Renault Clio Rally3
Renault's first all-wheel drive rally car, debuting in 2023.
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The Renault Clio Rally3 is a competition car built by Alpine Racing, formerly Renault Sport, to meet the FIA’s Group Rally3 rules. It shares its base with the Renault Clio road model and first appeared in 2023. This all-wheel drive vehicle fills the top spot in Renault’s Clio rally ladder, which already included Rally4 and Rally5 versions, and directly competes with M-Sport’s Ford Fiesta Rally3, the only other Rally3 car available.
Development of the Clio Rally3 was announced in 2022, with testing taking place in France that same year. The car was launched in the second half of 2023 and is allowed to enter the European Rally Championship, the World Rally Championship-3, and its junior category. It received official FIA homologation on 25 April 2023.
In competition, the Clio Rally3 made its World Rally Championship debut at the 2023 Rally Finland, driven by Markus Manninen. Its first appearance for WRC-3 points came at the 2023 Acropolis Rally with Efthimios Halkias. The car’s first win in the WRC-3 category was at the 2024 Rally Latvia, driven by Joosep Ralf Nõgene. Mattéo Chatillon then gave the car its second WRC-3 victory at the 2024 Central European Rally.
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