The up to date Renault Captur is coming to Australia within the second half of 2025, and the French model has been testing how its driver help expertise works in native situations.
Renault has put an engineering analysis car via three months of validation testing, to make sure options like the driving force consideration monitoring, lane-keep help and visitors signal recognition work are calibrated for native situations.
This testing was performed by 11 engineers from the model’s technical division in Europe, with the Captur taken on a mixture of city, suburban and rural roads in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Teritory – 11,000km in complete.
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The up to date Captur options Renault’s newest era of superior driver help expertise.
It additionally debuts for Renault Australia the French model’s new “linked automobile” expertise, with Google built-in permitting you to make use of embedded Google apps like Google Maps and Google Assistant.
That is built-in into the openR infotainment system, which options wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and a ten.4-inch touchscreen.
The up to date Captur additionally options refreshed entrance and rear finish styling and retuned suspension and steering.
Renault says it can verify pricing and specs nearer to showroom arrivals in the course of the second half of this yr.
The pre-update Captur was priced from $33,000 to $39,500 earlier than on-roads final yr.
All pre-update fashions had been powered by a turbocharged 1.3-litre four-cylinder engine producing 113kW of energy and 270Nm of torque, mated with a seven-speed dual-clutch automated transmission.
Nevertheless, there’s a wider vary of powertrains provided in Europe together with a hybrid and a plug-in hybrid (PHEV), plus a mild-hybrid 1.3-litre turbo 4.
Renault says the Captur is coming again after a quick hiatus, with inventory of the pre-update mannequin nearly completely working out final yr.
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Abroad mannequin proven
“Renault Captur has traditionally been probably the most fashionable fashions in our Australian lineup and sellers have been receiving fixed enquiries from consumers asking when the brand new mannequin is due right here, after we offered out of the earlier mannequin late final yr,” stated Renault Australia basic supervisor Glen Sealey.
“MY25 Renault Captur is only one of quite a few new and up to date Renault fashions across the nook for Renault Australia and we could have extra to share on these quickly.”
This yr, the Captur will even get its most direct rival but: the next-generation Mitsubishi ASX.
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Mitsubishi ASX
Not like the Nissan Juke which merely shares its platform with the French SUV, the upcoming ASX is a flippantly restyled model of the Captur.
Mitsubishi has but to substantiate how the ASX will likely be priced.
