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Renault Clio Maxi #17 J. Ragnotti / G. Thimonier Tour de Corse 1995 Otto 1:12

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Renault Clio Maxi #17 J. Ragnotti / G. Thimonier Tour de Corse 1995 Otto 1:12 G090 Resin
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Otto's 1:12 resin Renault Clio Maxi reproduces car #17, driven by Jean Ragnotti and co-driver Gilles Thimonier at the 1995 Tour de Corse rally. Ragnotti remains one of Renault's most celebrated rally drivers, and the Maxi kit car formula extracted serious performance from the compact Clio platform. The larger 1:12 scale allows genuinely close inspection of the rally-specification bodywork, ideal for a WRC classic display.
Renault Clio Maxi #17 J. Ragnotti / G. Thimonier Tour de Corse 1995 Otto 1:12
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Specifications
Car Brand
Renault
Model Manufacturer
Otto
Scale
1:12
Material
Resin
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
G090
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About the Renault Clio Maxi #17 J. Ragnotti / G. Thimonier Tour de Corse 1995 Otto 1:12

TL;DR: Otto's 1:12 resin Renault Clio Maxi reproduces #17, Jean Ragnotti and Gilles Thimonier's entry at the 1995 Tour de Corse. The Maxi kit car formula pushed the compact Clio's performance well beyond its road-going specification. At 1:12, this resin piece offers genuinely close inspection detail for a rally collection.

Jean Ragnotti built a career defined by exactly this kind of small, quick French rally car, and the Clio Maxi carried that reputation into the 1990s. Otto's 1:12 resin captures the Tour de Corse entry in unusually close detail.

Ragnotti and the Maxi Kit Car Formula

The Maxi regulations allowed manufacturers to widen bodywork and extract considerably more performance from a production hatchback than standard Group A rules permitted, and Renault applied that formula to the Clio with genuine commitment, producing a rally car far removed mechanically from anything sold in a showroom despite the familiar silhouette. Jean Ragnotti had already built a formidable reputation driving Renault's rally programme for over a decade by the time of this 1995 Tour de Corse entry, and his pairing with co-driver Gilles Thimonier represented Renault's continued investment in French rallying talent even as manufacturer-backed World Rally Championship competition increasingly shifted toward four-wheel-drive turbocharged machinery elsewhere in the field. Tour de Corse, run entirely on demanding tarmac mountain roads across Corsica, rewarded exactly the kind of precise, committed driving Ragnotti was known for throughout his career, and the widened Clio Maxi's chassis balance suited those conditions particularly well.

1:12 Scale for Genuinely Close Inspection

Otto's decision to produce this subject at 1:12 rather than the more common 1:18 or 1:43 gives the model considerably larger dimensions, and that extra size translates into genuinely close-up detail on the widened arches, roll cage visible through the windows, and rally-specification lighting pods mounted across the front bumper. The sealed resin construction handles the Maxi's flared bodywork with sharp, consistent lines, and the #17 livery's graphics and sponsor branding are rendered with real precision at this larger scale. This positions the piece toward the specialist end of resin pricing, appropriate for a scale that demands considerably more material and tooling investment than smaller formats.

For a WRC classic collection focused on genuine rally craftsmanship, this larger-format Clio Maxi rewards the kind of close study smaller scales simply cannot support.

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