Watch The Fierce New Megane RS Trophy-R Carve Up The Nurburgring
Renault Sport’s new Megane flagship has been filmed in testing, and track day enthusiasts might want to pay attention.
The Trophy-R will sit above and the side of the regular Megane Trophy, which we recently tested and found a massive amount of respect for. But while the regular version is a stiff and rapid A-road missile, the R will be the balls-out track day toy.
It’s stripped out with no rear seats, boasts light-alloy wheels and clearly displays gargantuan brakes behind them. Lightweight front seats, racing harnesses and lap-timing equipment are possible. A token increase on the 296bhp of the Trophy is likely, too.
Ever since we learned that Michelin’s sticky Pilot Cup 2 tyre wouldn’t be offered on the Trophy, even as an option, we’ve wondered whether a track-biased Megane was on the cards. The Trophy-R is it, and it more than likely wears the Cups.
In the video, filmed on a day when the new car itself – clearly liveried up as a Trophy-R – was being filmed for Renault, we can see some scenes where the car moves very slowly, and others where it seems to be at full chat. Make your own mind up, but we think it sounds pretty good, and there’s no doubt it’ll be rapid around a circuit. Hot hatch lap record holders everywhere must be getting a bit twitchy.
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Civic Type R: heavy breathing
Fast french Hothatch on the ring?
Dear Renault,
All I want for Christmas is a Renault Megane Trophy race car like the one you guys did with the earlier generation
P.S please make it extra wide
Correction: extra thicc
Also you should wishing for a RS.01 Road Car. That’s i wanting since.
P.P.S please make it for sale in North America too
😍 now watch and learn boys and girls
For a sec I forgot that the date comes before the month and I was like “oh my birthday!!”
275 Trophy-R is one of the best hot hatches ever made imo, hope they make the new one as good
Sucks we dont get it here in America, the hot hatch market here is rly just the Focus RS/ST, Fiesta ST, FK8 Civic Type R, and the Hyundai Veloster
But im not complaining because they are cool and fun cars but i wish for more diversity in the Hot Hatch market here
I have a feeling that both Honda and Renault are just going to keep on releasing new versions of their hatch to lap the ring even faster.
Similar to what Porsche and Lamborghini is doing.
Pretty much.
With Renault being part of the aliance with Nissan, the Nippon versus mentality is still going on to this day