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Old 10-02-2008, 09:24 AM
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Renault is back :)

New Renault Mégane Trophy 2009 Revealed in Paris
i cant wait to see it in action. the car looks pretty bad ****. i thikn they did a awesome job on the body kit. looks like a
LM racer car

http://www.worldcarfans.com/9081002....ealed-in-paris



After putting us into a figure four leglock with the Megane Coupe debut earlier today, Renault inflicts the incapacitating sleeper hold by releasing the single-make race series Mégane Trophy version in Paris today.

Intended to make a radical statement, the Mégane Trophy features the same mechanicals as the current car, including an FIA-homologated sports-prototype tubular chassis, a mid-rear V6 3.5 24V engine, a semi-automatic gearbox with steering wheel-mounted paddle shift, double wishbone suspension with adjustable dampers and 18-inch wheels and Michelin tyres.

With it's roof-mounted air-ducts feeding a new intake manifold, power is increased from 330hp to 360hp. Ensuring the car's reliability, rebuild intervals are carried out every 5,500km. Combined with the aerodynamic gains of the new composite outer skin, the extra power output of the 3.5-liter V6 engine will enable the Mégane Trophy to make lap times close to the Porsche GT3.

At the end of the year, the Mégane Trophy will be available as an upgrade kit for existing cars. However, the modifications required to adapt the chassis to the new bodywork must be carried out by the Alpine factory in Dieppe.

See press release below for more details.






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wow, amazing looking
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That is clean. I'd like to have that on the streets.
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Wow, that car is incredible. WANT. Badly. Street version, plz!
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why does the side view remind me of an Audi R8?
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Looks awesome
Old 10-02-2008, 03:51 PM
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damn talk about a love child, so many different design queus. i want one for FORZA!
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yeah, it is more likely to show up on Forza than the actual streets. Gorgeous car....mid engine.....AWD? RWD?
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front 3/4 looks good. side view.. looks like every other sport compact on the market...

i had an `83 renault alliance when i was a senior in high school (`91). the car was a p.o.s. Damn thing ate fuel injectors like they were skittles. Dozen other things i can't remember offhand which were also problematic. Finally ended up blowing up the engine on a road trip to PA. Radiator had rusted out somewhere, lost all the anti-freeze on the way home. Thermo never registered it getting hot though. All of a sudden i heard a bang that was so loud i thought i'd been shot and the car started shuddering as if it were going into convulsions (because it was, LOL). The pistons had seized while i was doing around 80. Piston rod broke and since the engine was still running, it was tearing up the inside of the block.

Good times... shitty car... freaking french.
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I wonder if that 3.5L V6 is the VQ35. Renault does share it with Nissan on a few of their cars.
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Looks good as far as a compact euro GT car but I garuntee that i fyou take away those fenders(and those would be the first to go into a street version) an Im not sure it would look very hot...
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Well they released the production Megane coupe today too. It's not quite as awesome, still a decent looking car though:

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Originally Posted by Rotr8
Looks good as far as a compact euro GT car but I garuntee that i fyou take away those fenders(and those would be the first to go into a street version) an Im not sure it would look very hot...
yep i agree with you. guess that is why i said it looks good for a LM Race Car.
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Renault were a big hot pile of POS when I was growing up. That is not them same car I grew up with.
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rebuild intervals are carried out every 5,500km.

Yup. sounds like a Renault.
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