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The Renault Mégane Renault Sport or Mégane RS is a series of hot hatch models based on the Renault Mégane, designed and built by French automaker Renault since 2004. The Mégane RS won many awards, including: the "Best Hot Hatch" from What car? (five consecutive years, 2010–2014), "Highest Placed Non-supercar" in Evo’s annual Car of the Year test for 2011, and "Best Hot Hatch" from Top Gear.
In response to SEAT setting a new record for a FWD production car at the Nürburgring race track with the Leon Cupra 280 at 7:58.4, and taking the title Renault earned during 3 years with the Megane 265 Trophy, since 2011, with a time of 8:07.97, Renault developed the 275 Trophy-R to retake the title a few weeks after. With Laurent Hurgon driving, the record was reclaimed with a Nürburgring lap time of 7:54.36.
The Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy has a raft of changes, starting with a little more power courtesy of the Akrapovič titanium exhaust, bringing power up to 275 PS (202 kW; 271 bhp), while torque is unchanged at 360Nm. The car is now equipped with Öhlins dampers, 19" Speedline Turini wheels, and Michelin Pilot Cup 2 tyres, replacing the KYB dampers, 19" Steev wheels, and Bridgestone Potenza RE050A/Continental ContiSportContact 5P tyres used previously. The front brakes have changed to a 350mm rotor (up 10mm) while using the same calipers and rear brakes.
Interior changes include the deletion of the air conditioning, stereo, and back seat while the Recaro Sportser CS seats are exchanged for Recaro fixed polycarbonate buckets trimmed with leather and alcantara. The total weight saving of all the changes amounts to a 101 kg loss, bringing kerb weight down to 1280 kg.
The Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy also beat the records of several others circuits, proved by the videos of Suzuka circuit with Laurent Hurgon, Fuji International Speedway with Laurent Hurgon, and Tsukuba circuit with Kazuo Shimizu.
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