Renault Sandero RS

The Renault Sandero RS, written R.S. in the maker materials, is the sporting version of the Sandero supermini that Renault Sport built for Latin America. Renault Sport chief executive Patrice Ratti told the magazine Autocar in August 2014 that a hot hatch Sandero was in the works, and the car went on sale in Brazil in September 2015. Its 2.0 litre 16 valve F4R engine produces 150 horsepower, which the source credits with 0 to 100 km/h in 8.0 seconds and a top speed of 202 km/h. It was the first Renault Sport vehicle to be manufactured outside France. Compared with ordinary Sandero versions it adds three engine control settings called normal, sport and sport+, four disc brakes with ABS, a steering wheel taken from the Clio R.S., electronic stability control and a six speed manual gearbox. Mexico received the car on 21 October 2019. The Sandero RS was discontinued at the end of 2021 because of tighter Brazilian emissions standards. It is a variant of the Sandero range, which Renault and its Romanian subsidiary Dacia sell as a joint product.