Inside, the Renault Megane RS steering wheel now has the yellow Renault Sport icon, reminding the driver of the car’s pedigree. The puddle lights at the sides of the car have been moved from the side mirrors to the door handles.Īnd the headlights and tail-lights have been redesigned. The Renault logo on the front grille is slightly bigger and it now has the yellow Renault Sport logo instead of just the letters RS. The shark fin antenna for my car was black but these fins now match the colour of the cars. I had to squint eyes to spot the cosmetic updates. Indeed, with Wearnes not having any current plan to bring in the Megane sedans, the Megane RS may even be the last of the “Megane Mohicans”. This means that the current facelifted Megane RS, which Renault agent Wearnes Automotive started selling in early April, may well be the last of the storied Renault hot hatches. The future of the Renault Megane RS hot hatch is thus uncertain.
You have to put your money where the future of the market is.” “The Megane is in a segment that is increasingly under pressure. Still, the five-door Renault Megane RS and its dual-clutch transmission had greater appeal and over 50 were sold in Singapore – more than its predecessors.īut when the facelift of the Megane range, including the RS, was announced in April 2020, Renault dropped a bombshell.Ī top executive reportedly said: “Inevitably, once we’re starting to add a range of EVs to our line-up, some of the other vehicles are going to have to go because we just can’t afford to develop all of this at the same time.” It was also made in Spain rather than the Dieppe plant where Renault made its sports and competition vehicles, including the earlier generations of Megane and Clio RS models.
RENAULT MEGANE RS PRICE MANUAL
The car was polarising at that time because it ditched the three-door, manual transmission formula of its predecessor. It’s not easy to spot the changes, but the new model is the one on the left.įrench carmaker Renault launched the current generation Megane RS hot hatch in Singapore in September 2018 and my wife was among the first owners of the car here.
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