Incredibly, however, the Renault was left unscarred by the Jeep, saving yet another visit to the body shop.
With the curse behind us â€" touch wood â€" the Clio has been able to share the love in other ways this month.
It’s a favourite at CA HQ: some besotted by its flashy red panel highlights, others enamoured with its keen handling and thrummy and characterful three-cylinder engine, which Dan says has freed up a bit over the past month but not to the same degree as the four-cylinder before it.
So popular has it been that I’ve seen little of it. It’s spent much of its time in the hands of our video editor Christian, with whom it’s proved a reliable camera car capable of keeping up with a Maserati Quattroporte on a Bathurst road trip, and a noble steed for an excursion to the Blue Mountains.
In a big month of kilometres in which the Clio almost doubled its odometer, it achieved fuel consumption of 8.0 litres per 100km at an average speed of 33km/h.
Christian’s a fan of the Clio’s deep boot, which easily swallowed a weekend’s worth of rock climbing and camping gear. He also likes its comfortable ride, which smooths coarse city and country roads and remains composed over sharper-edged road joins and potholes, while the seats get the tick of approval for comfort â€" particularly after sleeping a night reclined in the passenger seat beneath a doona.
A coffee addict like Dan, Christian (below) too complained about the Clio’s tiny cupholders (its cabin stowage options are poor in general, with its glovebox and door bins also smaller than average), pondering whether the French drink only babycinos.
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