The 1.8-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine is unchanged from its specification in the regular Megane Trophy ... which save 16kg over a RS Trophy’s wheels (the standard R wheel is already ...

could this make the basic RS the pick of the range? Sitting at the bottom of the Renault Sport Mégane range doesn’t mean a shortage of firepower, even if the Trophy and Trophy-R offer more.

So goes the old saying, but if there's ever been an example of that axiom put into action, surely it's the new Renault Mégane RS ... 275 Trophy is the latest in a line of limited edition Megane ...