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Suv renault captur6/4/2023 ![]() ![]() It feels planted on the road and once the more comfortable you get behind the steering wheel, the more you plant to throw it into corners. The power, combined with a smooth gearbox and great handling almost wants to bring out the racer in you. ![]() What do have enjoyed in its first week with us is its driveability. Picture: Jaco van der Merwe A pleasure to drive The Renault Captur Intens rides on 17-inch alloy wheels. These smaller turbo mills can sometimes tend to return disappointing fuel consumption numbers in hectic city traffic. Renault also claims that it will sip 6.6 litres per 100 km, which we will put to test of the course of the Captur’s stay with us. Renault claims it will sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in 9.6 seconds with a top whack of 196km/h and we have no reason to doubt them. The Renault Captur is powered by a 1.3-litre turbo-petrol engine which produces a very generous 113 kW of power and 270 Nm of torque sent to the front wheels via seven-speed EDC double-clutch gearbox.ĪLSO READ: Scalpels put down as Renault debuts sharpened-up facelift Clio We will use our long term Captur for the purposes most buyers will, like commuting to the office, doing school runs, stopping for groceries and using it to get out of the city for the odd weekend. Now we have been treated to have a Renault Captur in top spec Intens guise as a house guest for the next three months to see how its holds up to life’s little challenges over an extended period. The new Captur manages to hold its own through some sexy styling, a very nice little turbo engine and heaps of driving pleasure. Long overdue to various hold ups spanning from Covid to chip shortages, the French carmaker could finally roll out the Captur locally last month. One compact SUV that aces this challenge is the new Renault Captur. And as more carmakers either enter or up its game in this space, the more difficult it gets for any of the contenders to really stand out from the crowd. The growth the compact SUV segment has shown over the last few years is quite astonishing.Ī landscape that was once ruled by sedans and hatchbacks are these days flooded with little SUVs in various crossover spin-offs. ![]()
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