Spied? Renaultsport Megane III
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Euro</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchbacks</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/renault/" rel="tag">Renault</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/rendered-speculation/" rel="tag">Rendered Speculation</a></p><p><a href="http://www.autojournal.fr/actualite-automobile/Renault-Megane-III-La-sportive-RS...-23381.html?Itemid=0&image _index=0"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/megane-rs-3-spyshop.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>This image has been circulating the French motoring sites, showing what could be the new Renaultsport version of the automaker's new Megane which is <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/09/paris-08-preview-renault-megane-iii/">set to debut next week</a> at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ParisMotorShow/">Paris Motor Show</a>. Although indications are that this is a Photoshop-manipulated image, it could give a fairly accurate preview of what the new hot hatch could look like. </p>
<p>Renault has gone to great lengths to differentiate the different body-styles in the Megane range, and the RS version would of course be based on the three-door hatch variant. The image shows a single exhaust exiting from the center of the rear diffuser, with jumbo 18-inch anthracite multi-spoke wheels and some extra aerodynamic body elements. We'll all want to know what will reside under the hood, likely to be a derivation of the current model's 2.0-liter four. The most recent evolution of the engine produces some 230 horsepower in the latest <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/22/london-2008-renaultsport-megane-r26-r/">Megane R26.R</a> track-hatch, but only time (and assuredly plenty of speculation) will tell how much power the first performance version of the Megane III will be putting down on European roads. </p>
<p>[Source: <a href="http://www.autojournal.fr/actualite-automobile/Renault-Megane-III-La-sportive-RS...-23381.html?Itemid=0&image _index=0">L'Auto Journal</a> via <a href="http://www.leblogauto.com/2008/09/spyshot-de-la-megane-iii-rs.html">Le Blog Auto</a>]</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/26/spied-renaultsport-megane-iii/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1320174/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/26/spied-renaultsport-megane-iii/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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