In terms of car for your cash, the Captur nobbles just about all of the competition. That’s no hardship though, because this car is remarkable value – it’s cheap to buy outright and an absolute bargain on standard 0% finance. To get the full feel of the new model’s changes, you’ll need one of the highest-end trim levels. However, if you’re in the market, the Captur is right up there as one of the very best choices. Sure, compact crossovers rarely set the world alight and this is no exception. It works well, and once you’ve learned where the buttons all are to control it, is easy to use. This basically uses adaptive cruise with stop and go function as well as various lane-keeping aids to keep you in place. More importantly, a selection of driver assistance tech has been thrown at the Captur, most important of which is the Highway & Traffic Jam Companion. Refinement is good, too, with the engines only getting vocal when you really rev them out, but who does that in a little crossover? However, the Renault Captur, Peugeot 2008 and MINI Countryman all beat the Arona for boot space. A six-speed manual is standard, but you can opt for a seven-speed dual-clutch auto, badged EDC. Considering its compact size, the SEAT Arona offers an impressively large boot with a good amount of flexibility thanks to a two-level boot floor and the ability to fold the seats down and free up a total of 823 litres. 128bhp and a much chunkier 177lb ft come from four cylinders, rather than three – so it’s both smoother and more powerful, albeit slightly more droning at speed. It’s spoiled by a notchy five-speed manual, though, so we’d go for the 1.3 TCe 130 instead. Majority town users will be more than happy with the power on offer, and it’s not above the occasional motorway jaunt either. While 13.3 seconds to 62mph is definitely slow, if you give this engine a good boot it’s surprisingly tractable. Things kick off with a 1.0-litre TCe 100, which has just 99bhp and 118lb ft. What’s under the bonnet?Ī selection of petrol and diesel engines, as well as a plug-in hybrid. However, even with the seats all the way back, it’s a bigger space with 422 litres. That’s impressive when you consider the Skoda Kamiq’s boot is 400 litres in size, but that does mean there’s no legroom in the back. If you are the sort that holds onto cars for longer than a few years this should be of no concern but for the rest of us, we may want to hold out for the updated version.Up to 536 litres of space is on offer if you slide the seats forwards. Boot space The T-Roc’s boot is a practical square shape, and at 445 litres (392 litres in the four-wheel-drive variants), it’s slightly larger than the one in the Q2 and the Arona. We could see this as soon as early next year in which case the value of this derivative will suddenly take a knock. Then there's the fact that this new Captur is late to the party which means that it will be due for a facelift in the next 24 months. Another was the finishing of some of the plastics where the flashing from the moulding process hasn't been finished off particularly well, resulting in sharp edges to some areas like the aforementioned paddle shifters. We don't doubt that after spending more time with the model we would discover a few other areas. The glove box is one such area where the plastic feels terribly cheap with a nasty, flimsy catch. A few areas left us disappointed, particularly with the materials used in some of the trimmings. It makes no bones that it's gunning for the likes of the Haval Jolion, Kia Seltos, Volkswagen T-Cross and a slew of other upmarket crossovers that play in this exceptionally hot-contested segment of the market.Īs a whole, the new Captur presents an attractive and appealing package but it's not without a few concerns. This all-new, second-generation Captur picks up where the old one left off, slotting into the B-SUV segment for crossovers that combine the practicality of an SUV with the compact, easy-driving nature of a hatchback. Related: Everything you need to know about the Renault Captur We've covered the previous generation extensively and you can read our Top 5 articles by clicking here: Top 5 Renault Captur articles on AutoTrader. First marked for launch in 2021, numerous delays due to global semiconductor shortages, shipping supply constraints and the conflict in Ukraine all delayed the release of the all-new Renault Captur, a model that enjoyed much success in South Africa when it was first launched in 2015. It's been a long time coming, the launch of the second-generation Renault Captur.
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