Renault has finally revealed the pricing of its premium crossover SUV – Captur – in India, with an introductory price of Rs 9.99 lakh (all India), going up to Rs 13.88 lakh for the top-end diesel model.
With Captur, Renault will be going up against the established SUVs – Hyundai Creta, Mahindra XUV 500 and even its own Duster.
Renault is calling the Captur a premium version of the Duster. You’ll notice the design changes from the ground up, which results in a stylish crossover SUV (as Renault calls it), with some adjustments made to ensure the car can be driven in Indian conditions.
Captur (pronounced Capture) for the Indian market, has been customised with specific modifications required for the road conditions here in the country.
The Captur in India gets 210-mm ground clearance, which is the highest among all the Capturs selling in the world. Other than that, you get a car with 17-inch alloy wheels (even with the entry variant), automatic DRL headlamps and floating indicators that jazz up the appeal of the car.
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Renault seems to have focused on making the Captur a practical unit, which explains the provision of 395-litre boot space which gets further expanded by folding down the seats completely (no 60:40 ratio, sadly).
Captur will be available in petrol and diesel variants. Both will come with a 1.5-litre engine, paired with 5-speed (petrol) and 6-speed (diesel) manual transmissions.
The H4K petrol engine’s got 106 PS of power and 142 Nm of torque. While the K9K dCI diesel engine offers 110 PS of power and 240 Nm of torque on the Captur.
You get a 7-inch infotainment system, which doesn’t support Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. However, there’s a voice-recognition feature (only for iOS) and a push-to-talk function along with navigation does get added.
But as we’ve mentioned with our first drive review, Renault has no plans to make the Captur available in automatic variant right now. At this price range, buyers will have to choose between two options from Renault – Duster and the newly launched Captur. However, we’re not sure how that’s going to work out for the French automobile maker.
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