button on the remote to lock it.
Sometimes, you need to press it once, wait a bit, pull the handle, and then press the button for it to work.
I call it a quirk, but I do love the car, perfect for most situations.
Mistake in "0-62" it is not 12.2 sec , just 9 sec 😊
to the one who is editing your videos.. omg this music is ANNOYING, loud, unnecessary!
Why use your phone when u have a satnav built in
Get him dear.
I am full like it
£18,000 for a Clio!!!!
12 sec to 100 ? u mean 9.4
Anyone who has an iPhone car verify those problems? For me connectivity is a must
Even BMW and Mercedes have Problems with Iphones because this is the Phones Problem not the Car Manifactureres because the lack of specified drivers BUT my Media NAv once correclty connected with my old Iphone 4s made not realy Problemes Charging was no Problem and Playing Music also not.
Today i Prefer an Little USB stick in my Media Nav and i charge my phone with an 12V charger.
Mostly because bluethoot is not that good with Soundquality
Get an Samsung then your phone won't die so quick? 🤣🤣🤣
Same as my experience owning a Citroen - small annoyances become one big annoyance, meaning I got rid of the car quickly. Now reluctant to buy a French car
Go ahead and stick to Renault if you going for a French...i have used 4 Renault since 2004 and they were all great to live with...
Keyless works fine dude. stop lock ur car with the KEY its a safety feature, it will work 100 % u just use door bottom or walk away it auto locks ;). 2de use the 12v port + usb and ur fine ;). 3de Dont use shit appel garbage. and go android. and 4de QQ problems
0-60 mph is 9 sec not 12 its not a 0.9.....
The exterior design of this car is more than amazing!! But from the inside it looks cheap as hell! Seriously Renault? Is that the best you could come up with? Look at how the interior of the Kia Rio looks and change this mess! Especially if you price your cars as high as Volkswagen's.
Conclussion sell your Iphone and buy an Androit because i have no Problems with my Huawei P9 and the Media Nav. This is nothing new and even BMW and Mercedes have problems with Iphones.
David Mertes skoda audi and vw don’t...
What a load of old twaddle!
And nobody in their right mind would ditch an iPhone for some clonky, overly complicated Samsung thing!
@@jmw0368 Oh we got a Fanboy that does not understand that Android runs on many Brands
12.2 sec for 0-62??? seriously? Guys, before you upload videos such as this please do the appropriate investigation first. This figure is for the 1.5 dci model....
Renault need to step up with the tech i see....Also the keyless system problems is surprising to me since i had a 2010 swift and never once had a single tiny problem ever with it....i know i stretched this out but srsly never...and to see this in a 2017 car surprises me.
There isn't "A keyless system problem". There is a biased, ridiculous and more important - unprepared so called, "reviewer". Shame.
You can do it either one way or another. I call it an OPTION. Meaning , you can disallow the keyless entry and the auto lock when you walk away. May be you don't want to use the conventional way? Fine! Nobody forces you to. You'll call it 'stupid' ? Call it whatever you want! But stating: "Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't and in 10 min later it works abs fine ...." is ridiculous. Again, shame!
It's french. That's why. Never buy a French car. Owned a 2002 1.5dci clio and its crankbearingsgaave out so I was soooo stupid and bought a Dacia with a 1.0L Twingo engine in it. Jerkly acceleration and strange metallic sound coing from it. Going to trade it in a for a brand new 1.4 Corsa E. Fuck French cars.
@@nokobz2624 PSA now own Vauxhall! so i would pass on it.
How Renault could re-entering in the US market ?
Caio Caldas brcause its a crap
Maybe in the past but not now, this not answer my question.
lol you're crap kid
I think that market is already saturated
They could too as they have a controlling share in Nissan (and Infinity) . So they could offer the sport versions of Clio, Megane, Zoe Electric, Talisman, Espace and Koleos. May of the components and platforms are shared so parts/servicing and maintenance know how are already available. Even sharing dealerships could b an option.
wrong information: 0-62 mph = 8.7 seconds.
5000 miles 'long term' are you serious?
gerry whelan compare that to other review videos that have had the product between hours and a week and hush
I CAN TELL YOU WHY YOUR DOORS BUTTON DOES NOT WORK SOMETIMES?
Having to drive a Clio as a replacement vehicle while my Dacia Sandero was serviced I was very disappointed and at least in theory the Clio should be better but not for me. I drive a diesel on my Dacia and the replacement car had the 1.2 petrol engine (did not feel any turbo) and I had to keep digging into the acceleration to keep up with traffic compared to the DCI on my Dacia that feels quicker. Than is the space and the design of the car. Despite having more adjustment on the steering wheel in a Clio actually is useless if you have the wrong height because you cannot reach the pedals unless you move the seat forward enough and when you do it you risk banging your head into the ceiling at the first pot hole or speed bump. The design of the Clio obviously compromised in practicality too much since at the back you will struggle to fit a child seat correctly for a 9 year old. The only things that I found superior in the Clio compared to her cousin (Dacia) were the lighter steering and lighter manual gear box.
Overall .....I could not wait to get my Dacia back.
WhiskyPentruFete Dacia is a old trash Renault
My 1.8L petrol 2016 Toyota is doing 58.2 mpg....
In ur dreams maybe. Even the Prius don.t reach that in mixed conditions.
You can archive this with almost every car, but you will be slow like a snail.
Your review isn't the best. I'm thinking that your just to fussy. Nothing wrong with the locking and unlocking on the doors.
Ahh fix your music audio levels.
So he just didn’t have enough smarts to grasp how the locking system works.
Are they interiors still made out of old egg boxes?
The ONE cheap plastics are there fit and finish is okay but much better than the previous clios
Just use Spotify😁
12.2 seconds 0-62?? Lol that is borderline dangerous.
Faulty Numbers thats for the 90 hp version this one makes it in 9
His rong..its 9 sec
Booooring. Typical problem with cars of today; everybody treats them as a bunch of gadgets with headlamps. Trendy, hype, cool, economic...All i wanna know is; 1. The weight, 2. The handling 3. The acceleration. Period. The rest is for die-hard iPhone fans/haters, not car people...
Igor Brezovic So if a car enthusiast buys a technologically advanced car then they aren't actually a car enthusiast?.. What a terribly ignorant thing to say.
Check out what "retarded" really means. But as I can tell, you don't read much, do you? Having an opinion about something pretty unimportant and being retarded actually isn't a same thing. Now, read this once again slowly and be free to spell...Cheers!
how big is the renault clio trunk
Plenty of punch, he must be kidding with a 0-60 time of 12.2 seconds.
Buy a better phone ........ Lol
i'd give it a solid 4/10 automatic version is horrible and they are about 2 years behind how they set up the car inside. trouble with the wireless phone system, lack of foot space and so much more . DON'T buy this car there are so many better cars you can get.
What an absolute load of old cobblers you are talking!!
My Dodge Challenger T/A 392 HEMI will power through the quarter mile faster than that Clio will go 0-60 MPH. Sorry, but that is not plenty of punch. That is sad. I don't care how much MPG it gets. On American roads it will get you killed, especially trying to get on the freeway.
This version wasn’t built for performance. It’s a European city car. Try the Clio RS against your challenger and see what happens
Ford or VW does better design!
You must be crazy
But not crazy as like you!
you really said Ford does a better design, its okay anyway
Should have gone to specsavers!
this clio is one sexy car dude...i just bought one in black