Renault Mégane Renault Sport
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| Manufacturer | Renault Sport |
| Production | 2004-present |
| Class | Hot hatch |
| Body style(s) | 3-door hatchback 5-door hatchback |
| Engine(s) | 2.0 L turbocharged I4 3.5 L V6 |
| Transmission(s) | 6-speed manual |
| Related | Renault Mégane |
The Mégane Renault Sport or Mégane RS is a hot hatch designed and built by French automaker Renault since 2004. It is based on the Renault Mégane small family car.
The Mégane RS is available in three-door and five-door hatchback versions, both with the same engine and it is built in Renault's Dieppe factory, which is where most of their special and race cars are made (like the Clio V6, 5 Turbo, Spyder and Alpine A610 / A110). The Mégane Renault Sport 225 uses innovative double-axis strut suspension with independent steering axis at the front, with electric power steering that reduces its influence as speeds increase.
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[edit] Engine and performance
It uses a turbocharged 2.0-litre petrol engine that produces 225 bhp, allowing the car to achieve 0-100km/h in 6.5 s (0-60 mph in 6.3 s), with a top speed of about 240 km/h (150 mph). Ninety percent of the engine's torque is available from 2000 rpm until redline. A super-light twin-scroll turbo minimizes turbo lag, and when throttle is applied at anything over 2000 rpm there is almost no discernible lag. The transmission is a six-speed manual. Renault's claimed combined economy is 8.8 L/100 km (32 mpg imp/27 mpg US), and real-world highway driving will see approximately 7.0 L/100 km (40 mpg imp/34 mpg US), which is unusually efficient for a car this powerful.
In a 2004 road test by Mexican car magazine Automóvil Panamericano, the car was proven to reach 247 bhp from its plant power.
[edit] Equipment
Because of its apparent willingness to go ever faster, the Mégane Renault Sport has a speed-limiter, which prevents the car from passing a user-determined speed. It can be disabled or recalled with a button-press, and is set in the same way as the cruise control.
The Mégane RS is equipped with leather/cloth seats, seat belts with red stitching, 17-inch alloy wheels, eight airbags and xenon headlights with headlight washers. It also has Brembo brake discs that are similar to the ones used in Porsches. The base Mégane Sport has Brembos on the front only, the F1 has them on all four wheels.
Having received the first five-star EuroNCAP safety rating in the segment, the Renault Sport models include: six airbags, electronic stability control, traction control and a key-card in the centre console to reduce knee injury. The seatbelts feature pre-tensioners that will tighten the belts immediately after impact.
[edit] Special editions
Several variants have been released, including a slightly up-rated Cup edition with some handling and electronics tweaks, and an F1 commemorative edition with all of the Cup upgrades plus other extras, like vividly coloured Recaro seats.
[edit] Renault Sport Mégane Trophy
Renault also prepared a competition version, called the "Renault Sport Mégane Trophy". It is in fact a tubeframe racecar with glass fibre body keeping just visual resemblance to usual mass-production Mégane. The RS Trophy uses the considerably modified Renault Vel Satis 3.5-litre V6 engine (which is a rebadged VQ35DE of Nissan VQ engine family) producing 330 bhp. The engine together with Sadev sequential gearbox is placed longitudally behind the cockpit. Renault Sport Mégane Trophy is not road legal, but can be bought for € 120,000. It is used for competition only in the Renault Eurocup.
[edit] Engines
[edit] Road models
- 2004-present Mégane RS: 2.0 L turbocharged 16-valve I4, 225 hp (165 kW)
- 2006 Mégane RS 225 F1: 2.0 L turbocharged 16-valve I4, 225 hp (165 kW)
- 2006-present Mégane RS 230 Renault F1 Team R26: 2.0 L turbocharged 16-valve I4, 230 hp (169 kW)
[edit] Race models
- 2005-present Mégane Trophy: 3.5 L 24-valve V6, 330 hp
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