Popular second-hand cheap at the pump?
In 2013, Renault launched the Captur, a compact crossover that is believed to have cost Renault dealers quite a few new doormats. Since its introduction, there has barely been a year with fewer than 5,000 sales. It was therefore inevitable that this Renault would become one of the most popular used cars in the Netherlands. What consumption can used car drivers count on in practice? This article gives an indication.
A popular occasion is the Renault Captur absolute. The model first entered the list of most wanted used cars on AutoWeek.nl last year. The car was supplied with the 0.9 TCe three-cylinder petrol engine with 90 hp, a 1.2 TCe with 120 hp and, since the facelift in 2018, also with a new 130 or 150 hp 1.3-liter four-cylinder. Diesel drivers had little choice: only a 1.5 dCi with 110 hp.
Consumption Captur TCe 90
Let’s start with the smallest engine, of which 27 owners keep their fuel receipts. The average fuel consumption of their cars is 1 in 15.1, which corresponds to about 6.7 l/100 km.
Of course there are always outliers that determine the bandwidth. To start with the highest consumption achieved. In his own words, an economical driving driver drove 2,729 kilometers in three months with an average consumption of 1 to 11.9 (8.4 l / 100 km). The most economical driver with a substantial number of kilometers and refueling behind him records 1 in 13.6 (7.4 l / 100 km).
The positive outlier is the driver who drove 45,449 kilometers with an average consumption of 1 to 18.9 (5.3 l/100 km). This is even 2 percent more economical than what the factory promises.
Consumption Captur TCe 120
The four-cylinder Renault Captur was initially only available with an EDC automatic transmission, only in 2016 did the engine appear in combination with a manual gearbox. The Consumption Monitor does not differentiate between transmissions, so we present a suspected mix between manual and automatic cars.
The average consumption of the Captur 1.2 TCe is 1 in 13.8 (7.3 l/100 km). There are also outliers here: the most economical Captur TCe 120 driver records 1 in 15.5 (6.5 l/100 km) against 1 in 11.1 (9 l/100 km) for the least economical.
The Renault Captur can therefore be quite economical, especially with the 0.9-liter three-cylinder. Yet the average consumption is not impressively low. For example, drivers of a Citroën C4 Cactus with their turbo-free three-cylinder drive an average of 1 to 17.5 and users of a – well, much younger – Volkswagen T-Cross 1.0 TSI note 1 to 17.
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl