IF you are looking for the most potent hot hatch in town for the fewest possible dollars, look no further. The Renault Clio Sport is a well-endowed light car with V8-style performance unhampered by the idiosyncrasies of turbocharging, and a chassis that looks after it all very well indeed. The money might seem an awful lot for a car so small, but it's not if you want to cover 400 metres in not much over 15 seconds and have road grip and handling to match. The Renault looks pretty special, too, although its presentation is quite subtle. It also comes with most of what you would expect - climate control, CD stacker, sports seats with leather inserts - but you'd think a $34,000 light car would include cruise control.