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Megane Renaultsport 265 Trophy grabs Nurburgring Record

Megane Renaultsport 265 Trophy and the Nurburgring crew First we get the news that Renault has pushed out a limited edition Megane Renaulsport – the Megane Renaulsport 265 Trophy with a slightly tweaked and titivated version of the Megane Renaultsport 250 – and now we get the follow-up publicity with the claim of a new Nurburgring record for the brisk Megane. This isn’t a record that’s quite as daft as some of the records that are claimed for the Nurburgring (there almost seems to be a specific category of ‘Record’ time to fit every car maker’s needs), but it does seem a bit obscure. It’s the Nurburgring record for the fastest production front wheel drive car.

Paris motor show 2012: a video review by CAR

As usual, here's a quick video debrief from the CAR team in Paris. CAR's longest serving journalists, Georg Kacher and Gavin Green, are joined by Tim Pollard for a video review of the 2012 Paris motor show. Hear their thoughts and analysis of the trends of the Mondial de l'Automobile, find out why a small Audi was Georg's car of the show and hear why three-cylinder engines are the next big thing.

Toyota Yaris SR (2007): first official pictures

By Ben Pulman First Official Pictures 19 March 2007 01:19 I know what GTI stands for - what's this SR badge doing? SR stands for ‘sporting and refined’, says Toyota, perfectly describing its new ‘warm’ hatch. The Japanese manufacturer might be able to turn out hybrids by the thousands, but their recent sporting pedigree is pretty poor.