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Originally Posted by g21
I watched the incumbent record's video and the Megane was also sliding all over the place, but man the sound of that car was amazing, and it was much more agile - what a car! (no idea if they were cheating but it was amazing)
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To me it's actually quite amaizing that it took so long (for Honda in this case) to break that Megane record.
In those 4 years things like advancement in tyre technology alone I would have expected giving that 4 sec difference.
But comparisons with track times in the past might be difficult. In the meantime the nordschleife got an all new track surface and curbs (about 1,5 years ago). I have no idea how that has impacted lap times.
But for sure the Megane RS in all it's iterations is a very good car for the Nordschleife, you see them a lot there, it's very popular. Too bad the current one is the last one and I guess that will be phased out very soon as that model is already from 2017.
But a last iteration (special edition) of the Megane RS has just been opened for orders (last month); the Mégane RS "Ultime".
Although I don't know if it's as hardcore as the Trophy-R
It has the cupchassis and LSD but I don't know if it has the backseat delete, carbon hood, Ohlins etc. Probably not as the Trophy-R was considerable more expensive (the Trophy-R was also more limited)