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FEBRUARY 3 - 9
| 2017
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REVIVAL: Stylish Renault Koleos grabs attention on the road.
Renault Koleos is a neat and capable mid-sized SUV
RENAULT Koleos is the larger of two SUVs in the French carmaker’s Australian range, the other being the compact Captur. Koleos has been on sale here since 2008 without causing much of a ripple on the sales charts but with hopes that the recent arrival of the second-generation model and some decent marketing will attract more interest. Truly cosmopolitan, Koleos was designed in France, has a Japanese-built chassis and is constructed in South Korea. Australia becoming the first country, outside of its native France, to sell it. Koleos is a big, bold vehicle that’s built on the same platform as the well-established Nissan X-Trail.
By ALISTAIR KENNEDY The front features an almost vertical grille with chromed strips that run from the headlights along the full length of the guards and all the way back to the ‘gills’ in the front guards. The centre of the grille features a large Renault diamond with another diamond at the rear between horizontal taillights. Three variants are offered. In ascended order of equipment level and price they are the quirkily named Life, Zen and Intens. The entry-level Life comes only with twowheel drive; mid-spec Zen also has the option of all-wheel drive; while the range-
topping Intens is only AWD. Koleos Life rides on 17-inch alloy wheels, Zen and Intens each get a different design of 18-inch alloys. There’s just one powertrain, a 2.5-litre four-cylinder naturally-aspirated petrol engine that generates 126 kW at 6000 revs, and 226 Nm of torque at 4400 rpm. Transmission is by a continuously variable unit. A turbo-diesel engine is expected to be added to the range later in 2017. Entry and exit is comfortable without any excessive ducking down. There’s sufficient leg, knee and headroom for three adults to travel in the back seat comfortably.
With two rear passengers the central armrest can be folded to provide two inbuilt drink containers. There’s a clever touch to the interior lighting with the LED able to be switched between five colours and also to be dimmed. The Intens gets a powered panoramic sunroof as standard. It’s available as an option in Zen but not offered in Life. There’s good volume of storage space with 438 litres with the rear seatbacks in place, extending to 1690 litres. All models get a one-touch folding mechanism for the rear seatbacks.
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