Renault Megane RS Trophy VS Hyundai i30N Performance: Icon Off Wheels – Auto Sportive – Icon Wheels

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Renault Megane RS Trophy VS Hyundai i30N Performance: Icon Off Wheels – Auto Sportive – Icon Wheels
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Renault Megane RS Trophy VS Hyundai i30N Performance: Icon Off Wheels – Auto Sportive – Icon Wheels

Compact, handy, very fast: two tracked weapons that can be used every day, which one would be the best on paper?

Two compact sports cars, two companions in everyday life that feel comfortable when shopping or hiking during a track day. There Renault Megan RS it is one of the most durable sports compacts around. It was the first in the FWD sports hatchback segment to offer "professional" driving dynamics, coupled with a limited-slip differential and a tough and precise tuning. There Trophy this is his latest evolution, worst and most powerful.

La Hyundai i30N, instead, it is the last arrival; but that is not why she is naive. Developed by former employees of the BMW "M" division, i30 N Performance it has the same armament as Renault: front-wheel drive, turbo engine and nearly 300 hp. What's better on paper?

In short

Hyundai i30 N Performance

engine	Four-cylinder turbo
bias	1998 см
Potenza	275 Cv in 6.000 weights
couple	From 253 Nm to 1450 inputs
price	36.400 euro

Renault Megane RS Trophy

engine	Four-cylinder turbo
bias	1798 см
Potenza	300 Cv in 6.000 weights
couple	From 400 Nm to 4.000 inputs
price	41.200 euro

dimensions

Renault Megane RS Trophy with 436 cm in length and 188 in width (due to very wide shoulders) it is longer and more placed than Hyundai i30N Performance, 2 cm shorter and even 8 cm narrower (only 180 cm). Renault's wheelbase is also slightly longer - 267 cm versus 265 for the Korean (however, Renault has a 4-wheel steering system that actually "shortens" the wheelbase).

Despite its larger size, Renault weighs less than Hyundai: 1419 kg against i 1509 from i30.

head space: Hyundai wins boot test with d powerand 395 litersand Renault is included 384 liters.

Potenza

engine four-cylinder turbo for both: which of Hyundai since 1998 cu. 275 h.p. inlet 6.000 e 353 Nm inlet 1450. The gearbox is a six-speed manual.

La Reno Meganinstead, it is equipped with a smaller 1,8 liter (1798 cc) displacement, which provides 300 h.p. at 6.000 rpm and 400 Nm of torque at 4800 rpm.

So Renault, despite its smaller engine, delivers more power and more torque (even if the torque is much higher than Hyundai's). For her, a mechanical 6-speed or 7-speed automatic with dual clutch.

performance

We come to the strength test: Renault Megane RS Trophy photos from 0-100 km / h in 5,7 seconds and reaches me 260 km / h. Hyundai, due to its greater weight and less power, on the other hand, uses 6,1 seconds at 0-100 and reaches me 250 km / h maximum speed.

The numbers, however, do not describe the actual behavior of these two cars, and it will take a track and chronometer to decide which one is really the fastest.

Credits: 2018 - Renault MEGANE IV RS TROPHY press tests in Portugal