Heavily Modified Renault Clio III RS Sports Talisman Taillights

The Renault Clio III RS is widely considered one of the hot hatch greats of the ’00s, but there are some owners who won’t settle with the stock power output and visual traits. One of them is Androne Georgian, who took the French supermini close to the 500 hp mark, while significantly altering its exterior design.

Addressing the elephant in the room, the taillights are OEM units, although they come from a different Renault model. Sourcing them from a pre-facelift Renault Talisman is a pretty unconventional move, since the discontinued large sedan has a significantly larger footprint than the three-door supermini. Indeed, the taillights look massive on the Clio, even with the wide bodykit.

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As you can see, visual mods don’t stop there, with a fully redesigned body made of fiberglass. The owner claims that the only part of the car that remains unaltered is the roof – we would also add the doors and the greenhouse to be precise. The custom-made front bumper is inspired by past concept cars from the Renault Sport era including the Zoe E-Sport and the Clio RS 16 with large intakes and cube-shaped DRLs. It is joined by a vented bonnet, even wider front and rear fenders (the stock Clio III RS was already wider than the base Clio), a new rear bumper with a prominent diffuser, quad exhaust pipes, a bespoke tailgate and a large roof spoiler.

The base model for this build was a Clio RS R27 fitted with a naturally aspirated 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine producing 194 hp (145 kW / 197 PS) in stock condition. The owner did some pretty wild stuff with the engine including the addition of a turbo kit, bringing it up to 493 hp (368 kW /500 PS). This is more than double the original power and sounds like too much for a supermini with a front-wheel-drive layout. Thankfully, the brakes have also been upgraded with 343 mm (13.5-inch) discs and Brembo calipers snug under the aftermarket 17-inch wheels.

While most Renault Clio fans will probably think that the owner went too far with the aforementioned modifications, we will acknowledge the time and effort put into this build which has definitely gained a unique status.

We would like to thank Androne Georgian for the photos of his car