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#1 Renault's Nurburgring specials - the world's best hot hatchbacks? - Autocar Heroes

#1 Renault's Nurburgring specials - the world's best hot hatchbacks? - Autocar Heroes

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#1 Renault's Nurburgring specials - the world's best hot hatchbacks? If you want to go fast around the Nurburgring Nordschleife in a front-wheel drive production car, the Renault Megane RS is your answer. The Renault Sport Megane R26R was the first to do it. This 227bhp stripped-out hatchback was some 123kg lighter than a regular Megane R26 RS, capable of 0-62mph in just 5. 7 seconds and set a then-record Nordschleife lap time of 8m17s. Then came the Megane 275 Trophy R. It did a similar thing again: with no more power (271bhp) than the Renault Sport Megane Trophy that spawned it, it could go from 0-60mph in just 5. 4 seconds and lap the Nurburgring in 7m54s at the hands of Lauren Hurgon, Renault's chief test driver. And now there's this: the very latest 2020 Renault Megane RS 300 Trophy R, which again loses its rear seats and very many kilos, gains a lot in price, and laps the Nuburgring in just 7m40s. Now, in one of our series of Autocar Heroes videos, we've brought the three of them together, to see just how exceptional they are on the road. Are these stripped out hatchbacks among the best ever made? And if they are, which is the best of them? Join Matt Prior for the Autocar reckoning.
Date: 2022-04-17

Comments and reviews: 10


I totally respect Renault for the Trophy R but I just can't justify that kind of money when it could buy me a GT4 or a Evora 410. Maybe I shouldn't be thinking of it as a hot hatch but it's front wheel drive in a hot hatch 5 door body it's hard to see it as anything but, and once you remove those rear seats I just don't see the point anymore when I could get the above cars.
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It-s still a Renault, track day blah blah blah, you can build a 7 min car like this for less than 10k, I see no reason or place in the market for this car, just seems like a waste of materials and a waste of my bandwidth watching how utterly pointless it is.
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I think as awesome and hardcore there are they still only meant for the brand recognision thanx to nring the average mortal gets the normal rs versions and that's where they should have put more focus on
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gotta love renault for making the best hot hatches and still be in F1. i loved my clio 172 thats why is stored in a shed cause its never gonna go. but now the video boy i would love a R26R im in love
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Love the cars and totally get the Porsche GT reference, but surely you could have found a better location. What a waste to drive them so slowly on such uninspiring -roads- (TRL if I'm not mistaken.
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51-71k is pretty punchy though, you can get a 2018 bmw m4 CS with sub 10k miles for about 50 and the cayman GT4 for around the 71 mark, who would get the newest version over those two cars?
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As great as they are I don-t consider any of the stripped out Renaults true hot hatches as they aren-t practical cars and that is what a hot hatch should be, well partially atleast.
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I only have the RS250 but boy is it fantastic. great performance, great handling and just looks great. Love Renault performance. my next car will also be a Renault Sport Megane.
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Good marketing can sell almost anything, Ring times are VERY important. I don't care. My Mustang sounds great and oversteers on command: ) But my car wouldn't set a good time.
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I'd love to have either one of the predecessors but they basically go for the money you paid (or more) when they were new on the used market in middle europe.
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