Backing Up Into a Ferrari California Should Help Fix Your Insurance Rates

When does a simple fender bender turn into an incident worthy of writing a post about? Well, duh, when it concerns a hot Italian supercar, of course.

While filming a dark colored Ferrari California driving with its top down on the busy streets of Cannes in the French Riviera, YouTube user Superlennyo was able to capture a white, older generation Renault Clio hatchback backing up, but not slowing down, until it scrapped the bumper of the Italian hardtop convertible.

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Renault Says Clio Mk3 to Continue to be Sold Alongside the New Model

The launch of the brand-new, fourth generation Clio at last month's Paris Motor Show didn't bring the demise of Renault's third generation supermini in Europe after all.

The French carmaker announced this week that the older model will continue its career in the B-segment under the "Clio Collection" nameplate alongside the Clio Mk4 as a more affordable proposal.

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New Renault Clio IV gets its First Tuning Job, Courtesy of Elia AG

It hasn't even been a month since Renault hosted the world premiere of the fourth generation of the Clio at the Paris Motor Show, yet German firm Elia AG has already come out with a tuning proposition for the French supermini.

Set to be revealed in the flesh at the upcoming the 2012 Essen Motor Show in Germany, which will be open to the public from December 1 to 9, Elia's aftermarket package will include both styling and mechanical upgrades.

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Renault Clio Mercosur is an Old Clio with a New Face and it will Debut at the Sao Paulo Show

Renault has selected the 27th Sao Paulo International Motor Show in Brazil that opens to the public from October 24 to November 4 for the world premiere of its not-so-new, 2013 Clio Mercosur.

For those of you wondering, Mercosur is the name for South America's leading trading bloc that is made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, while other associate members include Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Peru.

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New Renault Clio RS 4 Suits Up for Racing, gets 220hp 1.6L Turbo

Even though it has only been a few weeks since Renault pulled the covers off the new, fourth-generation Clio RS at the Paris Motor Show, the French automaker's UK division has already announced plans for the presentation of a race-prepped model in Britain for the 2014 motor racing season

Renault said it secretly began testing the racecar in early August and has so far covered around 3,500 kilometers (2,175 miles) at a variety of French circuits, where it has proved to be roughly one second per lap faster than the existing normally-aspirated 2.0-litre Clio Cup car.

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Watch a BMW 328i Chase a Renault Clio RS Mk2 Racer on the Nürburgring

Ah, the Nürburgring Nordschleife; the track that most of us gear heads would love to be within a driving distance from our homes but only get to imagine what it would be like to speed through its corners via our gaming stations.

Some lucky individuals have the opportunity to live the Nordschleife in…real life - like the owner of YouTube channel "nurburgdale" who took his lightly upgraded BMW 328i E36 sedan and tackled a race-prepped Renault Clio RS Mk2 driven by Darren Langeveld of Ringweekends and Destination-Nürburgring.

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