horses for courses... the R26 is a great car, enough to tempt me into ordering one as a replacement for my old Trophy... however i have the R27 and don't regret it.... n/a and great fun, lacking ever so slightly in power on the Meggy, but still a great handling fun car.
Sh33n on here has an R26 which he loves, but drove my R27 and came back grinning, he'd forgotten how fun it is to take a n/a lump round to the red line...
everyone has opinions, the R26 is definitely starting to prove to be a good second hand buy though. If it's a 197 though it needs to have the Cup suspension
Yer I'd agree with that.
For me the R26 is the better car; I do quite a few miles and I like the ability to have the car sitting at low revs on the MWays, but then still having plenty of torque and power available.
I Also like the size of the Megane, etc.
However when I drove the Funkys R27 I was very much impressed and certainly did have a big grin on my face but the R27 isn't the car I'd want on a daily basis personally given the miles I do.
They are different cars, get a good drive in both, which ever you went for I'd doubt you'd regret.