Renault Sport Racing and Renault Sport Cars, both commonly known as RenaultSport (RS) or Renaultsport, are the motorsport, performance and special vehicles divisions of Renault.

Founded in 1976, RenaultSport has since become a household name in the performance car world.

The brand was born out of Renault’s takeover of Alpine’s competition department and went on to handle the French marque’s rallying and Grand Prix exploits.

The legendary Dieppe factory motorsport operation has prepared some of the most special racing and performance models of the marque.

The car presented here is a 1996 RenaultSport Mégane 2.0 16v Coupé Cup race car, chassis #98-361, built in left-hand drive at the famous Dieppe factory.

This motorsport example is fitted with a Matter roll cage, Renaultsport suspension (with Bilstein shock absorbers), a Renaultsport dashboard, wiring loom and other high quality components.

It was utilised by Renault UK to feature in the televised 1999 Masters Rallysport event at...