As Dale has suggested, Renaultsport Megane vs. Honda Civic Type R will be
a huge track battle
at the Nurburgring this year. Whether lap times are still relevant is a whole other debate entirely but it promises to be quite a contest for FWD supremacy. We'll gloss over not being able to drive a Civic until 2015 for now...
With this in mind, a previous Honda v Renault shoot out seemed in order and this Best Motoring vid is the, erm, best. Furthermore, this is no regular Type R against Megane RS race; it's the ultimate Megane versus the fastest Civic, R26.R taking on the FD2 saloon. There's also a Mini JCW along for the ride but watching from the back by the end of the first lap.
Of course we won't give the conclusion away here but it's a fascinating to view the two different approaches to FWD performance. The turbocharged Megane whooshes its way around Tsukuba as the Civic screams its way round to 9,000rpm. It's a close run thing though...