{"id":630,"date":"2019-05-23T11:39:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T10:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stoneacre.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/05\/23\/rs-best-renaultsport-models\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T13:17:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T13:17:19","slug":"rs-best-renaultsport-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stoneacre.co.uk\/blog\/rs-best-renaultsport-models","title":{"rendered":"R.S. &#8211; The Best of RenaultSport (Infographic)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For anyone who loves a hot hatchback, RenaultSport will be familiar and exciting name in the realm of potent compact cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RenaultSport was unsurprisingly a name born out of motorsport. At the end of 1976, Renault closed down the Alpine competition department at Dieppe to move all racing activities to its Gordini base just outside of Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the two sites soon came to work together, with endeavours in both Formula One and rallying becoming the main focuses. The latter had already seen success with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stoneacre.co.uk\/new-cars\/renault\"><strong><u>Renault<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u2019s Gordini-tuned cars, as well as the Alpine lineage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the road, things didn\u2019t start to kick off until the mid-90s, when the RS Spider arrived on the scene. 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