So which is the better looking hot hatch?! VOTE in the COMMENTS on this post! 💛

Honestly, this car is the absolute best king of all hot hatches. Its got one of the most beautiful rears I have ever seen on any car, it can corner like no other hot hatch, it sounds amazing, its the fastest FWD on the Nürburgring, its a great family car. This car literally ticks all boxes

I absolutely love my Meg 300 Trophy - I went for the manual model as I just couldn't transition to flappy paddles just yet - Long Live the Manual!! The handling, the sound in Sport/Race mode and the acceleration in any gear is excellent. Nothing to regret about my purchase 👌🏼

Lovely review! I agree with what you have shared. I’ve owned the car for a year and it’s an absolute blast. Great daily driver that never fails to put a smile on my face everytime I drive it!

Mégane RS definitely looks 🔥🔥

Totally right, it is the forgotten super hatch. I forgot all about it! Now I want one! This is why I subscribed Matt! Thanks for the great review

My first time coming to your channel and I'm definitely staying....You're awesome at reviewing cars!!👌🏼

We looked at a number of cars before getting into the 300 Trophy, and yes those vents are real, they actually work. Looked for an S1 Audi, and an RS3. No Manual. Too small in the cockpit area to move legs. Test drove the last manual in a used version, but could not come to it. Looked at the 308GTi. Unfortunately, no dealer in Adelaide would get one in, unless we were going to buy it. Booked a flight to Sydney, but it was sold the day before we left. Still trying to use flights thanks to the virus. A motor sport friend has one, and she loves it. Rarer than the trophy. Tried to get a Civic. 4 month wait, and you could not test drive one as all were sold. (who buys without a test drive???) Then they did an upgrade but the older models still on the water were coming in and you could not be guaranteed what model version would be received. They fixed the dash controls with knobs. Something they are doing in the upgrade to the Megane. Absolutely loathed the Hyundai. Smelt funny, and the seating position was not good. Seats were too small. We ordered our manual Trophy in June 2019. We watched it leave the factory via the link sent to us at the end of September, and tracked it on the ship. It arrived at the dealer in January 2020. We started looking for a new car in January 2019. Other than the cup holders being too small, and a slow media screen, we love it. Not that many in the country, and not many in Adelaide. A shame we are restricted to 4 colours in Australia with a few options offered in other countries. Heads up display would have been good. We would have loved it in Red which other countries get. Always being asked about it when getting fuel, or stopping on a drive into the country. It just attracts looks and interest. The 4 control does take some getting used to, but when it hooks up, it has a firmly planted feel. A shame the 2020 upgrade due later is only available in the auto. Oh well, we will be keeping ours for a few years yet.

Looks great. Looks like it was fun to drive...i haven't seen any other car have you showing your "O" face so much.. great review

This is the old one though. Facelifted model just came out and is available for order 😅

Nice car and review Matthew

Best review of the Megane RS as you can see you totally enjoyed the drive and I am a bit biased as I have the 280 Cup...Love the car as it just looks so good and the performance is just stellar!

For some reason, I wasn't gonna click this video. Glad I did, great review mate, love your humour XD Subscribed.

I watched your video 3 times.. brilliant, such an underrated car.. a nice left field choice. Proper mechanical diff just like the civic type R

Uhuh, well done and honest review mate!

I rented this car on a trackday and my god those alcantara seats were so lovely to sit in

Lol, coffee and crack. Thanks for the very excited review!

I’m a new subscriber love your videos so far. I like the Megane RS but I would definitely change the wheels.

I'm only running an RS280 but with nearly all the options including Cup Chassis and 2 piece Brembos. I came from a troubled and anxiety inducing relationship with a mk3 Focus RS and test drove the i30N, Civic Type R and the Megane all in the same morning. The deposit went on the Megane the following day. Its a great alrounder, quality of fit and finish both in and out are way higher than the Focus which was a huge surprise having only ever heard opinion of Renault and driven dodgey rentals. Its a great car, but Sshhhh don't tell everyone or they'll become less exclusive. P.s I hope you took it on some good country roads, thats where they really come alive.

I desperately want this car, but the i30N also had my attention. But the megane is 🔥🔥🔥 inside & out

I'm currently looking at a secondhand Megane RS Tropy in Lava Orange. I'm driving a Renault Koleos Intens but before that I had the Megane RS RedBull RB8... The Koleos is a great car but I just miss having the RS and at least this has 4 doors now compared to the RB8. I'm really tossing up whether to replace the Koleos as I've only had it 1year.

I bet that whoever prefers the design of the Civic type R also likes pineapple on their pizza...

We can feel you're genuine in your talks compare to some other guys on youtube... And as a French, always nice to see a good review of a French car as far as in Australia. But to test a hot hatch, I hope you did more than those accelerate, brake, U turn, accelerate, brake, U turn.... that we see in the video. Because that's clearly not the kind of driving where you would enjoy a megane RS or civic type R.

'Skip ahead using the time-codes' 🤷‍♂️😱 Paul Maric sends his regards, my guy 😉🤠

I love the Megane RS Trophy, I actually work for Renault as a technician and I know these cars well. You raised some really fair points and for one thing completely agree about the climate control I think they should have just stuck to buttons amd dials would have been fine. There was one point you made about the dampeners not being adjustable and thats not strictly true. The Megane RS has electronic controlled dampeners meaning it can be adjusted for a smoother ride. This is only done through selecting what driving mode you would like ie. Race mode is firm and Comfort is softer. Its difficult to feel these changes unless driving for a long time like owning the car a few weeks. So no they cannot be adjusted manually like some other manufacturers offer but its not strictly true to say they cant be adjusted at all. Very fair review but if your in the market for a toy hatch. You would be foolish not to at least test drive an RS Trophy

Thanks for the great review, what about the rear passenger experience ? Leg room , bumpy ? I have a 6 years kid . Thanks

The rear tail lights remind me of Michelangelo's painting in the Sistine Chapel 😂

Magnifique Mégane RS Trophy avec la teinte jaune sirus ! 👍❤

How is the reliability compared to the type R?

If only we can get renault in the US i would get this in a heartbeat

I love everything about this car, I just wish they came as a 3 door.. imagine 😍😍

Already looking at options for after my Leon Cupra and was prob going for a Golf TCR or Clubsport but I'm swaying towards one of these now. Yes it's expensive for a French car that will likely have many problems down the line but I think it's the best looking hot hatch just now and Renault have always done the very best handling hatches. Starting to think it'll be one of these next.

One setting only in the trophy, rock hard, that becomes an issue out of town or in South Australia and I think it's a huge oversight by Renault who want to make a more Golf like hot hatch. Other reviewers have found the sport model with softer dampers and springs to be more enjoyable on road. Should be adjustable. The 4-wheel steering does the job of making the car more nimble around the streets, but in the hills the system can cause too much turn in or make the rear of the car nervous. This effect can unsettle people and having an option to disable it would be very useful.

It sounds so melodious

6:55 I use this space to store the remote control of the parking door 😜

Yeah, as stated a couple of times there is a facelift model now available. In the UK, the face lift has tweaked front and rear Led lights, new interior screen/dash combo. The Sport has been dropped and all cars come with 300hp. The manual option for the Trophy has now been dropped, and some different wheel choices and the side skirt is now a different design and body coloured. I prefer the pre facelift :D Ps the dash Screen shown in this video, can be modified. So you complain about the Aircon controls. If you hold your finger on the screen it gives you the option to add/remove apps and move them around into different pages and to change the layout.

Geez it looks good!

I truly wish they made an AWD SUV version of this with two tone/stitched LEATHER seats, and I would have been all over it. I would buy one as it is and just have aftermarket leather done, but I have a back issue and it's far too low for me. In a low hatch (if I could drive one comfrotably at my age now), I can handle front wheel drive though, I got very used to that with a couple GTI over the years.

How is the ride quality compared to say a M2? Is it as stiff or stiffer?

Megain?

im on the market for a new car. iv narrowed it down to 2 options, this or the Peugeot RCZ R, both great looking and fun to drive cars. the RCZ R is quite abit cheaper though

Do you prefer this over the VW GTI TCR?

4:40 it depends on the view angles, really. Tbh, the front look it could be a sleeper. But the REAR view is something else. Idk for me when first time i discovered this car without knowing it stats, i knew this is a very good hot hatch or very fast car. Cuz i can tell by its fancy looking rear light and also its magnificent rims. To me the Rear design of the Megane is an absolute beast. Definitely much better looking than other hot hatch like civic typer R and golf gti, Much better.

went to look at one of these today, damn they are nice but $65k!! That's a lot of money for a hatchback

this or the i30n for a daily sporty car.. man i have been on youtube for 10 hours today. both looks great, but megane's interior is superior looking.

No.1 hot hatch!!

♥️ my trophy

is there a 2-door?

Megain RS!!!!

Good edit. If only you pronounced Megane correctly. Caradvice has a pages for this.

Like the exhaust, it's a point of difference (the design). Yellow is too loud, I would fork out $4-5k for matt black wrap

i30N entered the chat

If the vents are 90% real, is there anything stopping you from just drilling through the last 10% haha?

👍👍🔥🔥

CUP HOLDERS THOUGH

You remind me about that food reviewer

Bring back the coupe model... four door is ugly ... PS: I have the older coupe model, manual of course 😉 About the wheel spin, when I changed from the factory continental tyres to Michelin sport, no more issues with traction.

woohoo

I want to make love to the seats . Stunning car

megaine?

the renault megain

The renault mcgain

Would love to own this, unfortunately here in South Africa it would get stolen within a blink of an eye 🙅😭

What fake vents? O_o

Still prefer the mk3 megane trophy and for that reason that's why I did not trade mine in for the mk4 trophy

Renault megain ?

Can someone explain to me why people like shitty looking velour over leather?

It’s pronounced (Ma-Garne) dude.

Lost you at "Megayne"...

If you test drive the alpine a110 I subscribe to your channel bro

Let's put it this way... the Trophy R had its rear wheel steering deleted, so....

Magain

Wym forgotten?!?! Are you tripping man?

Me-Gain?

I disliked the video just because of the way you pronounce Megane, besides that really good review

Megane = (MEE)-(GANN)

Renault Megay’n

Btw bro it’s not called a Renault Megain. It’s hurting my poor Renault sports fanatic ears everytime you say megain. It’s spoke like me-gan.

"Megain" 🤦‍♂️

Renault “MiGaYn” why tf is he saying it like that, he’s a motoring journalist, surely someone has taught him how to say it properly 🤦🏼‍♂️