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This Megane is powered not by a petrol or diesel unit, but by a 60kwh battery pack and an electric motor pumping out around 214bhp and with a WLTP range of 280 miles. With this change in powerplant, has come a change in personality. On paper, the Megane E-Tech is brisk. 214bhp, 300Nm of torque, and a 0-62 of 7.5 seconds is swift by any means. The electric motors with their instant response whisk you away from zero with enough pull to get you to 20 or 30mph, but not so much as to snap your neck uncomfortably. Once you're on the move the car is compliant and comfortable over London's bumps and cavernous potholes while the adaptive regenerative braking means you can one-foot motor if you wish with your foot covering the brake. What's more, as it's not as big in person as it looks in photographs, it can fit through some surprisingly small gaps and parallel parking is a doddle with an array of sensors and cameras making sure the kerbs are seen but never touched. Interior and practicality
