RE: Megane Renaultsport 275 Trophy-R: Review
Discussion
Honda should do something similar.Shame that such a highly capable hot hatch is let down by a fairly mediocre design made worse by Max Power adornments - tacky side stripes and gash coloured rims, and it would help if that 'tongue' at the front was not painted red. Could look a whole lot better, but presumably as this is a 'special' it'll only be available in this form. For me the competition is a whole lot better looking.
There's an awful corner at Millbrook, a spectacularly off camber left, towards the end. I guess anybody who has driven that hill circuit will know it. Gives me the fear every time. I always carry more speed through that in whatever hot Megane is current. The 265 was amazing, frankly. Lord knows what this thing will be like. I think it comes down to predictability, manners under all manner of silliness.
It would interesting to know what Megane sport owners have to say about French reliability. I'm sure it has improved.
In terms of a day to day proposition, the Megane appears to compromise on day to day use and excel on the track. Other hot hatches appear to compromise on all areas and therefore excel in none (note I used the word 'appear').
The sales of these vehicles tells the story though, a day to day compromise wins.
Me, I might just try a more focused car for a couple of years!
Well done Renault for keeping this option available.
In terms of a day to day proposition, the Megane appears to compromise on day to day use and excel on the track. Other hot hatches appear to compromise on all areas and therefore excel in none (note I used the word 'appear').
The sales of these vehicles tells the story though, a day to day compromise wins.
Me, I might just try a more focused car for a couple of years!
Well done Renault for keeping this option available.
Selmer Mk6 said:
It would interesting to know what Megane sport owners have to say about French reliability. I'm sure it has improved.
In terms of a day to day proposition, the Megane appears to compromise on day to day use and excel on the track. Other hot hatches appear to compromise on all areas and therefore excel in none (note I used the word 'appear').
The sales of these vehicles tells the story though, a day to day compromise wins.
Me, I might just try a more focused car for a couple of years!
Well done Renault for keeping this option available.
Since 2010 I've had 3 brand new Renault sports In terms of a day to day proposition, the Megane appears to compromise on day to day use and excel on the track. Other hot hatches appear to compromise on all areas and therefore excel in none (note I used the word 'appear').
The sales of these vehicles tells the story though, a day to day compromise wins.
Me, I might just try a more focused car for a couple of years!
Well done Renault for keeping this option available.
Clio 200 cup
265 RB8 and then the trophy r
The previous 2 did about 8 trackdays and 70,000 miles and didn't let me down once
In terms of reliability I think they have been great. In terms of customer care I think they could do better
tonyb1968 said:
This is going to be a fun car for the limited owners (100?) that are coming to the UK, I like it and I hope they do also.
30 for the UK iirc. All sold day of release. I doubt these were discounted the same as the R26R was at the time. Looking back they were a bargain. I picked one up not long after release, second owner at 2k miles. I paid just under 19k for it. Makes this new one at 40k look bloody expensive. anonymous said:
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I'd probably prefer the 'regular' trophy or 265 for mainly road driving, but agree its great these types are produced. Just can't get on with the look of the rear end on the meganes!
cmoose, have you actually read the review that this thread is about? As usual with these renaultsports, they tend to be way better than the usual street spec stuff.I'm guessing by your posts you've driven the R and didn't like it?
As for buying any road car and slapping a set of after coil overs on, come on! Are you really basing today's argument on that?! Watch the video on the driver on how they made the ring time that they did-this is no no bolt on some suspension and corner weight it!
As for buying any road car and slapping a set of after coil overs on, come on! Are you really basing today's argument on that?! Watch the video on the driver on how they made the ring time that they did-this is no no bolt on some suspension and corner weight it!
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Well im sure with alot of funds, track and road testing you possibly could acheive something that you may prefer but guaranteed their would be some massive compromises that another person would find untollerable (more likely completely bugger up the whole car). Problem is that you would also have to be fairly skilled at setting up a car and with plenty of experience doing it. I personally dont think I have the skill and certainly not the experience in setting up FWD hatchbacks so I'd prefer to let a sports devison of a multi national car company that has been doing it for decades do it for me! With Renault sports credentials in motorsport and all of their hundreds of hours testing perfecting the car with differet engineers and drivers I personally dont think anyone could make a better job of a road/track car no matter how deep your pockets. Edited by thiscocks on Thursday 25th December 20:49
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as I mentioned, there are good specialist but they wont have put the same amount of time into developing a specific car. I was just refering to what you said about putting good aftermarket dampers on a car like the trophy to create something as good as what Renault have done with the R- which I dont belive is possible.
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