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Renault Clio II S1600 #2 S. Joseph Jean / J. Boyere Barum Rally 2004 Otto 1:18

Renault Clio II S1600 #2 S. Joseph Jean / J. Boyere Barum Rally 2004 Otto 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Renault
Manufacturer
Otto
Scale
1:18
Material
Resin
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
OT1152
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About the Renault Clio II S1600 #2 S. Joseph Jean / J. Boyere Barum Rally 2004 Otto 1:18

TL;DR: Otto's 1:18 resin reproduces the #2 Renault Clio II S1600 raced by Sylvain Joseph Jean and co-driver Boyere at the 2004 Barum Rally, a Super 1600 class homologation special. Sealed resin construction suits a subject outside the mainstream diecast catalog.

Regional rally rounds like Barum rarely get the diecast attention that World Rally Championship rounds attract, which makes coverage of a specific national-level entry a genuine rarity for collectors of the discipline.

Super 1600 Homologation and the Clio's Rally Career

The Super 1600 category gave manufacturers a route to build purpose-tuned rally versions of their smallest hatchbacks, and Renault's Clio II became one of the class's more competitive entries through the early 2000s. The Barum Rally, run in the Czech Republic, formed part of the wider European rally scene where Super 1600 cars like this Clio built their competition records outside the biggest World Rally Championship headlines. That regional focus is part of what makes this subject interesting: it documents the depth of European rallying below the top-tier factory teams, where privateer and semi-works entries like this #2 car did the real day-to-day competing.

Otto's Resin Coverage of Regional Rally Subjects

A compact rally hatchback's flared arches and roll-cage-influenced proportions suit sealed resin construction well, and Otto's build holds tight, sharp lines around the Clio's wheel arch extensions and front splitter. The rally livery's numbering and sponsor graphics sit cleanly across the body, and the resin construction avoids the panel gaps a diecast opening door would introduce on such compact bodywork. This is precisely the kind of subject mainstream diecast manufacturers pass over in favor of higher-profile World Rally Championship cars, and Otto's willingness to tool a specific regional entry gives European rally collectors access to a genuinely under-documented corner of the sport.

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