Renault, the Mégane RS mess things up?

Posted on 17-12-2015 at 14:28 by CasperH – 21 Comments”

The Clio RS was only lukewarm received by a number of wrong choices that Renault Sport. And now they are exactly that choices apply them to the next generation of the Renault Mégane RS.

A product of Renault Sport should to begin with comply with one hard requirement: unlimited fun. The rest is an afterthought, and that would Renault need to realize now that they put the lid on the nose have had with the Clio RS. In short: Renault was the first that a paddleshift automatic transmission applied on a compact hothatch, without a manual gearbox in addition to to to offer. In addition, the new Clio is only available as a five-door, which the sporting image and looks not good. The press responded moderately excited.

Although it is certainly not a boring car become was, missed the Clio RS, the real fun factor. It was better with the optional sports suspension, but the Clio RS has lost his lead in the hothatchklassement to nicer alternatives like the Fiesta ST and the Peugeot 208 GTi. Renault Sport had gambled and lost. No man overboard, the general public was just not ready for a vending machine in a hothatch. Of course, everyone knows that it is faster, but it is not, by definition, have more fun and let understand that the purchase argument in the segment. Large meneren of Renault Sport gave later also that they an error in judgment had made. In terms of enthusiasm, in any case, because the Clio RS is selling better than ever as we vice president of Communications, Marketing & Sales Regis Fricotte may believe.

You would think that they were doing something with that awareness, but what schertst our surprise? Renault has, according to the latest rumors, decided the next-generation Mégane RS as the Clio RS, only with a semi-automatic to continue to deliver. You read it right, the Mégane RS, the final boss of the Ring, ongekroond king of hothatchbacks, very likely to the vending machine. And is also a five door! Oh, and that wonderful 2.0 is also going to disappear, chances are that there is a opgepepte version of the 1.6 turbo from the Clio RS in the first place.

Renault is currently developing still hard. It takes some time before the RS comes on the market, and that gives the people of Renault Sport so time for reflection. We may hope that Renault do not two time her fingers will glow with the same mistake, stay the hell a manual gearbox deliver, Renault!

Incidentally, Renault Sport also the GT-line the Renault models now develop. These are the sharper steering designs of existing models. There are, for example, GT-variants of cars by Renault Sport if not RS worthy of being referred. Expected GT-packets, for example, the Captur and the Talisman. Although we would of the latter is also known as a RS-flavoured delights.