Renault thought to make its little Clio more attractive, so the company’s UK division revived the Clio S formula from the beginning of the 90’s and applied it to the new model. I have to say I like how the Clio S turned out.

Exterior cosmetic additions  include the white Clio S trademark 16-inch Polar alloy wheels, a white front bumper insert, white rear spoiler and side mirrors, tinted windows and tailgate and cool racing stripes on the roof and sides of the car.

The white sport theme continues on the inside of the Clio S, with a white central console, white inserts in the dashboard and dials and white “S” stitched into the upholstry. The new Renault Clio S fans have three different engines to choose from: 1.2-liter petrol/75HP, a 1.2-liter turbo /100HP and a 1.5-liter diesel/86HP.

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A new company called Project Better Place is collaborating with Renault to make electric cars more practical. The main problem with these environmental-friendly vehicles is that of recharging, because this takes hours, and their range is considerably shorter than gasoline powered cars.

The new project raised $200 million and is aimed at installing recharging infrastructure in Israel and Denmark, so that the cars will be recharged alike cell phones. The outlets are placed at parking lots throughout the country, in a number of 500,000 in Israel only, and a similar number is slated for Denmark. That is one outlet for every six parking lots.

Project Better Place agreed with Renault to design electric cars with replaceable batteries, so that drivers can easily swap the used ones with already-charged new ones. The range for the new cars using these batteries will be over a hundred miles, which is more than a regular person drives in the daily routine.

The cars will be free of cost, but that is only if the buyers sign a six-year contract that covers the costs of charging the batteries, renting them and replacing them. The subscription resembles the ones for cell phones, but drivers will be charged for the number of miles instead of minutes.

The number of miles will be tracked via a wireless system, so every problem should be solved. The new cars will look like the Renault Z17 City Car pictured above. I wonder what the monthly fee for using one of these will be; after all, the manufacturers have to get the $200 million investment back and make this business profitable.

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Renalult will lunch their stunning Megane Coupe Concept at Geneva Motor Show this summer.

The car’s headlamps will have two rows of main lights and dipped beam lights wich fills the sidelight and daytime running light functions.

The panelled doors feature a separate glazed area and, as they open, the two parts deploy gracefully and elegantly in an independent movement reminiscent of dragonfly wings

When you’ll be inside watching the instrumenation you’ll realise that the Coupe looks more like a plane than like a car.The speedometer displays the speed in analogue form(on the periphery) and also in digital form(in the center).Both feature black metallic backgrounds with white graphics and red backlighting.

All front and rear passengers will benefit from a poftable Samsung P2 audio/video player with touchscreen.An interesting thing is that the new Megane can be locked and unlocked using a Samsung F700 mobile phone.

Megane Coupe Concept features a 2-litre,four cylinder turbocharged engine.The six-speed manual gearbox will deliver the power to the front wheels,reaching 100km/h in 7.2 seconds.