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RENAULT KOLEOS: Bold lines of the stylish new model work exceptionally well.
Renault’s all-new Koleos By EWAN KENNEDY Bold lines of the stylish new Renault Koleos will also play their part in the sales race. The Renault design strategy introduced by Laurens van den Acker is very French and said to be aimed at those with a taste for adventure. Koleos has a tall bonnet with a prominent Renault diamond taking pride of place. There are ‘gills’ in the front guards that tie in with chromed strips that run from the headlights along the full length of the guards. Wide horizontal taillights sit between another Renault diamond on the tailgate.
The cabin is equally stylish, and features plenty of shiny details. Ambient LED lighting that can be customised, colour choices are green, blue, sepia, red and violet and all these colours can have their brilliance increased or decreased according to your mood. There’s nothing shy or retiring about the shape of this French machine. Koleos’ ground clearance is significantly higher than average for this class. Indeed, the Renault’s 210 mm is generally regarded by 4WD people as the minimum for real off-road work. However, the Renault’s approach and departure angles of 19 and 26 degrees are relatively shallow.
Off-Road? Perhaps not, but the Koleos certainly had no trouble traversing some very rough and ready Australian dirt backroads during on extended test drives set by Renault as part of the media launch. Hand grips located on both sides of the centre console proved useful on the bumpy roads. With rear kneeroom of 289 mm, that Renault tells us outclasses its rivals, and good head, shoulder and elbow room my six-foot frame had no trouble sitting behind itself (if that doesn’t sound too Irish). Three adults can travel in the back but two and a child makes more sense.
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MIDSIZE SUVs are all the rage globally at the moment as fuel prices drop and buyers want to get into larger, more spacious vehicles. Nowhere is this more obvious than in Australia and ours is the first market in the world to get the new Renault Koleos. Obviously Renault’s head office is pleased with the way our local office is operating. The previous Koleos enjoyed more than 9000 sales downunder since its 2008 launch. The new model seems likely to improve the sales rate as it’s up about half a size on the superseded one and has excellent interior space.
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