RE: Megane Trophy-R unveiled with record 'ring time
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WCZ said:
Miserablegit said:
130kg saving is superb- even discounting 20kg if they are carbon wheels.
Well done.
This is what "lightweight" should mean rather than no radio and a fabric door pull.........
yes, porsche take noteWell done.
This is what "lightweight" should mean rather than no radio and a fabric door pull.........
-aircon -pcm and adding door pulls is not a lightweight special edition, regardless of how you market it.
the -130kg is with a roll cage too from what I've read elsewhere
article said:
Right now, Renault hasn't specified precise details on the hardware changes or what the weight loss entails, but we expect it to be roughly the same recipe as the previous Trophy R, so options for no air con, no radio, lithium ion battery - you get the gist. However, with it clearly retaining it's rear doors, will it keep it's rear seats? If so, we'll be waiting with bated breath to see how they managed it. And with the public debut just 3 days away, luckily we won't have to wait long!
Erm...it looks like the AC system was removed, along with other stuff.Lap times like this are funny things when you think about it. Strip out everything that makes the car a useful day-to-day prospect (aircon, rear seats - probably removed to save that many kg) to save a few seconds over 20km of hard driving! Still I guess that's the point, maximum weight reduction for the best possible time, ideal for a track car I guess! Wouldn't be my cup of tea for a daily though...
Still, a very impressive time, well done Renault.
Still, a very impressive time, well done Renault.
It's funny how I used to get ribbed for owning a RenaultSport Clio back in 2003 and yet on here, it's nice to see people pleased to see another RS Megane at the top of the hot hatch list.
There's been some hugely impressive hot hatches in the last few years so Renault have had to up their game, good to see that they've nailed it though! I actually really like the looks of the new Megane, glad to see they have honed it's abilities.
Love that bonnet scoop too!
There's been some hugely impressive hot hatches in the last few years so Renault have had to up their game, good to see that they've nailed it though! I actually really like the looks of the new Megane, glad to see they have honed it's abilities.
Love that bonnet scoop too!
Not sure I could cope with having back doors and no rear seats. It just about justifiable on a 3 door "because racecar" like the previous versions or the golf or mini but imagine some poor unsuspecting person opening the rear door and then cracking their head on the scaffolding that is now where the seats used to be. If they manage to put in some uber lightweight ones like the CSL then that would be perfect and give customers the option. Scaffolding or seats.
I'm pretty certain there's no roll cage, if you look at the driver facing camera in the video there's nothing there and there doesn't appear to be anything in any of the (limited) press shots so far.
I'd imagine there's just a bolt in harness bar between the rear inner arches so I don't think anyone would accidentally bash their head on anything.
They won't have anywhere to sit and that'll be even harder to explain to people when there's doors but no seats than if there was doors and a roll cage.
I'd imagine there's just a bolt in harness bar between the rear inner arches so I don't think anyone would accidentally bash their head on anything.
They won't have anywhere to sit and that'll be even harder to explain to people when there's doors but no seats than if there was doors and a roll cage.
What people forget is that the chassis tuning for the Trophy models filter down to the next hop models that come after it, so whilst the Trophy-R won't massively appeal to me due to high costs, its successors will. This is one reason they always produce cracking cars towards the end of the lifecycle
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