Rèmi Deconinck, director general of Renault Sport Technologies, has inadvertently let out some greatly anticipated news: the sports arm of the French company is seriously considering adopting a rear wheel drive system. It hasn’t been decided on which model but a new model for the technology has not been excluded.

In the course of a meeting with the English from evo, in which Deconinck had the opportunity to reinforce his preference for petrol rather than diesel engines and aspirated turbo, he underlined how true sports motors are those that are kept in the “red zone” of revs and revealed some news on Renault’s future technical choices.

According to Deconinch, thanks to the technology levels reached by manufacturers of tyres, we could soon be pushing 350 hp on rear wheel drive, without suffering from the typical understeering. And only ten or 15 years ago some performance levels were considered out of the question, which are now easily surpassed. But RS’s focus for most next generation models will be on reducing weight and improving chassis.

One of the recent efforts of Renault Sport was the Laguna GT, equipped with the interesting four wheel steering. It seems that this technical evolution could anticipate the ultimate step from front to rear wheel drive. “We’re seriously thinking about it,” Deconinck says candidly, “And with Nissan in the group it will be much easier but we haven’t taken any final decisions as yet.”

And what would be the ideal model to debut this novelty? “Good quesiton! Perhaps a two-seater coupè with a 250-300 hp performance and weight inside of 1200 kg.” According to the noted English magazine, the development has probably already been underway and what comes to mind are the mysterious figures that were touring the ‘Ring. We’ll be following all the intrigue.

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