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Hej stylus high sierra7/15/2023 Our initial review of the Trophy R saw it score 8/10, a higher mark held due to its faintly ridiculous price and while we awaited whether it was bearable on road or not. Well, the mega-bucks spec has completely sold out and it’s tolerable on the daily grind. And pleasingly wild when you’re really giving it some. Hell yeah, and it won’t ever let you forget it. The squeal of its brakes at low speed, its boomy, neighbour-rousing idle, the popping and spluttering of the exhaust in traffic, the tangibly thinner sound deadening. It brings the drama of a racecar to something you can drive easily over speed bumps and leave in less salubrious car parks without fretting. You’ll worry about those poor little carbon wheels at first, then remember it’s a weeny little Megane that still has a parking camera. You’ll forget they’re worth as much as a brand-new Clio. ![]() There’s an innate superstar quality that can accompany you on even the most fraught or mundane of journeys, the kind you’d never take your Pista on. And it’s a hot hatchback of a wildness and effervescence that we need to appreciate now. A RenaultSport insider recently told us that the Trophy R has arrived relatively early in this Megane’s life in order to dodge stringent emissions regulations that lurk peskily around the corner. And which appear to be leading all future hot hatches down an electrified path (just ask Peugeot). I simply can’t imagine a plug-in car being able to recreate just how feral this thing feels an EV will be too quiet and smooth, a hybrid unable to even dream of weighing 1,300kg. ![]() This is a car we’ll talk about in reverential tones in the not too distant future. Seventy-two grand for an all-time great? It’s an absolute bargain.The best bits have been saved for last.
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