Yahoo Autos Scrapyard Gem: 2010 Renault Modus Dynamique
YORK, England — Car shoppers in the United States haven't been able to buy new French cars since the final Renault/Eagle Medallions were sold in 1989, which means I had to go across the Atlantic to find junkyards scrapyards (as they call them here) with plenty of Citroëns, Renaults and Peugeots in stock (though I do find the occasional Mexican-market French machine in the car graveyards of Colorado). From the same U-Pull-It in York, England, that brought us the Peugeot 307 CC awhile back, here's a tiny-yet-spacious tall hatchback that was forcibly retired at age 14.
The Modus was built for the 2005 through 2012 model years, and it was at heart a taller version of the same-generation Renault Clio.
It lived on the same Renault-Nissan platform as the Cube and Juke, which also makes it a cousin to the Leaf.
This one has the 1.6-liter petrol engine, rated at 111 horsepower.
It appears that the four-speed automatic transmission was mandatory with U.K.-market 2010 Moduses equipped with the 1.6 engine; a five-speed manual was standard equipment in cars with the 1.1-liter petrol-burner or the 1.5-liter diesel. The petrol/automatic combination is a rare one for European-market economy cars of this era.
If you wanted a Modus with the eCO² label, you couldn't get the 1.6 engine.
