Affordable sports cars such as the Mazda MX5 are popular and so too are small hatchbacks such as the Ford Fiesta, Renault Clio or Nissan Micra.

Source: https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/compete-in-motorsport-in-your-everyday-road-car-with-mid-derbyshire-motor-club-4335572

And this isn’t to say the Clio was faultless either, but it was what you need in a first car.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1805679/car-expert-renault-clio-first-car-seaside-town

I cannot do his words justice, but the gist of what he talked about was how he explains to new hires at Clio the outsized impact their work can have.

Source: https://www.lawnext.com/2023/03/so-this-happened-and-for-once-i-had-no-words.html

In the early hours of July 5, 2015, John’s Renault Clio plunged down an embankment on the M9 near Stirling.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12537273/I-nightmares-Father-son-dead-car-three-days-crash-reported-police-tells-ongoing-agony.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

On the motivation front, and as previously reported, the Duster takes place of the 1.5 dCi turbodiesel engine available since the original, in favour of three petrol options, one being the mentioned E-Tech hybrid used in the Clio and Captur.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/motoring/renault-affiliate-dacia-officially-unwraps-all-new-generation-duster/