Renault Mégane 4 RS (2017)

[Wretched]

[Jess1992]

That is one sexy car! Imagine it in red or black.. Hot

[stig_3754]

No power figures yet?

[Franco Cozzo]

That looks wicked.

[adz137]

I actually quite like that, it would look awesome in black. Now that it's AWD it makes a great alternative to the other Euro AWD pocket rockets like Golf R and Audi S3. I don't mind that its only gonna be offered in dual clutch guise but not sure how i feel about them downsizing the engine from 2.0 to 1.6. Even so with the smaller engine its apparently gonna make around 220kw.

[MITCHAY]

I've never been much of a fan of the looks of the past versions of these but I don't mind this one.

[staity]

Me likey very much

[TUF_302]

That's bloody amazing!

[roddy1960]

G'day...Does nothing for me...Hate French farting fizzers Cheers Rod

[sly_ba]

Not my cup of tea...

[Tokyo Geoff]

Looks awesome imo but I still remember laughing at the repair/parts bills for mates Feugo many many years ago. Enough to turn me off Frenchies forever sadly even when they look as good as this one.
Geoff

[MethodX]

French..... Pass.

[katefactor]

You can hire one of these at Hertz for about $130 a day plus the other crap add ons

[b0son]

As a former RS owner, don't like that one bit. Looks like they outsourced the styling to Toyota

[SumoDog68]

Looks like a cross between Tiida and Corolla. Renault has hit the mark with current Megan and few Clios but this one is lacking . Hopefully it looks better IRL , some designs don't photograph well.
One thing is for sure though - it will perform on the track.

[Danny]

Few stock standard idiotic comments from the usual jaded Falcon obsessed xenophobic knuckle draggers who wouldn't know an awesome drive if it hit them in the face.

Few of you boys are mentioning 1.6l, AWD, and EDC like its confirmed? From where did you source the info Wretched?

[Rodp]

Like the front, not sure about the rear. Perhaps in red that hid the extended tail light garnish. Megane is one of those cars I could see myself owning. I narrowly pipped it out with an R32 last time I went 'hot hatch'. I'd certainly consider it as a next car.

[sprintman1]

As long as you get rid of it the day before the warranty ends its OK.

[Wretched]

Originally Posted by Danny

Few stock standard idiotic comments from the usual jaded Falcon obsessed xenophobic knuckle draggers who wouldn't know an awesome drive if it hit them in the face.

Few of you boys are mentioning 1.6l, AWD, and EDC like its confirmed? From where did you source the info Wretched?

http://www.auto-moto.com/nouveautes/...30.html#item=1

[roddy1960]

Originally Posted by Danny

Few stock standard idiotic comments from the usual jaded Falcon obsessed xenophobic knuckle draggers who wouldn't know an awesome drive if it hit them in the face.

Few of you boys are mentioning 1.6l, AWD, and EDC like its confirmed? From where did you source the info Wretched?

G'day..I just dragged my knuckles out of the dirt , cleaned 'em off and found this ..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftei3z4KS-4 Give me one of these over a Renault any day...By the way I watched this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W8e04N3VVE about the Megane RS 265..not sure if that's Wretched's one or not ..Is nice..but..still prefer a Focus I think...Now , where's those band aids before I drip blood on the Falcon carpets...Cheers Rod..

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by Danny

Few stock standard idiotic comments from the usual jaded Falcon obsessed xenophobic knuckle draggers who wouldn't know an awesome drive if it hit them in the face.

Few of you boys are mentioning 1.6l, AWD, and EDC like its confirmed? From where did you source the info Wretched?

I think you took it a bit too personal. Not everyone likes every car. This is a Ford Forum remember. How many people on Renault forums go on about how great Ford is?

The Falcon is good, but I'm not a huge fan.

But also I am not a fan of this or any Megane, ever.
I do like some hot hatches though. Golf R would be an awesome drive.

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by roddy1960

G'day..I just dragged my knuckles out of the dirt , cleaned 'em off and found this ..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftei3z4KS-4 Give me one of these over a Renault any day...By the way I watched this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W8e04N3VVE about the Megane RS 265..not sure if that's Wretched's one or not ..Is nice..but..still prefer a Focus I think...Now , where's those band aids before I drip blood on the Falcon carpets...Cheers Rod..

The problem with the Focus is that you need to be a stick figure to drive one. Not sure about the Megane, my previous EvoX with Recaro's were comfortable but the Focus? Absolutely not.

[katefactor]

Can see it now, honey you can have a RS Focus next year but you have to loose a few kilos first. Yeah can see than ending well lol

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by Rodp

Like the front, not sure about the rear. Perhaps in red that hid the extended tail light garnish. Megane is one of those cars I could see myself owning. I narrowly pipped it out with an R32 last time I went 'hot hatch'. I'd certainly consider it as a next car.

Heh. Searching for Renault forums in Google brought up this thread. Don't even remember saying this but just picked up my new Megane last Wednesday. Despite losing 20kg, the Focus still felt uncomfortable. Never bothered taking one for a test drive.

I miss the lazy power of my outgoing FGX XR8, but it does feel boring in comparison. Fun and engaging car, but then I couldn't find a new manual XR8 in Feb 2016, maybe it would have been different in manual.

[Fordman1]

Originally Posted by MethodX

French..... Pass.

Better than English though 👍

[GO FURTHER]

A friend of mine had a Mégane.
She said it was an awesome car to drive, but would never buy one again.

She said the average service was never less than $1,000.

Once out of warranty, she sold it.

I guess that's the problem with many Euros though.

[Citroënbender]

“Most Towed” award in my stable goes to an AU Falcon (nearly always a clutch issue) - lost count. Also water pump failure and AC compressor seizing led to towing events.

Least towed a V6 Peugeot (nil tows), Povo Ute (nil tows, but early days yet!)
Once towed: Citroën (heater pipe plastic elbow broke), Alfa (clutch pushrod R-clip broke)
Twice towed a 4 cyl Peugeot (clutch cable clip, alternator brushes, both at over 300K)

Would I be worried about reliability of a Meggy? Probably not!