It scored 96 per cent for adult occupant protection, 83 per cent for child occupant protection, 75 per cent for vulnerable road user protection, and 74 per cent for safety assist. The lack of any fast-charging ability is a bit of a let-down too, and then there’s the price. The 2021 Renault Captur has a five-star ANCAP safety rating based on testing carried out by Euro NCAP in 2019. Its a very mature feeling crossover, with a new electric steering setup that feels more natural and fluid, very good. Well, it’s not a bad plug-in effort from Renault this, but it’s hard to shake the feeling that the E-Tech powertrain works better in the smaller (non-PHEV) Clio. The 379-litre boot is slightly down on the internal combustion Capturs, though. All E-Techs will get that (frustratingly unresponsive) central 9.3-inch portrait touchscreen, as well as a 10-inch digital dial screen and a wireless phone charger in the dash. Well, much like the exterior, there isn’t much difference from the combustion engined Capturs. You do get a free wallbox from BP Chargemaster though. In real-world driving it’ll depend how regularly you make trips that are longer than 30 miles. Renault claims 188.3mpg and 34g/km on the WLTP cycle, but then this is a PHEV so that’s a brilliantly unsensible answer. It’s a crossover, so it’s far from what you’d call exciting, but this second-gen is civilised enough and more than acceptable for daily life.Ī brilliantly sensible question. It’s all very well thought-through stuff, and the Captur reflects that in the way it rides and handles. Pure is Renault’s name for all-electric drive, whilst E-Save allows you to run on the (rather gruff) engine alone and save at least 40 per cent of EV power for later urban driving. You’ll most often use the automatic MySense setting though, which still offers reasonably linear acceleration with less of the rubber banding sounds you get in a CVT gearboxed hybrid. Final report: We look back on six months with our easy-going and practical hybrid crossover. It offers up 88kW of power and 190Nm of torque which feels modest on the road and. Renault Captur E-Tech: long-term test review.

Ambitious.Īnyway, that Sport mode offers the powertrain’s full forward potential. A 1.2-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine paired with a six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. That may not seem like the most pertinent stat here, but put the Captur into Sport mode and the central screen shows a picture of it on a track. The hybrid system combines to produce a total of 158bhp and 257lb ft of torque, which in turn means a top speed of 107mph and a 0-62mph time of 10.1 seconds. Well the first thing to note is that the E-Tech is now the most powerful Captur available for UK buyers.

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