Norev 2022 Renault Megane R.S Trophy | 1:18 Scale | Tonic Orange

Bold, ferocious, and completely uncompromising in its pursuit of front-wheel-drive performance excellence — the 2022 Renault Megane R.S Trophy is the most powerful, the most completely developed, and the most absolutely driver-focused expression of the celebrated Renault Sport performance car philosophy ever offered to the public in a road-legal production hatchback, and Norev has honored this magnificent and deeply significant modern French performance icon in a breathtaking 1:18 scale diecast masterpiece presented in the most visually spectacular, the most immediately arresting, and the most completely and perfectly appropriate color in the entire Renault Sport palette — the extraordinary and completely head-turning Tonic Orange — creating a collector’s model of such overwhelming visual drama, such authentic Renault Sport performance character, and such outstanding Norev French diecast manufacturing quality that it demands immediate recognition as one of the most important, most visually spectacular, and most completely essential modern French performance car diecast releases available to collectors anywhere in the world today.

The Renault Megane R.S nameplate carries a heritage of front-wheel-drive performance excellence, of driving purity, and of the particular and completely distinctive Renault Sport approach to creating performance cars of genuinely outstanding dynamic capability and genuinely thrilling driving character that stretches back through multiple generations of celebrated and passionately collected performance hatchbacks — a heritage that connects directly and powerfully to the legendary tradition of French performance car engineering that began most famously with the celebrated Renault 5 Turbo and the iconic Renault 11 Turbo of the early 1980s and that reached its first modern peak of critical and collector acclaim with the original Megane R.S and the subsequent development of the nameplate through the extraordinary Megane R.S 265, R.S 275, and R.S 300 Trophy that established the Megane R.S as the definitive benchmark of front-wheel-drive hot hatch performance capability in every generation of its production. The 2022 Megane R.S Trophy represents the final and most completely accomplished chapter of this extraordinary front-wheel-drive Megane R.S story — the last and most powerful expression of a performance car philosophy that has influenced and inspired the entire global hot hatch market for more than a decade and a half of continuous and consistently extraordinary achievement.

The Trophy specification — the ultimate, the most performance-focused, and the most completely driver-oriented variant of the already exceptional standard Megane R.S lineup — elevates the already outstanding standard Megane R.S’s performance capability to a level of such complete and overwhelming front-wheel-drive performance achievement that it places the 2022 Megane R.S Trophy in a category that no other front-wheel-drive production car has ever previously occupied with such complete authority and such total competitive conviction. At the heart of the Trophy is Renault Sport’s magnificently developed 1.8-litre turbocharged inline-four engine — producing an extraordinary 300 horsepower in Trophy specification, representing the highest power output ever achieved by any production Renault road car in the entire history of the company — mated to a six-speed manual gearbox with Renault’s sophisticated limited-slip differential that manages the Trophy’s extraordinary front-wheel power output with the precision, the control, and the dynamic intelligence necessary to translate this remarkable power into genuinely usable, genuinely exciting, and genuinely spectacular real-world performance of the highest possible order.

The performance credentials of the 2022 Renault Megane R.S Trophy match the extraordinary promise of its 300-horsepower turbocharged engine with complete and overwhelming conviction — with a 0-62 mph time of 5.4 seconds, a top speed of 170 mph, and — most significantly and most impressively of all — the extraordinary Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record for front-wheel-drive production cars that the Megane R.S Trophy-R variant — the extreme track-focused development of the Trophy platform — established with a completely stunning lap time of 7 minutes 40.1 seconds that demolished the previous front-wheel-drive lap record with such completeness and such authority that it was immediately recognized as one of the most significant and most impressive performance car achievements of the entire modern automotive era. While the standard road-going Trophy represents a somewhat less extreme expression of this extraordinary performance capability, it retains the fundamental dynamic character, the chassis sophistication, and the genuine and authentic performance excellence that made the Megane R.S Trophy the most discussed, the most admired, and the most passionately debated front-wheel-drive performance car of its generation.

The chassis and suspension engineering that underpins the 2022 Megane R.S Trophy’s extraordinary dynamic capability represents one of the most sophisticated and most completely accomplished suspension setups ever fitted to a front-wheel-drive production car — featuring the celebrated 4Control four-wheel steering system that gives the Trophy a level of dynamic precision, cornering agility, and directional responsiveness that fundamentally and permanently transforms the handling experience available from a front-wheel-drive hatchback from the merely impressive to the genuinely and completely extraordinary. The Trophy’s specifically calibrated Öhlins damper system — developed in close collaboration with the legendary Swedish suspension specialist in a partnership of such genuine technical seriousness and such complete performance commitment that it reflects the absolute sincerity of Renault Sport’s dedication to delivering the finest possible dynamic experience in the Trophy — provides a ride and handling balance of such genuine and authentic performance excellence that even the most experienced and most demanding driving enthusiasts and automotive journalists consistently and enthusiastically rate it as one of the finest and most completely satisfying chassis setups ever engineered into a front-wheel-drive road car regardless of its price, its pedigree, or its competitive aspiration.

The visual presence of the 2022 Renault Megane R.S Trophy is as dramatic, as immediately arresting, and as completely and permanently memorable as its performance specifications and its dynamic reputation suggest and demand. The Trophy’s aggressive and purposeful body — featuring Renault Sport’s signature front splitter and extended air dam, the dramatically styled side sills, the precisely engineered rear diffuser, the distinctive Trophy-specific aerodynamic elements, and the overall impression of barely contained turbocharged performance aggression and completely authentic front-wheel-drive performance intent — creates a visual presence of such immediate impact and such completely convincing performance authority that it communicates with complete clarity and complete conviction to every person who encounters it exactly what kind of car this is, exactly what kind of performance it is capable of delivering, and exactly why it has earned the extraordinary reputation and the passionate collector enthusiasm that surrounds it.

In Tonic Orange — the extraordinary, the completely unique, and the most immediately arresting color in the entire Renault Sport color palette — the 2022 Renault Megane R.S Trophy achieves a visual statement of such complete and total overwhelming visual magnificence that it is simply, completely, and permanently one of the most spectacular, the most head-turning, and the most completely unforgettable modern performance car color and body combinations available to collectors in the entire contemporary 1:18 diecast market. Tonic Orange is not merely a color. It is a Renault Sport statement — a bold, vivid, and completely unself-conscious declaration of performance confidence, of sporting identity, and of the particular and completely authentic Renault Sport character that defines everything about this extraordinary car’s personality, its appeal, and its place in the broader story of French performance car achievement. Tonic Orange on the Trophy’s aggressively aerodynamic and purposefully styled body — its front splitter, its side sills, its rear diffuser, and its overall impression of front-wheel-drive performance purity and genuine Renault Sport engineering passion — creates an impression of such overwhelming visual drama, such completely irresistible performance car appeal, and such absolutely authentic and completely unforgettable Renault Sport character that it is impossible to look at this model without feeling immediately and completely the full excitement, the full drama, and the full authentic thrill of one of the finest and most completely passionate modern French performance cars ever produced.

Norev — one of France’s most celebrated, most respected, and most passionately followed premium diecast manufacturers, with more than seven decades of continuous French automotive model production excellence and a particularly deep and particularly authentic cultural connection to the French performance car subjects they celebrate with such consistent skill and such completely genuine passion — brings to this 2022 Renault Megane R.S Trophy the full weight of their French automotive cultural heritage, their exceptional manufacturing expertise, and their genuine and authentic Renault Sport enthusiasm in a model of outstanding quality, genuine contemporary collector significance, and completely authentic French performance car character. As a French manufacturer producing a model of the most important and most completely accomplished modern French performance hatchback, Norev brings to this release not merely manufacturing capability but genuine cultural connection — an authentic French automotive pride and a genuine national performance car enthusiasm that gives every detail of this model an additional dimension of authenticity and a completely satisfying quality of cultural resonance that only a manufacturer with this depth of connection to their subject can possibly deliver.

Product Specification

• Model Name: 2022 Renault Megane R.S Trophy
• Scale: 1:18
• Manufacturer: Norev
• Country of Manufacturer: France
• Product Type: Diecast Model Car
• Colour: Tonic Orange — Renault Sport Signature Color
• Body Style: Five-Door Performance Hatchback — Trophy Specification
• Variant: R.S Trophy — Ultimate Performance Specification — 300 HP
• Year of Vehicle Represented: 2022
• Model Series: Renault Megane R.S — Trophy Generation
• Engine Reference: 1.8-Litre Turbocharged Inline-Four — 300 HP — Highest Ever Production Renault Power Output
• Transmission: Six-Speed Manual — Limited-Slip Differential
• Performance Reference: 0-62 mph 5.4 Seconds — Top Speed 170 mph
• Chassis Technology: 4Control Four-Wheel Steering — Öhlins Damper System — Trophy Calibration
• Nürburgring Heritage: Trophy-R Variant — 7 Minutes 40.1 Seconds — Front-Wheel-Drive Production Car Lap Record
• Key Features Reproduced: Trophy Front Splitter & Air Dam, Side Sills, Rear Diffuser, Trophy Aerodynamic Package, Renault Sport Interior Appointments, Trophy Specification Wheels, Tonic Orange Finish
• Historical Significance: Most Powerful Production Renault Ever — Final Generation Front-Wheel-Drive Megane R.S — Nürburgring FWD Record Heritage
• Packaging: Collector’s Edition Box