Wolfe2x7
The Clio 2.0 16V may be very different, but it is still the same chassis and generation of Clio, no? Separating it due to drivetrain/visual/suspension modifications would call into question many of the other merges.
The chassis may have started life as the same item, but it underwent major modification when adapted for the V6, both front and rear pick-up points were revised and moved. Strengthening was added to the rear to carry the additional weight of the drivetrain.
I have driven both genertaions of Clio V6 and Renaultsport Clio 2.0 16v, they may be from the same generation of Clio and share the same interior, but thats just about all they have in common.
Its not a case of drivetrain/visual/suspension modifications; the entire drivetrain is unique in the Clio range to the V6 (if GT4 had the Renault Laguna V6 it would make more sense to put the Clio V6 with that, as the drivetrain originated in the Laguna), visualy (in the metal) the cars do look very different, as I say they share only 2 body panels with the rest of the Clio range, and 3 with the 2.0 16V (the aluminum bonnet/hood).
The rear suspension is again unique to the V6 and the front units underwent substantial modification to handle the massive change in weight distribution (from approx f60:r40 to f40:r60).
They drive, ride, handle and need to be driven in totaly different ways, the Clio V6 could have been given a different bodyshell and interior and sold as a totally unique model and no-one would have complained. Its Clio bodyshell is as much about marketing as anything else.
Sorry Wolfe, but to put the 2.0 and V6 Clio's together and claim that one is a modification of the other is not correct. By that argument the Lotus Elise and Vauxhall/Opel VX220 range need to go together, after all, the VX220 has a lengthened and widened Elise chassis and was built in the same plant.
Wolfe2x7
I thought the '04 Vanquish was a special DB9...?
Nope, the Vanquish and DB9 are totally different models (with a price difference of over £50k), they sit on completely different platforms. The DB9 is longer (by 45mm) narrower (by 48mm) and lower (by 48mm), its also 165kgs lighter; all very big differences.
I can understand the confusion with the current Aston Martin range, as the family look on all the models is quite similar. However, in the 'metal' the DB9 does look quite different to the Vanquish and is in effect a totally different car.
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Scaff