{"id":2929,"date":"2025-09-10T04:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T04:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2025-09-10T04:01:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T04:01:32","slug":"c1009007-little-acrobat-with-talent-far-beyond-her-size_part2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/?p=2929","title":{"rendered":"C1009007 Little Acrobat With Talent Far Beyond Her Size_part2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 720;\" width=\"720\" controls src=\"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/C1009007-Little-Acrobat-With-Talent-Far-Beyond-Her-Size_part2.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Return of Renaultsport? Brand to show &#8216;proposals&#8217; for hot Renaults<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">As the \u00a3140k Renault Turbo 3E nears production, Renault is &#8220;exploring some other&#8221; potential sports cars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cdn.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/gallery_slide\/public\/images\/car-reviews\/first-drives\/legacy\/2023_-_renault_megane_r.s._ultime.jpg?itok=0P7k1MTn\" alt=\"2023   Renault Megane R.S. Ultime\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cdn.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/square_43x43\/public\/will-rimell-2024-jb20240912_5562_2_0.jpg?itok=Ma_qqi2K\" alt=\"Will Rimell Autocar\" title=\"Will Rimell Autocar\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/users\/will-rimell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Rimell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 mins read<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9 September 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?app_id=236580861022118&amp;sdk=joey&amp;u=https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/return-renaultsport-brand-show-proposals-hot-renaults&amp;display=popup&amp;ref=plugin&amp;src=share_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/return-renaultsport-brand-show-proposals-hot-renaults&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=autocar&amp;text=Return%20of%20Renaultsport?%20Brand%20to%20show%20%27proposals%27%20for%20hot%20Renaults&amp;counturl=https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/return-renaultsport-brand-show-proposals-hot-renaults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Return%20of%20Renaultsport?%20Brand%20to%20show%20%27proposals%27%20for%20hot%20Renaults&amp;body=https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/return-renaultsport-brand-show-proposals-hot-renaults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renault is exploring the viability of new performance&nbsp;models \u2013 and it will show \u201cfirst proposals\u201d within the next year, its CEO has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its last true dedicated sporting model was the&nbsp;fourth-generation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/renault\/megane-rs-trophy-r-2019-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M\u00e9gane RS<\/a>&nbsp;hot hatch, which went out of production in 2023 with the 296bhp&nbsp;Ultime run-out special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-reviews\/renault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renault<\/a>&nbsp;has been experimenting again with sportier models recently, bringing to market the highly limited&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/renault-5-turbo-3e-%C2%A3140k-hyper-hatch-sold-out-until-2028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a3140,000 5 Turbo 3E<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 a 533bhp hyper hatch that was created as a statement of intent for what a Renault performance EV is capable of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked if the brand would consider launching anything more volume-focused and affordable in the sporting segment, boss Fabrice Cambolive told Autocar at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/munich-motor-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Munich motor show<\/a>: \u201cYes, we are exploring some others. We will come to you with some proposals in the next 12 months.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the viability of such a car&nbsp;or series of cars,&nbsp;Cambolive said that \u201cwe have to find the right balance\u201d between cost and demand before approval will be given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To that end, Renault Clio product line manager&nbsp;Emmanuel de Jesus Pequeno recently told Autocar that a hot version of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/2027-renault-clio-revealed-bold-new-look-and-petrol-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new sixth-generation supermini<\/a>&nbsp;is not currently on the cards.&nbsp;This is because of&nbsp;the &#8220;compromise&#8221; between the level of investment required to transform it into a hot hatch and the level of demand anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renault&nbsp;would most likely be required to redevelop the previous Mk4 Clio RS&#8217;s 1.6-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine&nbsp;or the Alpine A110&#8217;s punchier 1.8&nbsp;to meet future emissions regulations,&nbsp;which could prove prohibitvely costly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the new &#8220;proposals&#8221;&nbsp;could resurrect the Renaultsport moniker, Cambolive hinted that the Renault Group could decide to continue using the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-reviews\/alpine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alpine<\/a>&nbsp;brand exclusively for dedicated sports cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February, then&nbsp;CEO Luca de Meo described Renaultsport to Autocar as being \u201cin the fridge\u201d and said&nbsp;that while&nbsp;\u201ceverything sporty would be building on Alpine\u201d, that&nbsp;\u201cdoesn&#8217;t mean that sometimes this thing wouldn\u2019t be revived\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthering his point, de Meo said: \u201cI\u2019ve been asked why the new 3E Turbo is not an Alpine, and I said \u2018sorry, because the 5 Turbo was never an Alpine, it was a Renault, and if you want to do something authentic, you gotta respect the history of the thing&#8217;.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return of Renaultsport? Brand to show &#8216;proposals&#8217; for hot Renaults As the \u00a3140k Renault Turbo 3E nears production, Renault is &#8220;exploring some other&#8221; potential sports cars News by&nbsp;Will Rimell 2 mins read 9 September 2025 Share Renault is exploring the viability of new performance&nbsp;models \u2013 and it will show \u201cfirst proposals\u201d within the next year, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2932,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929\/revisions\/2932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}