![]() ![]() 300 – it's uninspiring inside, the infotainment is better than before but still not great and the back seat is a joke. There's a lot not to like about the Megane R.S. It has 20PS and 30Nm more than in the old model and provides the Megane with serious firepower as well as huge dollops of charisma as does the now standard six-speed dual-clutch EDC gearbox. The 300PS, 420Nm 1.8-litre four-cylinder engine provides a more forceful reminder. It's unexciting, but inoffensive and the Alcantara wrapped steering wheel (£250) and ribcage-gripping sport seats (standard) remind you you're in something special. You get new infotainment screens in the form of a 9.2 inch centre display and a 10-inch TFT instrument binnacle, plus plastic quality has been improved. The winds of change have had a more significant effect on the inside. We like that and we like that aside from new lights, Renault hasn't felt the need to mess about with it for this facelift. There's an effortless menace to the Megane's styling – it's hunkered down ride height, those lovely 19-inch wheels (an £800 option over the standard 18s) and that subtle body kit – that means it looks the business, without people that matter – inlaws and the like – thinking you're a complete tool. 300 Trophy, it's the former we test here.Īnd we have to say it looks brilliant. For now, though, you can choose from the R.S. it will very soon be called the Alpine Megane as the firm cashes in on the halo effect of running its Alpine F1 team (and building a certain mid-engined gem that carries the same badge). ![]() ![]() It's the facelifted version of the fourth generation Renaultsport Megane, now called the R.S. ![]()
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