Emm, well once the novelty wears off the true car will be slowly understood. Good stuff.....premium product, manual and auto, slick design from front and rear, brave colours, 4WS might do something. Some good dynamic personalisation. Not so good.....only 280 bhp, gonna be a big and heavy lump of a car (weight tbc), no adaptive suspension, not a looker in profile, lost a lot of the raw edge in pursuit of quality finish, potentially too mature and a bit underpowered. Trophy should have been out on day one. Summary......not bad but very Clio 200T like and lack of power to weight will lose it the hot hatch crown. Be interested in the UK price structure. What will make someone looking at a Seat, VW or Honda decide this is so much better?
I think it looks and sounds really good. The all black wheels and yellow paint look great. Nice job so far Renault Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
i always used to have the crappest car i could find as my avatar. including Lada Riva 1100 in beige,and my fav..a shit brown Yugo Zastava..the stuff of dreams(nightmares).
Didn't put the rs button on the steering wheel then ? Fuck sake ! I'll be interested in what the trophy has and looks like - I'm just not impressed with its looks - prob a good drive blah blah it's got this that and the other blah blah blah = boring I want to know how well it goes At least they kept the brembos
but thats just it..i dont think its the number 1 priority anymore. Its going the Golf R route..toned down to be a better allrounder. You would think to appeal to a wider audience, and increased sales.
oohh fuk..i forgot about the polinez!!..what a dreadfull car that was..could be the new high of the low.
or this .......my uncle had one... I remember as a little kid asking my dad why he had it in the garage but never used it....apparently he couldn't get any spares for it. I thought it was a piece of shit then and I was only 7
And just out of interest who the fuck said i really like my 250/265/275 but if it only had 5 doors it would be amazing ??
what is it...looks like the lada from the side profile. The lada riva was just a old fiat anyhow. The russians just bought all the rights and tooling, when Fiat chucked it in the bin.
cost cutting..nothing else. Buy your 275`s now..if you dont..the value will go through the roof when people realize,that type of focused car doesnt exist anymore.
Its a Moskovitch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskvitch_412 eye wateringly bad in every sense. My grandad had a yellow lada and then a orange lada and they were very smart compared to the moskovitch....thats how bad it was
I am hoping it is a success and guys from here upgrade to it.....i can then grab one of their 250/265 specimens as my next trackcar
can get the kiddies in the back easier.....assuming the back seat is still fitted or strap them to the roll cage when ever my daughter sees my R26 on the trailer....she says "daddys car is broken again" she will grow up thinking Renaults are unreliable haha
I think it is worth noting that, while it's "only" 280bhp, which isn't as much as the Civic etc, it is more than the Focus ST and Golf GTI, so a bit of perspective is needed. The Focus is pretty lardy too. I think releasing the Trophy immediately would have been a double edged sword. They want to continue the hype for a longer period and get some sales out of the cooking model before releasing more hardcore versions. It's the method they used with previous generations so no great surprise. As you say, price is critical, along with the verdict of the testers come next year. A bit too soon to make too many judgments. I think the choice of 1.8 is telling though. I wonder how long it will be before the rest of the C-segment hot hatches start to downsize. Some beasts there. I know someone who used to have a Yugo like this: What a monumental turd of a car. He bought it new and it began oxidising almost immediately. That seems to be the theme these days. Manufacturers are trying to create cars that can do everything. Broad appeal is where it's at. That's the segment though. Most people who buy a C-segment car don't want a three-door, so there is no sense in manufacturers making them anymore. They can't produce a three-door version solely for the sporting model. The cost doesn't justify the return. Most people are quite happy to have a five-door car.
Why wait, what is wrong with this one if you are only dawdling around a track http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2010-10-R...889590?hash=item36210f5f76:g:3JIAAOSwWaRZtCLj
lol ....my granddad on my dads side had one of them for years and years..he only had a motorbike licence so could not drive a normal car....steering box went one day and killed him as a result of the accident
hmm i like that....trouble is if i pop out and buy it the mrs will go spac at me, she wants me to get rid of two of my cars as she says the house looks like a parking lot....which i much admit it does at the mo, especially as my mum and dad flew out to Australia today and i offered for them to park the car our the front of ours
I'm pretty sure his had a different grill to that one. I think it had Zastava badges, but he always referred to it as a Yugo. It was E-reg. I can't claim to be an expert on them though!
0 - 60 in less than 6 seconds! my 7 seater suv diesel does it in 5.3.....come on Renault give the RS and trophy more beans
You're going to struggle in the future then. I think VAG are about the only people bothering with three-doors now aren't they? I doubt it will last much longer either. There just isn't the demand. How many three-door Golf GTIs do you see?
I normally have a lot of hate for new cars, but I really like this. Would like to get behind the wheel of one next spring and see what it's like... Plenty of time to put together a deposit! [emoji6] Sent from my HTC 10 using Tapatalk
oh if that were true...I wouldnt hear the last of it...if i sell two cars and then sell the r26 i will then be able to upgrade on the quiet...i keep it in storage so is out of sight and if i got a silver one she would never know the difference anyway
I really think you will like the new RS and you will find the 5 doors useful honest....pm me when you are thinking of selling your car pls
