The Renault Megane R.S. has had a long and illustrious history with the ‘Ring. It started in 2008 with the Megane R.S. R26.R setting the first front-wheel-drive production record at the Nordschleife with a lap time of 8:17s. Three years later in 2011, that lap time was shattered by the second generation Megane R.S. Trophy driven by Laurent Hurgon with a lap time of 8:07.97 seconds. In 2014, the Megane 275 R.S Trophy-R set the bar higher with a 7:54.36 . This record was eventually surpassed by the 2014 Honda Civic Type-R, the 2016 Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S and the 2017 Honda Civic Type-R. That record stood until April this year.