We have more surprised faces climbing out of our Clios than any other car. They may look related to something you might see at your local supermarket, but there the similarity ends: our Clios are not converted road cars, but designed and built by the Renault sport factory as pure racers from the day they were born.

In the Clio, you'll learn the dark arts of Touring Car driving, just like our friends in the BTCC. Our instructors will teach you to carry huge speeds into corners, destabilise the car on the brakes to turn it in and then power on sooner than seems possible. The Clios may have 'only' 205 bhp from their race-tuned 2 litre motors but when it's transferred to the road through a paddle shift gearbox, slick tyres and racing suspension, it adds up to an apex-to-apex pace you'd simply not credit from a humble, tin-top hatchback. And they are outrageously fun to drive.