06 July 2011
RenaultSport has announced a special version of Twingo. R2 Trophy will run alongside the MSA British Rally Championship, following each event across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man from 2012.
The car is based on the 133HP Twingo Renaultsport and is aimed at budget conscious buyers, coming in the form of motorsport kits featuring all the required parts.
“Renault Sport Technologies intensifies its presence in UK rallying and the creation of a Trophy for Twing
28 June 2011
Renault has officially priced the new Fluence Z.E. (Zero Emission) for the UK. The car will hit the streets in 2012, but the manufacturer has already been accepting pre-reservations for it. The stylish five-seat, four-door Fluence Z.E. is priced from only £17 850.
The initial launch version of Fluence Z.E., Prime Time, comes with a high level of equipment, including 16” alloy wheels, climate control, cruise control, ecoMeter and Carminat TomTom Live smart satellite navigation, together with charging sockets
17 June 2011
Renault Sport has made it, again. The team has set a lap record for a front-wheel drive production car at the Nordschleife. The car is the well-known Megane Renaultsport 265 Trophy, which crossed the finish line for just 8 minutes 7 seconds and 97”, which is a full 9 seconds faster than the lap record that has stood
14 June 2011
RENM Performance has announced a tuning package for the latest Renault Megane RS. The car features highly developed engine and chassis, the black edition also comes with striking new styling and race car-like dynamics.
The engine is retuned to 310PS (228 kW) and 430Nm (319 lb-ft) of torque. The results are thanks to a new bigger turbo intercooler, Cold Air Intake, a sports stainless-steel performance exhaust system and an ECU re-map to make sure that everything works perfect.
RS 250 Black Edition stands on en
10 June 2011
Renault has introduced the most powerful road car in the manufacturer’s history. Megane Renaultsport 265 Trophy comes at just £27 820 and it is ready to outrun VW Golf and Scirocco R models.
Renaultsport 265 Trophy is powered by a turbocharged 2.0 litre petrol engine with staggering 265PS and 360Nm of torque available between 3000 and 5000RPM. The hot hatch achieves impressive power-to-weight ratio of 191HP per tonne. Not bad, not bad at all!
The results are thanks to an improvement in
19 May 2011
Renault has announced a new state-of-the-art 1.6-litre 130hp “Energy” diesel engine with just awesome results. It powers the Scenic and Grand Scenic, pricing starts at just £20 900 OTR. The cars also come with Dynamique TomTom.
The 1.6 litre dCi delivers 130PS (96 kW) at 4000RPM and 320Nm (237 lb-ft) at just 1750RPM. But the power is not everything! The new engine returns 64.2 mpg and emits just 115 g/km of CO2. An impressive results, which reflect not only on your pocket for fuel, but the taxing is droppe
12 May 2011
2011 Renault Clio Expression Eco with 1.5 dCi 88 with Stop-Start achieves something amazing – 94 g/km of CO2 and 78.4 mpg on the combined cycle, which is just 3 liters per 100km.
The Eco Pack can be specified as a £250 option on Expression trim level versions of Clio 3- and 5-door. Prices for the standard model,
12 May 2011
Renaultsport are ready with the 2011 trackday calendar, so the owners of the manufacturer’s hot hatchbacks will be able to explore the limits of their track-bred cars. The events will include three of the most iconical UK circuits - Silverstone, Brands Hatch and Knockhill. Furthermore, there is a chance to join Renaultsport with a trip to the world-famous Nurburgring Nordschleife race track in Germany and Bedford Autodrome.
Renaultsport are not new in running trackdays. They have been doing
01 April 2011
Renault and Samsung has developed SM7 saloon, which official premiere is at the Seoul motor show, today. Here are the first images of the SM7 Concept and the car is aimed to become a premium segment model. SM7 will be the new “Safrane”, but the car is based on the same platform as the Nissan Teana . SM7 will share its underpinnings with the future SM5 model.Renault Samsung SM7 is a four-door coupe, which is very fashionable these days. All luxury brands has released their four-door coupe mod
28 March 2011
Renault has exclusively introduced limited editions of its 2011 Scenic and Grand Scenic Dynamique TomTom models, dubbed Renault Scenic BOSE limited edition and Renault Scenic Dynamique TomTom BOSE limited.
As the names hint, the new rides are offered with a specially developed high-quality BOSE Energy Efficient Series sound system, which utilizes nine speakers, an integrated subwoofer and a digital amplifier, yet is 30% smaller, 40% lighter and use 50% less energy than systems with comparable
25 March 2011
Renault Samsung has released a teaser sketch of SM7 Concept. This will be the next generation of the brand’s saloon car.
However, the sketch is showing a coupe design. The concept may have rear doors, but the picture is not clear, so we will have to wait a while, before seeing the real shape of the car.
There are no further information about SM7 concept, but according to Carscoop, the current SM7 has been around since 2004 and is built on the same Nissan J31 platform as the Asian-marke
07 March 2011
RenaultSport Megane 250 is one of the hottest hatchbacks on the market. It produces 246BHP and has a top speed of 156 mph (252 km/h). However, Superchips Ltd now offers an ECU remap for even more stunning performance.
The performance package suits all Megane 250 models from 2010 onwards and increases the overall power with 49BHP at 5331RPM and 66Nm at just 4816RPM. The total weight of RenaultSport Megane 250 is 1387kg, so you will get not only excellent performance, but an astonishing 33mph c
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