Renault plans more power for Megane RS
With the launch of the 197 hp Clio Renault Sport, Renault is working on a horsepower upgrade for its bigger sibling, the Megane Renault Sport (shown at right in five-door trim).What Car? reports that Renault's engineers have massaged the 2-liter 16-valve turbo four in the Megane to yield 250 horsepower - a 25 hp boost from the current edition of the Megane RS. To help manage the extra power, the FWD Megane is said to be getting a new powertrain management system
The fortified Megane RS will be launched later this year at the Paris Motor Show.
[Sources: What Car?, Renault]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Automotive Web 2:42PM (6/02/2006)
When are they going to bring Renaults to America? That's my question. I believe they would do pretty well in the import scene.
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PJ 2:51PM (6/02/2006)
So, how long before this shows up repackaged as a Sentra SE-R? Keep the hatch, please.
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Cameron 2:57PM (6/02/2006)
It looks eerily similar to the Versa. The rear end is definitely unique.
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Jason 3:04PM (6/02/2006)
Depending on if you can handle the rear of it, I'd say the rest of it looks better then the Versa. But that's just me.
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Howard Kerr 5:05PM (6/02/2006)
Actually, it might be more accurate to say the Versa looks like this car, since Renault adopted this...overall style(?)about the time they merged with Nissan, or shortly thereafter.
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Hernan 5:16PM (6/02/2006)
Oh my god, I threw up a little in my mouth.
The French are mad. At least when they smell they can put on French perfume, but what can cover my eyes from that automotive abortion?
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pepe le pieue 6:25PM (6/02/2006)
instead of more power, they should give it less ugly
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Eric L. 6:29PM (6/02/2006)
Ugly or not, its more exciting than the plain looking Versa, which is based on the same platform - the Tiida, Versa, and Megane all use the Nissan "B" platform.
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Fabulo 7:11PM (6/02/2006)
"...new powertrain management system"
= drive by wire throttle, with "torque management" so you don't break your wrist due to the violent torque steer or shred your clutch because you floored it in 2nd.
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