RS Megane sets new FWD record at the ring

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My fastest FULL timed lap was 8' 15" but I know I did some faster ones later in the day. The car was having sparkplug issues on the trackday.

Having said that a standard car on standard wheels doing 8'09" is phenomenal and I'd like to bet it was a professional race driver that managed it and it would have to be on a closed track to get a full lap time in too.

Sorry John thought your time was b t g, so yeah your ed 30 would hammer it with racing driver

[Sunglasses Ron]

Mental time if it's simply just a 15bhp ECU tweak over the standard 250.. But I do feel there is more to it somewhere considering it's seen off both the TTRS and 1M.. 

[MAT ED30]

Mental time if it's simply just a 15bhp ECU tweak over the standard 250.. But I do feel there is more to it somewhere considering it's seen off both the TTRS and 1M.. 

you just dont like the fact some french tat has kicked an ugly 1 series arse 

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Mental time if it's simply just a 15bhp ECU tweak over the standard 250.. But I do feel there is more to it somewhere considering it's seen off both the TTRS and 1M.. 

you just dont like the fact some french tat has kicked an ugly 1 series arse 

Tat! 27k tat 1m would have been much more fun, Renaultsports selling point is lap times, and have been fastest in class for years, they always find 10 sec on the ring, r26 time is 830, r26r 820 now 265 is 810, let's see If they get into 7s

[MAT ED30]

give it a year and it will be 12k tat 

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Only 50 been made, you looked at r26r prices

[MAT ED30]

Only 50 been made, you looked at r26r prices

yeah but not the same car  no cage and has seats    i would have it but not for 27k  car prices at the mo are mad if you ask me

[h4rdy]

give it a year and it will be 12k tat 

Very good, also to add my wife is happy to drive a 12k ED30 but not a 12K(ok 12.5k if we are splitting hairs ) R26R!

Only joking I will be honest though, that is a lot of money. I absolutely love Clio 197's and I don't mind the 200 either but in a kind of Grey colour I saw at the renault day at Silverstone last year.

Not a massive fan of the Megane if I am honest.

I would buy a cheap 197 though and strip if for track days.

[Janner_Sy]

If i were in the market for a new Medium size hot hatch id have the meganne over all others.  build quality and interior seem way better than the previous model

[182_blue]

Good time but for me its quite an odd looking car, especially the sides at the back !

[Janner_Sy]

id say bvetween that and the civic type R they are by far the best two looking hot hatches on the market followed very very closely by the scirocco.

[rich83]

I think they should have made it look a bit more like the Megane Trophy.


 

[PDT]

Very impressive times, but how fast a racing driver can get a car around a closed track has never been a factor for me when buying a car.

I buy cars based on fun and build quality and I hate to admit it but image does count a little, no matter how good it is most people wouldnt think it was anything other than a boy racers wet dream

[Top Cat]

You cant knock it, even at 27,000 none of the other manufactures can get near it for similar money. Ok VW are not trying but the others are. Mighty impressive i say. 

[Janner_Sy]

the ford boys tried and failed to match the R26R, and blamed the R888s. well this one has managed it without R888s and is still 40hp less.