The Renault Clio Rally3 is a rally car developed and built by

Renault Sport Renault Sport () or Renaultsport, was the motorsport, performance and special vehicles division for Renault-badged cars. Renault Sport was officially established in 1976 as a merger between the Alpine and Gordini competition departments. It wa ...

for the

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regulation Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context. For ...

of the Rally3 category. It is based upon the

Renault Clio The Renault Clio () is a supermini car (B-segment), produced by French automobile manufacturer Renault. It was launched in 1990, and entered its fifth generation in 2019. The Clio has had substantial critical and commercial success, being consis ...

road car and is set to make its debut in 2023.

Development

The Renault Clio Rally3 was revealed in 2022. The car completes the

ladder in relation to the

with its Rally4 and Rally5 variants, and would be

Renault Groupe Renault ( , , , also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A.) is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company produces a range of cars and vans, and in the past has manufactured ...

's first

all-wheel drive An all-wheel drive vehicle (AWD vehicle) is one with a powertrain capable of providing power to all its wheels, whether full-time or on-demand. The most common forms of all-wheel drive are: ;1x1 : All unicycles Reflecting one axle with one w ...

challenger. The car is the straight rival to the

Ford Fiesta Rally3 The Ford Fiesta Rally3 is a rally car developed and built by M-Sport to Group Rally3 regulations for use at tier 3 of the Rally Pyramid. It is based upon the Ford Fiesta road car and debuted in 2021. Competition history The car was debuted by Est ...

M-Sport M-Sport is an auto racing team and motorsport engineering company headquartered at Dovenby Hall near Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. Formed in 1979 by the World Rally Championship driver Malcolm Wilson, and originally known as ...

, which is only available

Rally3 In the motorsport discipline of rallying, Group Rally3 is a formula of rally car specification determined by the FIA for use in its international competitions: the World Rally Championship (WRC) and regional championships. National rallying compe ...

car for competition. During the period when the car is under development, it was testing in France in 2022. The car is set to be launched in the second half of 2023, eligible to compete in both

European Rally Championship The European Rally Championship (officially FIA European Rally Championship) is an rallying, automobile rally competition held annually on the European continent and organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The champions ...

and

World Rally Championship-3 The FIA WRC3 is a support championship of the World Rally Championship. The calendar consists of the same rallies and stages as the parent series and crews usually compete immediately after WRC2 entrants. Entry into WRC3 is limited to cars tha ...

, as well as its junior category.

References

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* All-wheel-drive vehicles Clio Rally3 Rally3 cars {{rally-stub