Trophy-R are so expensive because of all the weight saving exotic materials & titanium used! Think its about 130KG lighter than a RS300. It holds the current FWD production car records for Nurburgring & Suzuka lap times its an absolute monster on road or track hence the £72K price tag! Doubt you will find many cars able to beat it on any UK road a-b the Trophy-R is going to be tough to beat anywhere regardless of power output
Never take the dealer finance deal its usually between 9-12% which is massive over the lifetime of the contractthis is why they are so keen to throw one at you for zero deposit (Renault pay £2.5K deposit for you!). If you have a decent credit rating your bank will offer around 4% which is way better saves you £10k alone over 4 years!
For example a brand new RS300 on a zero deposit dealer finance agreement means for only £500-550 a month you get to drive a brand new (or nearly new) one within a few daysbut check the small print your paying back £45K ish
Dealers make massive kickbacks on these new zero deposit finance deals its why they are so pushy. The finance company will quite literally give it to anyone with decent credit. So tempting I know I find it hard to resist knowing for £500 I can be driving one in a few days
damn, that's huge in weight savings, you're right in saying no wonder it has the price tag attached, I suppose if you've got that kind of money to throw about then you'd probably have it as a little toy
Yeah looking at this one I think there's is 7.9% (available car) but yeah definitely agree, the % is usually stupid high and its always worth shopping around.
yeah a total of £45-55k is a big chunk of money even after that period of time, and then makes you wonder whether the car is actually worth that you know, but the bank/personal lenders offer so much better %, I think I saw one at AA which was at 2.8% which was great compared to other offerings.
haha, yeah I agree, I think I'll keep scouting out and see what pops up, was hoping my local Renault garage would stock more but its only a little dealership now sadly,
Just had another phone call from the dealer for the RS280, I asked if there was any movement on the sale price and pretty much got an instant no, so thought that sealed the deal for not proceeding (especially after a poor p/x valuation, or at least I thought so)
you would think major car makers would find a way to ensure they get enough components to get waiting times down to around 2 months really in this day & age 
on a brand new RS300 so I own it when the HP ends for £1 hope I have that much spare then LOL. 