RENAULT Clio · Palette 1.9 D · Hatchback · 1997 ‐ 1998

Type of cars Clio, modification of Palette 1.9 D launched manufacture by Renault in 1997 and terminated in 1998. This five-door hatchback has a length of 3.7 meters, weight 1 tons and is destined to sit 5 passengers including the driver.

«Clio Palette 1.9 D» car with a 5-speed manual gear shift is fitted to the front-wheels. This automobile can speed up for 14.8 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 161 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «indirect injection system», which produce a maximum output of 65 horsepower at 4500 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this auto is 43 liters of diesel, thus when intermediate fuel rate is 5.5 l per 100 km, what allows to go nearly 782 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have disks brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have drums brakes and attached to the underframe with help of suspension type «Transverse arms, independent, » and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next size - 165/65TR13.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Renault Clio received the 2 number of stars. Passive and active systems of safety missing on this model auto.