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Renault Arkana vs Renault Captur

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Renault Arkana
Renault Arkana

$38,850 - $50,540

2024 price

Renault Captur
Renault Captur

$17,800 - $31,990

2023 price

Summary

2024 Renault Arkana
2023 Renault Captur
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 4, 1.3L

Turbo 4, 1.3L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol

Premium Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
5.9L/100km (combined)

6.6L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

4
Dislikes
  • Glitchy transmission
  • Firmish ride
  • Not the cheapest

  • Expensive
  • Fiddly gear selector
  • Requires 95 RON premium petrol
2024 Renault Arkana Summary

Renault’s Arkana coupe-style compact SUV has been hit with its first makeover, which ushers in a range of styling changes, increased equipment and new model grade names.

There are few cars like it in the compact SUV segment, where vehicles usually favour the boxier, traditional SUV wagon shape over the stylish but often internal space compromised coupe SUVs.

Renault Australia is only expecting about one per cent share of the segment or around 1500 sales a year.

But if you want to stand out from the crowd of Mazda CX-30, Mitsubishi ASX and Toyota Corolla Cross small SUVs then the Arkana might be for you.

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2023 Renault Captur Summary

One of Renault’s most successful models globally with over 1.5 million sales of the original, the Captur has nevertheless struggled in Australia since its 2015 launch.

Last year, it was Europe’s 11th bestseller outright, outselling stalwarts like the Toyota Corolla, Hyundai Tucson and Volkswagen Tiguan. Only the Peugeot 2008 and VW T-Roc were more popular amongst SUVs. In contrast, only 533 found homes over here in 2011.

However, with the largely all-new second-generation Captur launched locally last year now gaining market traction with a 200 per cent-plus sales spike, the 123-year-old brand’s VW T-Cross rival may yet finally fly Down Under.

We take a look at the recently-released RS Line range-topper, to see just how well the Captur shapes up in urban Australia.

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