SEAT set a front-wheel-drive Nürburgring record with the Leon Cupra 280 — so Renault built the 275 Trophy-R specifically to steal it back, and reclaimed the title just weeks later.
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Lead trim: 2.0 F4Rt turbo R.S. 250 (250 PS) · up to 269 hp
Renault Mégane RS2010–2016
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FactSEAT set a front-wheel-drive Nürburgring record with the Leon Cupra 280 — so Renault built the 275 Trophy-R specifically to steal it back, and reclaimed the title just weeks later.
Unveiled at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show on the third-generation Mégane, with the 2.0 twin-scroll turbo F4Rt at 250 PS (247 bhp) and a Cup variant with a stiffer chassis, limited-slip differential and red calipers. In June 2011 the limited R.S. 265 Trophy (500 built, 265 PS from more turbo boost, new intake) set an 8:08 Nürburgring lap, 9 seconds under the R26.R; the 265 replaced the 250 in the standard car in 2011 (after Renault won a French Gendarmerie tender for a 261 bhp pursuit car) and appeared as Red Bull RB7 (522 built) and RB8 (120) editions. The 2014 facelift changed the grille, bumpers and lights (no mechanical change), and the 275 Trophy-R (273 PS with an Akrapovič exhaust, 101 kg lighter at 1,280 kg, no rear seats, air-conditioning or stereo) retook the Nürburgring front-drive record with 7:54.36. Australian specials included the Monaco Grand Prix, Australian GP, Trophy 8:08 (100) and R.S. Sport Limited Edition (50).
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 F4Rt turbo R.S. 250 (250 PS) | 2010–2011 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 247 hp | 251 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 2.0 turbo R.S. 265 (265 PS) | 2011–2016 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 261 hp | 266 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 2.0 turbo R.S. 275 Trophy (273 PS) | 2014–2016 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 269 hp | 266 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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This generation of Mégane RS had an actual Formula 1 driver on the development team — Renault's own Nico Hulkenberg helped tune it.
SEAT set a front-wheel-drive Nürburgring record with the Leon Cupra 280 — so Renault built the 275 Trophy-R specifically to steal it back, and reclaimed the title just weeks later.
The hot-hatch Mégane RS shares its bones with an unlikely relative: the Nissan Sentra B16 sold in North America rode on the same Mégane II platform.
Rivals
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