Posted : 13/03/2009

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Renault is reviving one of its most revered sporting badges: Gordini!

Sitting above the regular models but below the Renault Sport, the Gordini brand will create a new line up of hot hatches with a range of paint schemes, stripes and wheels.

According to the UK's Auto Express, the first model will be the Twingo Gordini, which is scheduled to appear in 2010. This will be followed by hot versions of the Clio, as well as the new Mégane Coupé shown here.

Renault’s senior vice president of global marketing – Stephen Norman – confirmed at the Geneva Motor Show that both Gordini and Gordini S cars are likely.

Power is likely to be provided by new small-capacity TCE turbo engines.

Gordini cars first came to prominence when they raced in Formula One in the Fifties. The firm then worked with Renault, tuning engines and creating fast road cars, including the 8, 12 and – lastly, in the 1980s – the Gordini 5.

Norman suggested that Gordini could be used as the backbone of a new club racing formula.

The decision to revive the brand came after plans for an Alpine comeback were shelved. But Renault has decided to focus on ranges that make financial sense in the current downturn.

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