Question: What year was the first production of the car on which the Megane Renault Sport is based?

Context articles: 2016 Renault Sport Trophy
Renault F7R engine
Renault Sport R.S. 01
Gordini
Renault Sport
Renault Sport Trophy
2016 Renault Sport Series
2015 World Series by Renault
Mégane Renault Sport
Renault Mégane

The 2016 Renault Sport Trophy was the second season of the Renault–supported sports car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the Renault Sport Series.
 The season began at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón on 16 April and finished on 23 October at Autódromo do Estoril.
 The series forms part of the Renault Sport Series meetings at six triple header events.
The F7R engine is used in Renault Clio Williams, Megane Coupe and Renault Sport Spider.
 The engine was created because displacement limit for FIA World Rally Championship Group A was 2000 cc and more power could be extracted from F7P (1764cc) engine with more capacity.
The Renault Sport R.S. 01 is a racing car manufactured by Renault based on the Renault DeZir.
 The R.S. 01 was originally used to compete in Renault Sport Trophy, Renault's one-make racing series, but was expanded to GT3.
 The R.S. 01 is the most powerful one-make racer built by Renault, and is the only one that is not based on a production car.
Gordini (] ) is a division of Renault Sport Technologies (Renault Sport).
 In the past, it was a sports car manufacturer and performance tuner, established in 1946 by Amédée Gordini, nicknamed "Le Sorcier" (The Sorcerer).
 Gordini became a division of Renault in 1968 and of Renault Sport in 1976.
Renault Sport Racing and Renault Sport Cars, both commonly known as Renault Sport (] ) or Renaultsport, are the motorsport, performance and special vehicles divisions of Renault.
 Renault Sport was officially established in 1976 as a merger between the Alpine and Gordini competition departments.
 Renault Sport Racing organises many Renault-backed one-make championships worldwide and is in charge of Renault group's official involvement in motor racing, including Formula One.
The Renault Sport Trophy was a one-make racing series created and managed by Renault Sport.
 The series has raced with the Renault Sport R.S. 01 in 2015 and 2016 as part of the Renault Sport Series (formerly World Series by Renault).
The 2016 Renault Sport Series was the twelve season of Renault Sport's series of events, with two different championships racing under one banner.
 Consisting of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Renault Sport Trophy, the Renault Sport Series ran at seven different venues where fans could get into the meetings for no cost whatsoever, such is the uniqueness of the series.
 It was the first season under the moniker "Renault Sport Series".
The 2015 World Series by Renault was the eleventh season of Renault Sport's series of events, with three different championships racing under one banner.
 Consisting of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Renault Sport Trophy, the World Series by Renault ran at seven different venues where fans could get into the meetings for no cost whatsoever, such is the uniqueness of the series.
 It was the first season with Renault Sport Trophy.
The Renault Mégane Renault Sport is a series of hot hatch models based on the Renault Mégane, designed and built by French automaker Renault since 2004.
 The Mégane RS won many awards like five times in a row the "Best hot hatch" from "What car?"
 (2010–2014), "Highest placed non-supercar" in Evo’s annual Car of the Year test 2011 and "Best hot hatch" from Top Gear.
The Renault Mégane is a small family car produced by the French manufacturer Renault since 1995, and was the successor to the Renault 19.
 The Mégane has been offered in three and five door hatchback, saloon, coupé, convertible and estate bodystyles at various points in its lifetime, and has been through three generations.