Whereas Renault Sport is now not the king of scorching hatches prefer it was a decade in the past, the present Megane R.S. continues to be a really spectacular piece of equipment.

We’ve had the possibility to drive the present R.S. Trophy on a handful of events and completely adore it and not too long ago, Henry Catchpole had the chance to place the French scorching hatch to the take a look at. The Megane R.S. featured right here is the UK’s R.S. 300 mannequin which slots under the Trophy within the line-up.

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Just like the Trophy, the R.S. 300 is powered by a 1.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 296 hp and 310 lb-ft (420 Nm) of torque. Nevertheless, the R.S. 300 lacks the Cup chassis that the Trophy has. Meaning it misses out on the stiffer springs, dampers, anti-roll bars, and hydraulic compression stops. It additionally lacks a limited-slip differential just like the Trophy and could possibly be thought of as a rival to the VW Golf GTI and Ford Focus ST whereas the Trophy is a greater rival for the Honda Civic Kind R and Golf GTI Clubsport.

Catchpole notes in his evaluate that the trip of the R.S. Trophy might be fairly unforgiving and having spent a number of time with it, that’s one thing we are able to actually agree with. By comparability, the trip of the Sport chassis is way more compliant and the dearth of an LSD doesn’t appear to be as huge of a deal as chances are you’ll count on.