As with the Honda and VW, it gets a plastic-rimmed steering wheel. Sharp responses and light controls make it easy and fun to drive. Where the Mégane scores is with its ride and handling.
Only the Golf puts out more CO2, although the Renault is in the same road tax band as the Skoda. Fuel economy is reasonable, but emissions of 163g/km are below par. This deters you from keeping up with the fastest-moving traffic on motorways. And it’s noisy compared to the Octavia’s refined 1.4-litre turbo – even though it’s mated to a six-speed box. However, the numbers alone don’t tell the whole story because you have to really work the engine hard to extract its performance. At the test track, the Mégane sprinted from 0-60mph in 10.3 seconds – a figure only the more powerful Skoda could beat. A button hidden behind the steering wheel starts the 1.6-litre engine, and the 108bhp unit provides decent pace.
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Keyless entry is included as standard and Expression trim also features ESP stability control, electric windows all-round and heated door mirrors. Fold the seats, and the Mégane also has the smallest maximum capacity. But compared to the versatile Honda and spacious Skoda – which offer 485 and 560 litres respectively – it falls short. The gimmicky digital speedometer is also an acquired taste, although the centre console looks sharp.Īll good family cars need a big boot, and the Renault’s 372-litre luggage bay is fine in isolation. Material quality is patchy, the ventilation controls feel cheap and rear legroom is merely average. It comes with less attractive steel rims as standard.įrom the outside, the Mégane is more stylish than the revised Skoda and nowhere near as controversial as the space-age Honda, although its oversized tail-light clusters are a bit heavy-handed. The distinctive hatchback looks thoroughly modern, but the pretty alloy wheels fitted to our model are a £300 optional extra. We tested the more powerful variant, and in entry-level Expression trim the five-door is yours for £14,850 – making it the second most expensive car in our quartet. But what if your budget or annual mileage demands a small petrol-engined car instead? The answer is the company’s 1.6-litre unit, which is available in the Mégane with outputs of 99bhp or 108bhp. New Megane Coupé-Cabriolet gets two further distinctive features: a dark metal finish for the windscreen surround and dark metal body side trim strips.Renault has a cracking range of economical and punchy diesels. The body colour lower section of the rear bumper includes an aerodynamic diffuser, while the package is completed by 17-inch Celsium aluminium alloy wheels, dark metal exterior mirror housings and GT Line-badging on the grille and bootlid/tailgate. In combination with black headlamp masks, these unique design cues give Megane GT Line a particularly strong personality. The foglamps are housed in profiled, dark metal-lined recesses either side of the bumper. The GT Line version has a new front bumper design with a reshaped centre air intake highlighted by a gloss black cross-piece that supports the licence plate. Renault Megane GT and Renault Megane GT Line stand out from standard versions of the Megane family thanks to sports styling cues both outside and in the cabin, accentuated by design elements finished in dark metal (anthracite grey) and polished carbon that are unique to these versions. These include the dCi 110 DPF (114g/km of CO2), now available with the very latest EDC (Efficient Dual Clutch) automatic dual clutch transmission. A number of chassis components are drawn from Megane R.S.īased on the Dynamique equipment level, the GT Line version uses the Sport chassis available for Megane Coupé, and comes with a choice of efficient, eco-friendly engines. The GT version, the most exclusive of the two, is available exclusively with the TCe 180 petrol engine or the powerful, high-torque dCi 160 diesel powerplant.
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