Re-claustrophobic note: An opening panoramic glass roof is available with clear interior linen

If all we hear is comparison to the Civic Type R, how about that the Megane is 5k pounds cheaper? Did Honda pay for the review or is it just biased?

@georgetudor1767

4 жыл бұрын

yep, the RS is not reviewed as it should be, because it would of been such a good deal..

Best color combination of this car! Love it! I love how the styling is!

@donmemoli

6 жыл бұрын

Love the color, but the silver/black rims fit better in my opinion. The pure black ones look good on the white or grey model.

The gearbox in the I30N is absolutely on the money. It’s so precise and satisfying. That’s after 5000 miles or so. I know it’s perhaps difficult to get a true feel for certain aspects of a car when you maybe only have a car for review purposes for a week or 2.

Give it 15 years the local teenagers dream car

@245thegreat

6 жыл бұрын

I'm getting the Trophy version next year, upgrading from a 66 Clio Trophy 😆

@cknorthpole

6 жыл бұрын

Won't have gas in 15 years. Electric vehicle here we come.

@245thegreat

6 жыл бұрын

@@cknorthpole the life of the party aren't you 🙈🙈🙈

@xinporco

6 жыл бұрын

@@cknorthpole Lie, legistlation has been aproved to allow ICE in cars beyond 2040, in hybrid form.

@Luckyjo21

5 жыл бұрын

Might need to wait that long before i can afford one too lol

Look at this Megane then picture the looks of the Civic Jesus christ... this is how a hot hatch should look. Meaty looking car and after owning a 225 and a 250. No doubt a superb car to drive and more than capable for the public road.

@FurkanSavas

6 жыл бұрын

Looks are for everyone diffrent though, you cant blame or say someone is wrong for liking the design of another car.

@redhamasri

6 жыл бұрын

Wait for the trophy,this is where the fun begin!

@Synysterjmz

6 жыл бұрын

Yet the Civic absolutely destroys the Renault where it actually matters, so.....

@markc9274

6 жыл бұрын

Synysterjmz Exactly! And when he said it easily keeps up with the Civic Type R .....erm no it doesn’t proven most recently the Type R destroyed it 😂 he keeps comparing to the Type R, however the Megane a much inferior car. He should be comparing it to a Golf GTI or Focus ST. The likes of a Golf R, Cupra, Focus RS and Type R in a different league night and day difference !!! I very much doubt the Trophy version will match the 300+ bhp super hatches!!

@saxoryan

6 жыл бұрын

@@markc9274 in a different league??? Are you sure... each one of these cars on the road are just as quick as each other

One of the best Reviews of the New Megane RS. Well done!😎

Excellent review James! Informative, relaxed and entertaining.

Hopefully I could afford to buy one in two years in the second hand market if the base model price fall under 20k euros...Brilliant car !

Love it. My favorite hot hatch!

this car , is my goal , it's lovely

perfect review all the time full with details a pocket of crisp water bottle sweets humbug reviews always fun to watch

Car is fire and cool megane ❤🔥and your filming of this review absolute wonderful 💯

Hmm!, we just got the GT-LINE and not bad I must say it's always nice to drive around!

This is the car my dad has it's sooo nice :D

Oh how i love the normal handbrake

Weird lines in the top of the screen? Anyone else?

@Driven247

6 жыл бұрын

Don Limpio yep

@Murphy252000

6 жыл бұрын

Thought I was having a migraine :0

@Yoopercooper

6 жыл бұрын

I thought my iPad's screen was dying. So happy others saw I too

@madewidianantara6649

6 жыл бұрын

Lucas Burk lol me too

@HansGr00ber

6 жыл бұрын

Thought it was my TV!

Cool car and a very nice review!

Honestly James, I love your reviews, really grown on me.

I've just bought this car (same colour etc) and coming from a Leon fr with a chip so it was similar to the GTi, it is amazing!! It's so planted to road, yes it's a bit bumpy but the feel of it.. its amazing! And the looks... yes I could of got a Golf, but when you see this car in the flesh, beautiful! Also, I haven't seen another Mk4 RS in my town, so it's nice to be different.. love it

Thinking off the 2013 megane rs 265. Any views. Thanks in advance

Could not agree more about the look of the screen!!

summed it up well. I drove one yesterday and yeah definitely not a relaxing car. ITs always in race mode lol. But feels like its on rails and the steering is so direct like a go kart. Way more fun than R.

Much prefer the previous Mégane RS. May go for a 265 in the future.

Wonder how long the engine mounts last

Megane is best in its class. Larger interior and sharp visual. You can drive up to 300000 km with good maint.. etc in general. Well done Renault ! Better than hyundai kia seat seat ...

@Synysterjmz

6 жыл бұрын

Best in it's class? Are you forgetting about the Type R, Golf GTI Clubsport and Seat Leon Cupra?? The Civic is the class leader.

@Jeerven

4 жыл бұрын

@@Synysterjmz civic is riced out from the factory tho.

@simeonaleksiev8690

4 жыл бұрын

@@Synysterjmz civic looks ridiculous and it's quite expensive

@Synysterjmz

4 жыл бұрын

@@simeonaleksiev8690 Type R GT is about a grand cheaper than a similarity spec'd Megane RS Trophy. £15k cheaper than a Megane RS Trophy R. You're talking utter nonsense. As for looks, they're subjective and do not change the fact that the Type R is the superior car.

Is my iPad broken or are other people seeing interference across the screen?

@karlman1397

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Jenkinson I’m getting it too on the tv

Boot of the Megane RS is actually smaller than a Golf R’s. Performance exhaust steals 100 litres from the regular Megane’s 434 litres, making it 334 vs. 340 of the Golf R.

Do you wait for it to rain

Anyone know which version has shark fin antenna?

Cannot wait for the Trophy version

Don’t buy the larger screen it’s a nightmare to use while driving compared to the standard screen. Both screens run the same rlink versions. Your paying 1500 to make adjusting ac speed a nightmare while driving! Learn from my mistake :(

yes yes yes!!!!

Lol. Literally thought my screen is gone forever. Scared to death.

The question is? Would it be better then the new Focus ST? 🤔😊

@faragogyorgy88

5 жыл бұрын

Looks better for sure : )

A very cool car, maybe one day I will be able to afford one :D

"Only a 1.8 turbo with 275 horsepower"... the car I drove at my driving school in Finland was a significantly bigger Skoda Octavia with something like a 1.5L engine turboed.... Some people just can't get enough, eh

James does an outstanding job on reviewing high performance cars, more reviews like this please!

@jamiep61

6 жыл бұрын

Yes he does

Rear wheel drive?

Isn’t there a soft furnishings you tube channel this guy could be presenting?

I hated you when you first reviewed Maserati Levante but now you are getting much better. I must say, I really like your reviews.

@jochem1986

6 жыл бұрын

Daef Omg agreed.

@daefzor

6 жыл бұрын

Top Cat He is the very big part of the review.

@ajgraham1983

6 жыл бұрын

He hasn't changed, his style of reviews hasn't changed. What changed was that you decided to not dislike him because he was different to Matt. Griefing people because they aren't the same as someone else is really strange.

i don’t what it is, but i love it

It’s a fabulous looking car

This car looks fking beautiful!

Transmission tunnel? Thought the megane was front wheel drive

@davidsanderson2960

3 ай бұрын

It is. Its 4 wheel stear, not 4 wheel drive.

Why compare this to a civic type r and golf r? They are super hatches with prices in a different segment. Get this against focus st and golf gti.

Strange watching this without Matt

I have one and I can recommend it :)

@khd8667

5 жыл бұрын

Just bought one Red 😎

@SebLoeb09Cars

5 жыл бұрын

You’re lucky 👍 one question, is it true that the new one is slower 100-200km/h than the old one 275hp???

@stefanc4873

4 жыл бұрын

@Robin H. , @KHD is it reliable so far?

@b.i.gpoppa9670

3 жыл бұрын

Stefan C the 1.8 is rly reliable if you get it manual

Looks mega😍

Great Video Review

I'm sorry but Why does this have a manual handbrake and normal models have a electric

@fabian78

6 жыл бұрын

Pritesh Champaneri didn’t you know that hot hatch drivers are all handbrake masters in the supermarket car park?! :-))

@blackra1nish

6 жыл бұрын

Because you can correct understeer with the handbrake

Transmission tunnel on a fwd car ????

@cristianoprescu4314

6 жыл бұрын

That is the tunnel for the exhaust piping...

Golf R is so Boring German Cars are becoming like APPLE minor changes every year and call it completely revolutionary

@albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797

5 жыл бұрын

But they are stupidly fast and high quality

@albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797

5 жыл бұрын

But still I would rather own a megane rs cup

@Alfra1324

5 жыл бұрын

It goes more deeper than that!! Do a little research! VW has a very good reason for that my friend!!!!!?

@kresimircosic9035

5 жыл бұрын

@@albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797 German and quality in the same sentence. Someone's still stuck in the late 90s and early 2000s.

@ap19926

5 жыл бұрын

You ll be always returning to a vw golf ma friend :)

good review, batch!

Long chalk? Dafuw

"well" I guess, the water bottle fitting in the door sold me! ffs.

Transmission tunnel and the car is fwd.

Shut the passenger door. Your letting the rain in! No inside camera for filming?

@dawnbonome9056

6 жыл бұрын

There is a line on the video. No one checks the video before it’s released for people to watch?

matt?

I prefer this Renault over the Civic....that looks like a stealth plane without wings. I just saw one in black.....jummyyyy

I'm sorry James but you sound too much like Quentin Wilson.

@bichplz4375

6 жыл бұрын

originalfunfair i miss Mat Watson

@runrabbitrunracing

6 жыл бұрын

That's a compliment!

@245thegreat

6 жыл бұрын

@@runrabbitrunracing depends on which way you look at it

@Lerppunen

5 жыл бұрын

Also, he might be gay.

I am watching in America to entertain myself with European hot hatches, knowing that they will not be sold in the U.S.

😍😍🤩🥰Renault megane 4 rs

@eazyk5276

3 жыл бұрын

My dream car 😍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🥰

Awesome car

"Easily keeps up with the Honda Civic Type R". As Carwow have just recently demonstrated, it really cannot. 😂😂😂

@markc9274

6 жыл бұрын

Synysterjmz it made me chuckle when he said that 😂 it hasn’t a cat in hells chance against the Type R FK2 or FK8. It doesn’t have the same performance - game over.

@369bogo

5 жыл бұрын

Umm its not all about speed its also about handling and acceleration and laptime

@Synysterjmz

5 жыл бұрын

@@369bogo I know, hence Type R > Megane. The Civic has better handling, better acceleration and is still the Nurbergring FWD fastest lap time holder. So what was your point again??

@stevenhearnden6103

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, the civic made this car look like it had its brakes on! 😂

@wb20_a90

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah nice car but I felt let down by the drag races of it on Car wow. Be nice to see it around a track against those cars tho

Definitely not made for Australian road's. The suspension is way to stiff for the back roads. I got a Subaru outback 2001 4cyl And this thing couldn't get away from me in the corners because it would just bounce across the road. On the straight it could pull away but as soon as the road surfaces got a little bad I was on his ars again. I would guess that the driver had a lot to do with it.

Bravoe jolly olde chap

still no moose test - esp on a empty road which can be done - no excuses

You have forgotten to put you orange pans on lol !

Honda left the chat

@skimilarydinky2144

5 жыл бұрын

No it did not

@Highlander1518

3 жыл бұрын

If anything it stayed. The FK8 is a fabulous car.

A hot hatch in my day was a 3 door car with sporty looks and grunt to match under the bonnet.. A hot hatch today, is a 5 door family saloon.. Lol

@shaana4079

5 жыл бұрын

True, every manufacturer is switching to 5 doors

@dinohermann1887

5 жыл бұрын

@@shaana4079And that's a good thing!

Great car but feel civic TypeR better , faster more fun and reliable. Same for trophy

Excellent host and presentation. 👏

what does RS mean

@davidsanderson2960

3 ай бұрын

Renault Sport

I bought a 2018 Renault Megane rs

so its a good car but its not a Honda civic, is that what your saying 🤔

Seats 5 no? CTR doesn’t, so not going to choose it. Practicalities essential

Why does this channel very closely resemble CarWow by Mat Watson?? 🧐🧐🤨🤨

@cybertroy2

5 жыл бұрын

Coz Mat used to work for carbuyer before he went to carwow. So i guess he took the format to his new channel (carwow).

Love everything apart from the exterior and interior

@eazyk5276

3 жыл бұрын

😍🤩😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🤩

This guy grrrrrrr

Yeah but does it do mad skids?

@245thegreat

6 жыл бұрын

What car can't "skid"? If your referring to drifting, then that's a completely different matter.

@Fantic1980

6 жыл бұрын

Apologies, I've clearly been watching too much McM... Does it go SIDEWAYS?! I guess you non-car people would call it a "drift."

If Renault are able to offer a manual gearbox in the new Megane RS, I don’t see why they can’t do the same for the Clio RS...

@mdog2501

6 жыл бұрын

Comes down to cost. The clio is coming to the end of it's life cycle. A new one is due soon. Not much sense developing a manual, testing it, certifying it etc. Hopefully the next generation clio Rs will be offered in a manual.

Edc gearbox in this car is awesome transformers the car

anyone who has this car is a lucky men

Still thinking the previous Megane RS looked better

Just watch another Chanel and the i30n left the Rs for dust . Shocking .

The best car

Thats a weird handbrake

@priteshchampaneri4706

6 жыл бұрын

jeppep95 The normal Megane has a electric handbrake, I wonder why they put a manual handbrake in the RS

@Jeerven

4 жыл бұрын

At least less weird than my 2006 mégane rs.

Having owned a new Clio Sport 172, lots of cheap fun but then kinda useful bits like the driver's electric window motor arm failed, costing me 250 odd quid for an electric motor replacement (as they are not modular) I'm a little sceptical of the build quality on these. Still it only cost me £16k new. I bought a Honda Type R next for a massive £18K and that was a good improvement in build. So try as I might, I cannot see how the prices can justifiably double since the noughties for these types of cars. They are priced so highly today they appear to almost miss the point of a hot hatch.

@Carl-yu6uw

6 жыл бұрын

@@murgatroid2229 oh, do they mate? maybe buy one and enjoy the bits dropping off it.

@Carl-yu6uw

6 жыл бұрын

@@murgatroid2229 ok, so your point is that your "experience" of RS is more worthy than mine. Great point.

@BJJPaulos74

5 жыл бұрын

I know what you're saying, I bought a new Renault 225 cup in 2005 and the window and heater went multiple times, although I got them sorted under warranty it was a ballache. The dodgy electrics were really well known even going back to the old 205 GTi's but they're such good cars to drive. Anyway move on a few years and some friends had bought the R26 and none of them had any problems, so I gave the Megane another go and it turned into one of my favorite cars I've owned, all the problems had been sorted. Same when I bought the RS 265 about 6 years ago, I never had any of the old Renault dodgy electric problems so I wouldn't base my opinion on old Renaults, especially from the early 2000,'s tbh. Anyway, I've got a more 'grown-up' Audi RS6 now but I definitely would like a go in the new one especially the Trophy edition.

So basically if you can get past the max power looks you should buy the Honda over this any day.

If I was in the market, I'd look at a Hyundai i30n, and probabaly a Peugeot 308gti.... maybe a Seat Leon.... Not sure about this.... Just my humble opinion...

@richarddastardly6845

6 жыл бұрын

Anthony Deas - Go for Seat

@user-bs9ct7li8n

6 жыл бұрын

The 308 GTI has fake sounds from the motor.

@tubejorrit

5 жыл бұрын

The i30N is so good, I test drove the Golf GTI performance (to dull but great daily) and Type-R (fast and existing but stiff and track focused), the i30N fits right in between.

who gives thumbs down?

Honda's problem is that their car looks like a s**t ricer, whereas Megane RS looks gorgeous.

the badge is WAY to big - makes the car looks silly!

This channel and host is trying way too hard to be Matt Watson from CarWow.

Carwow-car buyer?

Is that Noel Coward's great great nephew?

Can’t get passed the poshness

Simplesmente um carro muito bonito e potente.

Another great German car