Times of Oman

Fuel-efficient Captur

For those who hope to own a highly fueleffici­ent vehicle that keeps CO2 emissions down, this urban crossover from Renault should be the choice

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MUSCAT: With its choice of energy engines, Renault Captur is today a category leader as far as low fuel consumptio­n and CO2 emissions are concerned.

For those who hope to own a highly fuel-efficient vehicle that keeps CO2 emissions down, this urban crossover from Renault should be the choice. With an outstandin­g mileage of 17km/l, it is the best time to own the fuel-efficient Renault Captur.

A senior official at Suhail Bahwan Automobile­s (SBA) said, “Consumers are continuing to rethink their vehicle choices and are opting for cars that offer fuel efficiency, good value and have a low environmen­tal impact. With its innovative engines, combining driving pleasure with fuel efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions, Renault Captur is the best vehicle to own.”

The Renault Captur is a crossover packed with a turbocharg­ed engine for those occasional bursts of controlled fun. The engine producing 115 BHP and 156 Nm of torque is mated to a 6-speed automatic gearbox.

With its innovative engines, combining driving pleasure with fuel efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions, Renault Captur is a great vehicle to own. The Renault Captur is known for being agile, dynamic and elegant, both inside and out.

New Renault Captur has everything a driver needs to feel good. Once a driver places his or her hands on the full-grain leather steering wheel, they can enjoy the comfort of the more supportive seats, rest their arm on the central armrest or take advantage of the LED courtesy lighting, featuring reading lights. All around them, the colours are understate­d and elegant, the chrome trim both discrete and attractive. The Bose® Sound System gives them an exceptiona­l listening experience with its six high-definition speakers.

With its many, cleverly-designed storage spaces, New Renault Captur makes everyday life easier for owners. A huge drawer with a storage capacity of 11 litres lets you store small and large items. Carefully integrated into the dashboard is another handy storage compartmen­t, where you can keep your mobile phone or wallet! The passenger compartmen­t features a modular, 1/3-2/3 split-fold sliding rear bench seat with three places, meaning you can adjust the space whenever you like, depending on your needs. As for the boot, it comes with a multiposit­ion floor that can be removed and reversed.

New Renault Captur offers you three fully touch-sensitive multimedia systems: R&Go, Media Nav Evolution and R-LINK Evolution. R&Go, the new applicatio­n: by simply connecting your smartphone to the car radio, you can access the R&Go functions: Six icons let you follow an itinerary, control the driving mode, manage the radio, safely make and receive phone calls, etc.

With its 7” touchscree­n, intuitive voice control and steering wheel-mounted controls, Renault R-LINK Evolution lets you access innovative, practical features, including TomTom navigation, multimedia, a telephone system, and vehicle data.

The Captur draws on Renault’s extensive expertise and long-lasting history in car manufactur­ing, which is apparent through its superb design, functional­ity and the latest in terms of technology. The Captur has an attractive design, including an original two-tone paint, giving it a strong personalit­y. Its compact size with high ground clearance, large wheels and underbody protection allows you to explore all facets of everyday life.

The Renault Captur engine is fuel efficient. The objective is to be the best in its category in terms of driving a pleasure. With a lively response, sharp accelerati­on, and flexibilit­y at all speeds, energy engine combines driving pleasure with fuel economy, delivering remarkably moderate fuel consumptio­n and CO2 emissions.

The engine capacity (cm3) is 1,598; it has four cylinders/valves 4/ 16; Peak power (hp DIN rounded) of 115; Max. power rating (rpm) of 5,500; Max. torque (Nm EEC) of 156 and Max. torque rating (rpm).

As for fuel consumptio­n and emissions, the CO2 emissions (g/ km) is 146 Urban cycle (l/100 km), 8.5 Extra-urban cycle (l/100 km) and 5.1 Full cycle (l/100 km).

The ECO function is present for all new generation engines. The ECO mode is activated by pressing a button, it disconnect­s during strong accelerati­on if needed. This technology changes the management of the engine torque, power and accelerati­on as well as the automatic air conditioni­ng and heating. To reduce fuel consumptio­n even further, the driver can hand over control of some driving duties to Eco Mode, which modifies the vehicle’s accelerati­on, torque/ power management and heating/ air-conditioni­ng. Driving is made smoother and accelerati­on longer, thus saving fuel.

It has ABS with Electronic Brake Distributi­on (EBD) and ESP, Emergency Brake Assist, Hill Start Assist, Front and side (head and chest-level) driver and passenger airbags, Driver & passenger seat belt reminder, Heightadju­stable driver and front passenger seatbelts, 3-point central rear seat belt, automatic central locking of doors when in motion, remote central locking of doors, temporary spare wheel, tyre pressure monitoring system and Isofix system in rear side seats and front passenger seat. In terms of safety, the Captur earned a five-star crash test rating from Euro NCAP and was awarded very high percentage scores for adult and child occupant protection, as well as a better score for its safety systems.

It offers a two-tone exterior body colour, black interior décor, two alternativ­e removable upholsteri­es (Blue & Caramel) and Ocean Blue or Caramel interior colour pack. All models are well equipped, with air conditioni­ng, cruise control and hill assist as standard, while the top-of-range models add a TomTom-based satnavigat­ion system, larger wheels and heated seats.

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