New Renault Mégane 2016, the French premium smells

After learning the appearance of new Renault Megane and the first data, we already have all the information concerning the new generation of compact French, which was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The fourth-generation Megane takes a radical change, opting for a modern aesthetic and seeks more premium positioning with their finishes, technology and engines as main arguments.

In paragraph aesthetic is easy to identify the Renault Megane 2016 with new brand of Renault released by the Renault Espace minivan, although appendices optical front and rear lights remind us, without certainly, the Renault Talisman, generational change Laguna also debuts in Frankfurt with his familiar body.

Larger, more refined

The new model is 64mm longer than before, reaching a length of 4.36 meters . Of this growth, 28mm goes to the battle, which provide greater legroom. model height is 25mm lower, with 1.44 meters in height. There 20mm more knee room in the rear seats and the cubic trunk 434 liters capacity, one of the largest in the segment.

Inside also a design that is familiar with an instrument panel chaired by a 8.7 touch screen is adopted “ (7″ in the core) multimedia system R-Link 2. The watches box has a TFT screen 7 “ where color information is shown driving and is complemented by a head-display so that the driver does not have to separate the eyes the road.

A trim level, the new Renault Megane soft plastics incorporates more than ever and with the chrome accents and LED ambient lighting may be able to get a really cozy feel to model the highest finishes.

The Renault Mégane 2016 is also notable for the amount of equipment available, offering full LED adaptive headlights, head-up display , heated front seats, driver seat with massage function, Bose , adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, warning of involuntary change lanes, blind spot warning, traffic sign recognition and Park Assist among many other elements that make it can be one of the best equipped compact generalists market.

Even with semihíbrida variant

In the section of the engines, the new Renault Megane 2016 will be offered with three engines and two diesel fuel . The 1.5 dCi will be responsible for motorized versions of 90 and 110 hp, while the 1.6 dCi is the most powerful alternative to the normal range, with 130 horsepower. The engine will be offered in a 110 variant ECO2 with an average consumption of 3.3 liters and also with automatic transmission EDC double clutch. For petrol range will be entrusted two engines TCe 100 and 130 horses, may have the most powerful box changes EDC double clutch seven relationships.

In early 2017 the marketing of a new variant called start Hybrid Assist . A small electric motor energy stored in the withholding, for later use in the phases of acceleration and reduce fuel consumption. This system, which will use a diesel engine, promises a medium consumption of less than 3 liters and CO2 emissions of 76 grams per kilometer.

The Multi-Sense system has several driving modes acting on the response of the engine, gearbox and even the ambient lighting and driver’s seat massage function. The available modes are Sport, Normal, Comfort, Edo and Custom.

Renault Megane GT, signed by Renault Sport

Later come the Mégane Renault Sport, but in the meantime, more performance and dynamic variation shall be Renault Megane GT , a model tuned by Renault Sport. The sporty appearance is one of the keys to the Mégane GT, which has a kit of specific body amending front bumper and grille and rear bumper with two exhaust chrome located in a diffuser “inherited” from Formula 1. Optionally alloy wheels can be 18 “and the set can be completed with an exclusive color version, the Iron Blue images.

The interior sports seats about adopt offering better holding of the body. The upholstery can be fabric, areas of blue Alcantara with leather or Alcantara with black leather areas. The sports steering wheel, pedals and gear knob are also exclusive to this variant GT, with some details in blue on the inside, trying to praise the sportsmanship. A impressive shift paddles waiting behind the wheel to the accionemos nonstop our favorite road curves.

The Renault Megane GT adds two new engines to the range, such as the motor TCE 205 petrol change horses with seven-speed EDC and diesel dCi 165 EDC horses with box six relationships . The Multi-Sense Eco system replaces the conventional mode by a mode called Megane RS

The Renault Megane will have a sportier suspension, brakes larger, ESP recalibrated and other interesting features, among which are the Launch Control or Multi Change Down, which reduces more than one speed hit with automatic transmission . Also it equips, pioneering the segment, technology 4Control directional rear axle , which improves performance and makes more maneuverable Mégane GT.

Source – Renault