keithscossie Posted 21, April 2012 Report Share Posted 21, April 2012 I'm about to buy a Megane RS 250 Club as my daily drive, but I'm wondering if I should hang on for the new RS 265 Trophy ? I have a 1986 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth as my " fun" car but want something a bit special for my daily drive. Does anyone know just how long it will be b4 the RS265 Trophy is available here in Australia ? The Sierra is just too old and too risky to run as a daily drive and I find the RS Megane is a stunning car, much better looking than the Focus RS Turbo which is impossible to find here in Oz. I might run the Megane on the track for autokhanas and hill climbs if it proves as exciting as the Sierra !! Your input is appreciated ! Cheers Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren5turbo2 Posted 21, April 2012 Report Share Posted 21, April 2012 Gday mate, welcome. This realy is a personal choice. The talk is that the 265 has an ETA (estimated time of arrival) in September /October. If your considering tracking the car and using it on hill climbs then you probably wanting to do some mods. 15hp difference between the 2 cars is negligible , id dare say you could get more gain by doing some mods on a 250. The plus also being that you will get the 250 at a better price or pick up a second hand one and save yourself thousands. Personaly if it were me I would start looking at a rs250 cup as opposed to the trophee, do some mods and enter it into the races and start having fun with it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dish Posted 21, April 2012 Report Share Posted 21, April 2012 Welcome! We have a member here who used to have a Sierra (username 'sierram'). He's had a Megane 225 Luxe, a 225 Cup and is now running a 250 Trophee - all used as daily transport. Somehow I think the 250 and 265 will be pretty similar in the engine dept. It's been recently revealed by RS themselves that the 250s have been pumping out a fair bit more than the claimed horsepower figures (see the MegIII section for the various threads). Updated features of the 265 will be very minimal compared to the 250 Cup (different DRLs and cosmetic change to headlights), but it's the 265 Trophee that will lose the RS Monitor in favour of a GPS unit, and it gains a standard sunroof. There's speculation that the colour palette may include the gorgeous pearl "Liquid Yellow" colour too... All the best with your choice, whatever it may be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommie Posted 21, April 2012 Report Share Posted 21, April 2012 Welcome, BTW love the Cosworth. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiapoco Posted 22, April 2012 Report Share Posted 22, April 2012 The sooner you grab your RS the better anyway for the most part the "major" changes between the two models look to be fairly cosmetic ..unless those 15hp/20nm mean alot to you welcome to the forums! Im sure you'll enjoy yourself here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemz Posted 22, April 2012 Report Share Posted 22, April 2012 Welcome Keith! I too feel that the difference between the two are negligible (and can be ironed out with a few simple mods), but obviously the choice is yours. Much better than the Focus RS in any case Best of luck with the purchase, whichever way you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ccrowe795 Posted 22, April 2012 Report Share Posted 22, April 2012 Hey there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiapoco Posted 22, April 2012 Report Share Posted 22, April 2012 ^ what's a Focus RS? oh you mean that thing back there? .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LigerZero Posted 23, April 2012 Report Share Posted 23, April 2012 No need to wait, grab a 250 now and join the wave. Like everybody says, the power difference is negligible and some people on the forum feel that the sunroof impairs the raw driving of the vehicle. Whether you choose to wait for the 265 or not, this is one of the true performance cars in its category to tick all the boxes... and then some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiapoco Posted 23, April 2012 Report Share Posted 23, April 2012 liger hit the spot mate, trust when you get into the vehicle you,ll totally forget about that sunroof or any other small differences between the two, not to mention the pricing will be considerably different i imagine - with the pending 265 to hit our shores I predict remaining 250 prices (if there are any left ) will reduce to even better driveaway prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaindancerAU Posted 27, April 2012 Report Share Posted 27, April 2012 Welcome and love your taste in performance machinery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted 4, May 2012 Report Share Posted 4, May 2012 Hi Keith, Welcome aboard. As above, think you'll be alright with either, so comes down to how soon YOU want it. All the best. Cheers, WOLF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onurbmil Posted 6, May 2012 Report Share Posted 6, May 2012 I am in the same boat, though because I am a cheapy person I will probably get a 250 closer to the 265 release date in hopes of a better price. But if any of the current prices online and talking to the dealer are anything to go by - this will not happen as much as I would probably want it to. - So I'm tossing up getting it within the next 2 months or so (brand new or demo, as opposed to me original idea of buying used). To be honest, if the 2nd hand prices are not closer to $40k, I don't see the value in buying a 2 year old car. More pwoehhhh, more bragging rights... more LEDs!!! To be honest its not worth it, and I don't think you'll notice it in everyday driving anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiapoco Posted 6, May 2012 Report Share Posted 6, May 2012 ^ cups should start to be closer to 40k flat nowadays eh? 2nd hand ones anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren5turbo2 Posted 14, May 2012 Report Share Posted 14, May 2012 Hope you find what your looking for Onurbmil, your doing the right thing by not rushing. Buy once and buy right dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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