this is the Renault Megane RS trophy arm
it has 296 brake horsepower from a 1.8
litre turbo it weighs 140 kilograms less
than the trophy it's the fastest ever
front-wheel drive car around the
Nurburgring and only 500 will ever be
built of which just 32 are coming to the
UK prices start at 51 thousand pounds or
63,000 pounds if you want carbon wheels
one more 30 will be offered like this
car here with the Nurburgring record
pack which includes among other things
ceramic brakes and costs 70 mm 140
pounds which is rather a lot for a hot
hatch but this isn't a hot hatch as we
know it it's probably got more in common
with track focus super cars like the
Porsche gt3 RS than it does the Focus ST
so here's what we're gonna do we're
going to go through the bits that make
that price not quite as scary as it
first seems starting around here at the
back where we find a carbon-fiber
diffuser down here 30% more surface area
on that then you get with the trophy
twice the downforce and this is very
cool look and Akrapovic or a crap of
itch exhaust depending on which way you
lean the pipes here a slashed and poked
out of a hole cut into the diffuser so
as not to scupper the arrow to help with
using the pipes as decoration around the
front yet more aero Madinah so you'll
notice this NACA duct which is cut into
this freakishly light carbon-fibre
bonnet but that doesn't feed air into
the engine now it feeds air down and
underneath the car to help that diffuser
work more efficiently down here they've
removed these lower lights instead
turning them into an extra intake to
feed more cool air to the engine under
their lithium ion battery because it's
just that little bit lighter and this is
quite interesting now this is the badge
from again that has adaptive cruise
control this car doesn't have adaptive
cruise control because it would add
weight but the
edge is lighter than the normal one so
that's what the trophy yard gets and the
lightness continues the glass is thinner
everywhere except for the windscreen you
can't put the rear windows down and
there's no rear wiper but here's where
it gets really interesting because
behind there are Brembo carbon ceramic
brakes now you only get those on the
front of the car but I can assure you it
stops like you've driven into a brick
wall and then there's these utterly
gorgeous carbon-fiber rims they save 2
kilograms a corner they cost 3 grand a
piece
careful of those curbs and here's an
interesting thing if you order the
optional carbon fiber wheels they don't
come on the car you get red trophy
wheels as standard in your carbon rims
are waiting for you all wrapped up where
the back seats should be as standard you
get öhlins dampers adjustable through 20
clicks from softer than the trophy to
firm as a race car but they also allow
16 millimeters of ride height adjustment
front and rear the controversial
four-wheel steering system has also been
binned
saving 40 kilograms just like that and
two degrees of camber has been added to
the front wheels inside here you can't
delete the infotainment and aircon like
you used to because literally no
previous trophy our customers were mad
enough to do it you get the Tsar belt
light weight seats as standard they save
16 kilograms per seat and I'm happy to
report that they're not nearly as
torturous as that sounds these harnesses
a part of the Nurburgring record pack
you get a simpler center console down
here that saves 2 kilograms you get the
lower spec screen from the McGann range
because it's slightly lighter Alcantara
on the wheel instead of leather because
it's lighter lighter lighter lighter you
get the idea right you've got to love
Reno's commitment with this car a hot
hatch the cost the same as a Porsche
Cayman gt4 yeah pretty hard to justify
that isn't it but when there's nothing
else like it out there when you're the
only company that has the balls to pull
something like this off well I reckon
you can charge whatever the hell you
like