Facelifted Renault Megane to cost from £16,745

The facelifted Renault Megane has gone on sale, with prices starting at £16,745.

That buys a hatchback version of the car, while coupé and sport tourer variants are also available, costing from £17,645 and £17,745 respectively. Renault says the car will be in showrooms in January.

Renault says it has endowed the revised car with its new brand identity, which includes a more prominent Renault logo alongside a new front bumper, a sculpted bonnet and new vent grilles and headlight clusters.

The latest Mégane will be offered with four trim levels, dubbed Expression+, Knight Edition, Dynamique TomTom and GT-Line TomTom. Renault says that, in places, up to £1200 has been cut from the model price.

Alongside the facelifted styling comes a revised engine range. An entry-level 1.2-litre TCe 115 can now be ordered on Expression+ models, while 1.2-litre TCe 130 and dCi 110 units are avilable on GT Line TomTom models. As part of the changes, the 1.5-litre dCi 90 and 2.0-litre dCi 165 engines are no longer available.

A number of upgrade packs, which add features like parking sensors and Renault's R-Link Renaultsport Monitor, are also available.

At the very top of the range sits the Mégane Renaultsport 265, which becomes trim level in itself. Customers also have the option of upgrading to a Cup chassis pack for £1350. The Mégane Renaultsport 265 costs £26,925.

The facelifted Mégane was first shown at the Frankfurt motor show earlier this year. Renault says the revised model is "primed to tackle the ever-competitive C-segment head on".