{"id":266223,"date":"2018-08-20T13:53:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T11:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=266223"},"modified":"2018-08-20T13:53:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T11:53:28","slug":"the-new-renault-megane-rs-south-african-pricing-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/266223\/the-new-renault-megane-rs-south-african-pricing-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Renault Megane RS &#8211; South African pricing announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renault South Africa has announced that its new Megane RS will be available to purchase in South Africa from mid-September.<\/p>\n<p>First announced at the\u00a0Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2017, the RS features a new generation 1.8-litre turbo engine, delivering 205kW and 390Nm. This modern engine, equipped with a chain-driven timing system, will also offer reduced CO2 emissions and fuel consumption, Renault said.<\/p>\n<p>The new Megane RS also boasts\u00a0high-performance lighting &#8211; dubbed &#8216;RS Vision&#8217; &#8211; which Renault says is unique in this market segment.<\/p>\n<p>Equipped with nine LED\u2019s per block, this system combines four high-performance lighting functions: side lights, cornering lights, fog lights and long-range high beam lights.<\/p>\n<p>Other impressive new features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Multi-Sense<\/strong> &#8211; this allows you to customise your sports car experience, by controlling engine response, the mapping of the accelerator pedal, shift patterns and the stiffness of the steering.<\/li>\n<li><strong>R-Link 2<\/strong> &#8211; this is a modern control centre that manages the vehicle\u2019s various connectivity functions: Multimedia, integrated navigation, telephone, radio, Multi-Sense, 4Control and driving aids for example.<\/li>\n<li><strong>RS Monitor<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0gathers and summarises information from sensors spread around the car.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Driving aids<\/strong> &#8211; including parking distance control, hill start assist, and cruise control with speed limiter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Megane-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-266229 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Megane-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Megane-4.jpg 626w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Megane-4-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Megane Expression 84kW &#8211; R274,900<\/li>\n<li>Megane Dynamique Manual 97kW &#8211; R314,900<\/li>\n<li>Megane Dynamique EDC 97kW &#8211; R344,900<\/li>\n<li>Megane R.S. 280 CUP 205kW Manual &#8211; R549,900<\/li>\n<li>Megane R.S. 280 EDC LUX 205kW EDC &#8211; R549,900<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As with Renault\u2019s entire product range, the Renault Megane models come standard with a 5-year\/150,000km mechanical warranty, a 3-year\/45,000km service plan (with service intervals at 15,000km intervals on the core range and 10,000km on RS models), and a 6-year anti-corrosion warranty.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Megane-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-266231 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Megane-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Megane-3.jpg 626w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Megane-3-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Megane-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-266237 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Megane-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Megane-2.jpg 626w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Megane-2-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/265521\/11-cars-you-can-buy-for-less-than-r250000-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11 cars you can buy for less than R250,000 in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renault South Africa has announced that it&#8217;s new Megane RS will be available to purchase in South Africa from mid-September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":266227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26,10628],"class_list":["post-266223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline","tag-renault"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266223"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266255,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266223\/revisions\/266255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}