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14/01/2011

After driving away with an unprecedented hot-hatch triple win at last year's What Car? Awards, including Best Hot Hatch, Renault is enjoying the spoils once more, after achieving the same impressive feat in 2011.

In spite of a series of new and revised pretenders to the crown in each of the three Hot Hatch price categories, Renault's pocket-rockets swept the board.

Topping the bill yet again was Renaultsport's finest, the Mégane Renaultsport 250 Cup. Renault's performance flagship not only stormed to victory in the over £20,000 group, it also held off a series of high-performance challengers who could not wrestle away its hard-earned 'Best Hot Hatch' title for the second year running.

Its smaller, but equally desirable and impressive handling brother, Clio Renaultsport 200 Cup, triumphed yet again in the £15,000 to £20,000 section, with the baby of the trio, Twingo Renaultsport 133 Cup, leaving the opposition trailing in its wake in the under £15,000 category.

Steve Fowler, Editor-in-chief of What Car? commented, "This is the second year running that Renault has dominated the hot hatch category at our Awards and the second year running that the Mégane Renaultsport 250 Cup has won our Best Hot Hatch Award. Renault clearly knows a thing or two about putting smiles on our faces with a range of thrilling hot hatches that are great fun and well priced. The best of the bunch, the Mégane, has that rare blend of talents that make it a true hot hatch great."