2018 Renault Megane RS Spied – Video

The car is a new generation of the Mégane RS, with the development being handled by Renault Sport Cars. Renault’s high-performance road car division teased the hot hatch in March in a video celebrating the milestone of one million Facebook fans.

The new Mégane RS will maintain the front-wheel-drive configuration of its predecessor, though it will swap a three-door body in favor of a more practical five-door shape. Judging by a test mule spotted last year, the new car will maintain center-mounted exhaust pipes. Another design motif will be a checkered flag pattern for the LED daytime running lights—a signature element of Renault Sport Cars.

Power will once again come from a turbocharged inline-4, perhaps with more than 300 horsepower. The outgoing model in its most extreme Mégane RS 275 Trophy R guise came with 275 hp.