The included V5 document shows that this particular Clio 182 Trophy has had a total of eight previous owners, but it’s the last of those Lee Hudson who’s undertaken a comprehensive series of works to bring the car up to what he himself describes as ‘OEM+’.

“I had a Trophy 182 about seven years ago and just loved the car. I’ve owned a lot of cars since then – including a 205 GTI, Honda Integra DC5 and MK5 Golf R32 – but in February of last year fond memories saw me buy another Trophy,” explains Lee.

“I tested a few and without doubt this example, number 119 of 500, drove the best. It had a decent history and had been to Mark Fish Motorsport (well-known on the Renault scene) for a load of work including cam belt, injectors and other bits.”

To say Lee is a perfectionist would be an understatement; his enthusiasm for the car is clear, as is the extreme level of detail he has gone to in ensuring that this is most probably one of the most sorted examples out there. “I probably don’t want to put an exact figure on what I’ve spent. All the invoices are in the car’s history file but it’s around the £10,000 mark.”

You could write a book about the upgrades, OEM equipment and refurbished items that the Trophy has received and indeed our preview listed them in all their glory. We’ll list the big-ticket items here and deal with the minutia in the remaining sections of this listing, below.

Main works include:

• Gearbox rebuild with all new synchros (by Mark Mayfield, aka NorthLoopCup on Cliosport.net)

• New clutch and lightened flywheel

• Front suspension rebuild including brand new Sachs dampers and Eibach Trophy front springs (neither are no longer available but purchased via a group buy on the Clio Trophy forum), Renault wishbones, bolts, inner track rods, Renault track rod ends and Powerflex bushes

• New PMS Cat-back exhaust system with Zircotec Performance white coated Renault 182 exhaust manifold

• ITG Maxogen Carbon Cold Air Intake System with new ITG Air Filter

• MS Custom Engineering powder-coated, ported and gas-flowed intake manifold and throttle body and cambelt and injector covers

• Engine dyno tuned by EFI Tuning to 182bhp and 162.7lb ft torque

• Brakes: Front, Pagid Blue RS-42 pads and Brembo HC (High Carbon) Discs, Remy Calipers with refurbished carriers in matching OEM colour, Hel Braided Hoses; Rear, Pagid OEM spec pads, Renault Rear Discs incl wheel bearings, Pagid o/s rear caliper, Juratek n/s rear caliper, Renault rear spacers and nuts, Hel extended braided hoses (replaces all the flexible rubber hoses) and LPR master cylinder

• New front and rear windscreens

“I’ve had it for a year now and covered around 10,000 miles. It drives really, really well after all the work and is truly intoxicating down a country lane, but if I’m honest I’m in my Forties now and it’s a little red hot hatch that I drive to work… I feel I need something a bit, dare I say it, bigger and more mature.”

There he’s said it and, given all the work Lee’s carried out, it must smart a bit. However his impending move upmarket is an opportunity for someone else to snap up this comprehensively fettled Trophy 182.

The car’s odometer currently reads 102,900 miles.

2005 Renault Sport Clio 182 Trophy

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