Megane Trophy R retains FWD Nurburgring record

[Darren Lomax]

Has anyone done a back to back test with the mk3 & mk4?

 

[la21t]

I was wondering the same, great bit of advertisement though.

I'm all for records being broken but this type of scenario tells me that in theory at least, is a slightly flawed representation of performance in a market saturated with a huge combination of hot hatches of many different varieties.

Surely you want to compare a record against a like for like model from a competitor? For example the Honda lap time was with a car fitted with a cage, better tyres etc

But I get why there is appeal for people when you see the statistics, it is incredible to think that a potential daily driver (?), a Renault, can compete with automotive engineering powerhouses such as Ferrari, Lambo, Porsche etc

A good point well made there pal

 

[Darren Lomax]

Was it the same driver who did the mk3 time because IMO his driving was scrappy and I bet it needed a lot of maintenance when it got back.