![]() Renault says that their hybrid cars can drive in electric mode for as much as 80% of the time. Renault hybrid cars start with 100% electric power to offer you a more punchy start and then switches to the combustion engine when necessary. This will obviously reduce your running costs enormously although it increases the initial price of the Renault Captur considerably. This is a six speed automatic gearbox and produces as little as 34 g/km of CO2 emissions whilst giving you up to 217.3 mpg. There are two electric motors combined with a combustion engine and a central battery to give you a full electric range of around 30 miles. The E-Tech Plug In Hybrid powertrains were based on those used by the Renault F1 Team. The option with the best performance, as you would expect, is the plug in hybrid option. The E-Tech Hybrid increase the combined mpg to 56.5 and reduces the CO2 emissions of the Renault Captur to 114 g/km. This works when the electric motor captures the driving forces from decelerating and braking and stores it to recharge the battery. This has a 1.6 litre petrol engine paired with two electric engines and a 200V battery. The next option is the E-Tech Hybrid 145 engine. Both of these are six speed manual and you'll find the same engine choices elsewhere in the Renault range, such as with the Renault Clio. The TCe 140 is fairly similar, with the same combined mpg and CO2 emissions a little lower at 133 g/km. You can expect a combined mpg of up to 47.9 and CO2 emissions of 135 g/km, fairly average for an engine of that size. The first is the TCe 90, a 1.0 litre petrol engine capable of 90PS. The brand have ditched the option of a diesel engine entirely as part of their pledge to be carbon neutral in Europe by 2040. The Renault Captur has four different engines available: two petrol engines, one hybrid, and one plug in hybrid option. ![]() Combined it makes it even easier to take the whole family out together. It's also got good access for all passengers, some competitors have lower rooflines which makes it more of a struggle for those using the rear bench, and has isofix points in the rear seats too. ![]() The Renault Captur has a ground clearance of 174mm, the same as the Peugeot 2008 and more than the Kia Niro or the Nissan Juke has which gives it a higher driving position before looking at any seat adjustments. ![]() If you do fold the rear seats down the boot space is expanded to 1275 litres for the petrol, 1149 litres for the hybrid, and 1118 litres for the plug in hybrid. It can alter the amount of boot space by 114 litres between the farthest forward and backwards positions which is ideal if you still need to use the rear seats for passengers or don't want to fold the seats down. One of the other benefits of the Renault Captur is the sliding rear bench. Rivals like the Ford Puma and the Peugeot 2008 are much narrower at 1930mm and 1550mm respectively which makes it much more difficult for adult passengers to sit in the rear seats comfortably. Rivals: Kia Seltos, Haval Jolion, Volkswagen T-Cross.The Renault Captur is one of the wider small SUV options available on the market at the moment at 2003 mm wide, which means that there's much more room for passengers inside. Renault Captur 1,3L Turbo EDC Intens Fast Facts:Įngine: 1,3-litre, inline-four, turbopetrol I look forward to not just road testing this vehicle alone, but doing a direct comparison with its rivals in an upcoming issue of CAR. ![]() It has to be good because South Africans are lining up to buy cars in this segment. Overall, the Captur is very difficult to fault, as are many of its peers. A non-negotiable is the auto-hold brake, which isn’t available on the Zen. The lane departure warning, which can be adjusted for intensity through a menu, and blind spot warning I’m less worried about, but for the bulk of buyers it might come in handy. What sets it apart from its Zen sibling are add-ons I suspect many South Africans would tick off if buying new, such a larger infotainment screen, height adjustment on the driver’s seat. Inside, the Captur in Intens specification obviously has all the niceties. Further into the trip, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the trip computer in my Intens was hovering at around 6,9 litres/100 km, particularly since I wasn’t exactly trying to drive economically. With many inclines thrown at it, which comprised of zipping through suburbs and stints on the motorway, I was sceptical about Renault’s claim of an average fuel consumption 6,6 L/100 km. Related: The long awaited Renault Oroch Bakkie could still be coming to SA ![]()
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