High five Renault, because in July this year 1 567 Renaults found new homes in South Africa, according to the new passenger vehicles sales complied by NAAMSA. The bulk of those sales are made up by the budget beating new Sandero and the rugged Duster SUV (417 and 421). The big surprise though is that Renault sold 425 new Clios IVs in the same period. High five indeed…or should that be high four?
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Having driven the Sandero and Sandero Stepway back-to-back recently (with a Duster on the way soon) and coming away mightily impressed by interior quality, stand spec, the impressive 900cc turbo engine and the overall value for money offering of the new Sandero, I was intrigued as to how the new Clio would stack-up in what is probably one of the hottest contested market segments. A segment dominated by the evergreen and ever crowd favourite – Volkswagen Polo.
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