2009 RENAULT MEGANE RS OUT IN GENEVA

We finally have pictures of the Renault Mégane RenaultSport! Renault unveiled the new Mégane RS at the Geneva Motor Show yesterday.

The car is based on the new Mégane hatch which is due in South Africa later this year. Although we didn’t quite call it at 190kW, the Mégane is powered by a 2.0-litre turbo engine worth 183kW (250hp) and 340Nm of torque. So we were 7kW short, what’s 7kW between mates? Anyway, it’s mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox.

It sports LED daytime running lights as per the usual requirement of modern cars (thanks Audi), a limited slip differential (LSD), a sports chassis and 18-inch.

Once again it looks like the Renault Mégane will kick out more power than its chief rival the Golf 6 GTI which only makes 155kW.

What kind of response can we expect from Opel’s next Astra OPC, if any?