The Renault Mégane RS 280 is a front wheel drive motor car, with the engine placed in the front, and a 5 door hatchback body.
Its 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 1.8 litres. For this model it musters power and torque figures of 276 bhp (280 PS/206 kW) at 6000 rpm and 390 Nm (288 lbft/39.8 kgm) at 2400-5000 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels via a 6 speed manual gearbox.
Stated kerb weight is 1407 kg.
Maximum speed quoted is 255 km/h, which is 158 mph, officially stated fuel consumption figures are 9.1/6.0/7.1 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 161.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2669 mm | 105.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1615 mm | 63.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1596 mm | 62.8 inches | |
| Length | 4364 mm | 171.8 inches | |
| Width | 1875 mm | 73.8 inches | |
| Height | 1435 mm | 56.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 101 mm | 4 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.64 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1407 kg | 3102 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 50 litres | 11 [13.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Renault | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.8 litre 1798 cc (109.721 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 79.7 × 90.1 mm
3.14 × 3.55 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.88 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 280 PS (276 bhp) (206 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 390 Nm (288 ft·lb) (39.8 kgm) at 2400-5000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 114.5 kW/litre 155.6 ps/litre 153.5 bhp/litre 2.52 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
216.91 Nm/litre
2.62 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2725.7 kPa (395.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 449.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 5.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 14 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | 25 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 255 km/h (158 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 198.89 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 PS/kg 146.28 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 kW/kg 196.16 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 bhp/kg 0.09 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.84 kg/kW 11.42 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 9.1/6.0/7.1 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 9.1/6.0/7.1 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 11.0/16.7/14.1 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 31.0/47.1/39.8 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 25.8/39.2/33.1 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 161.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | G | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | D | ||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 235/40 R 18 | ||
| Tyres rear | 235/40 R 18 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 355 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 290 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 529001 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 15.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2017 Renault Mégane RS 280 added 2017-09-13. Last modified 2021-03-06. |
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