This is a one-man show, which means that every car reviewed is given my personal evaluation and receives my own seat of the pants judgement - no second hand input here.Įvery test car goes through real world driving on city streets littered with potholes, speed bumps and rumble strips, on freeways and if its profile demands, dirt roads as well. Apart from the long term fuel savings one enjoys with a diesel, its easy-driving day-to-day performance makes it a winner too. The spare is a steel spacesaver.Īlthough the petrol options offered by Captur are excellent pieces of machinery, we like this one best. Below the reversible floor board (carpet or rubberised sides) is a square box, 23 centimetres deep, that could be used for hidden storage or simply for expanding the main boot. Head- and foot room is plentiful for what is essentially a small car. This cramps knee space somewhat but that’s more than adequate when it’s moved back again. Space is good, with a medium-sized boot that can be expanded (+ 78 litres) by sliding the back seat forward a few inches. Apart from automatic locking and touch-button unlocking with push-button starting, there is the usual braking and handling kit, multimedia equipment, hill start assist, auto-on headlights and wipers, cornering fog lamps, automatic air conditioning with quick defrost, satellite navigation, tyre pressure sensor, parking alarms and reversing camera. Standard equipment is substantial for a just-sub R300 000 car with the only “cost cutting” being four airbags rather than the now almost universal six. Considering that’s the normal surcharge for a metallic paint job, the upgrade is actually free, so grab and enjoy while there are still some available. Dash and door panels are of hard plastic but so are those in some more expensive vehicles.Īll that this will cost you, above the price of a regular diesel Dynamique, is R2500. The car feels solidly built and fit and finish is good. Thankfully, music volume and air controls are separate and consist of simple buttons and knobs. The gear shift is smooth and positive, there is plenty of space for big left feet to reach the footrest, steering is light and easy, the dials are clear and the seven-inch touch screen with its half-dozen menus is straightforward. As a final flourish, a soupçon of amber is drizzled artistically onto the steering wheel too. Fundamentally a 1.5 dCi, 66kW Turbo Dynamique, it comes only in Diamond Black with Sunset Orange highlights on the roof mirror caps front, rear and side trims ventilator bezels MediaNav console zip-off seat covers and door speaker surrounds. The kind of engine that makes diesel-heads so tiresome and predictable once you allow them into polite company, it’s that good.Īnd what better way to celebrate adding this engine to the line-up than by launching a 100-unit special release? It’s called the Sunset Limited Edition and is aimed at younger buyers and recycled teenagers. Trotting along at 2300 rpm at 120 km/h in top (fifth) gear, it shrugs off hills and never seems stressed. Without getting boringly technical, this thing pulls like two big carthorses rather than one. There are 220 of them 63 percent more than you get with the little petrol motor. Like the 900 cc turbopetrol motor, it develops 66 kilowatts, which doesn’t sound like much, but the secret is in the Newton-metres. The secret is in the innovative turbocharging architecture that simplifies air admission for higher output. Renault’s most-sold engine worldwide, it boasts significantly reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emission levels (up to 35 percent lower). Rounding out the engine line-up for Renault’s Captur range of small Crossovers is the Alliance’s K9K, 1.5-litre, turbodiesel that joined the introductory pair of petrol motors this past July. Service plan: 3 years / 45 000 km at 15 000 km intervals Real life fuel consumption: About 6.0 l/100 km We ride away in the 2016 Renault Captur Sunset EditionĮngine: 1461 cc, SOHC, eight-valve turbodiesel
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