×

You've read your three free articles!

Register to get two more free articles plus an exclusive subscription discount, or click below to subscribe right away.

Register

Features

Back to Library >
ti icon

Features

How the R26.R got its belts

5 years ago

Writer:

Dan Prosser | Ti co-founder

Date:

11 May 2021

Never mind the stripped-out interior, the polycarbonate windows or the carbon fibre bonnet. The most amazing thing about the 2009 Renault Sport Megane R26.R is that it exists at all, because there were so many moments during its development when the engineers or product planners could simply have thought, ‘Nope, not worth the hassle’. The six-point harnesses were exactly the sort of hurdle that could have written off the project for good.

You've read your free articles!

Want more from The Intercooler? Subscribers get full access to our new daily articles plus our archive of 1500+ articles, as well as audio articles and exclusive podcasts, all ad-free. Click the link below to check out our monthly and annual subscriptions. Choose a monthly subscription and use coupon code 10SAVE to get 10% off for the first year. Choose an annual subscription for our most cost-effective subscription plus a 30-day free trial.

Subscribe

Already subscribed? Click here to log in.