Renault Captur boot space, practicality and safety
- Spacious interior
- Rear seats slide back and forth
- Usefully large boot
How much space is there?
In total the Renault Captur is little longer than a traditional small SUV and the front seats have been sculpted to free up some extra space for longer legs in the rear. Rear seat space is pretty good anyway, as long as you don’t have the bench slid forwards.
However, you’ll only be sliding it forwards to free up some extra boot space anyway, so buyers can pick and choose what their priorities are. It’s just a shame you can’t slide individual seats.Â
Should you have a couple of lanky friends or family members that you often cart about, we’d recommend taking a look at the Skoda Kamiq. It thrashes everything in the class for both head and leg room, giving even tall folk room to stretch out a little.Â
Boot space and storage
With the seats slid back, there’s 444 litres of room on offer with the boot floor in its lowest setting (395 with it set higher). If you slide the seats forwards, total space is an impressive 536 litres, while the seat backs split 60:40 to free up some more space – up to 1,334 litres.
Just remember there’s basically no rear legroom when the seats are forwards, while hybrid versions of the Captur have a significantly smaller boot. It makes the regular E-Tech hybrid merely average for the class, while the plug-in is particularly piffling.Â
There’s a good amount of extra storage throughout, with big door bins, a central armrest and cupholders between the seats. Beneath the climate controls there’s an area to keep your mobile phone, while automatic cars come with a slightly different centre console design with an area beneath the gearlever for extra bits and pieces.
A key factor in people buying small SUVs is the ease of access, and the Captur sits a little higher than the Skoda Kamiq and Ford Puma, and is easier to get in and out of as a result.Â
Is it easy to park?Â
The Captur is pretty compact and all models get reversing sensors to help in tight spots. That’s handy as the rear pillars are rather thick. If you want more help, you’ll need to spec front parking sensors and a rear camera, too.Â
Safety
- Suite of driver assistance tech as standard
- Five stars from Euro NCAP
- Renault has a good reputation for safety
The Captur scored a full five-star rating when tested by Euro NCAP. All Capturs get lane-departure warning with lane-keep assist, autonomous emergency braking and traffic sign recognition, as well as useful features like cruise control and LED headlights.
Some models come with a Traffic and Motorway Assistance Pack, featuring what Renault calls Highway and Traffic Jam Companion. Essentially, it’ll stop and go in queuing traffic largely on its own in combination with the adaptive cruise control. This pack also adds 360-degree cameras and blindspot monitoring.
Once you’ve learned how to operate these functions via several different buttons on the steering wheel, it’s quite smooth and responsive, although the camera quality isn’t quite up there with the best.
Euro NCAP rating
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Adult Occupant: | 96% |
Child Occupant: | 83% |
Vulnerable Road User: | 75% |
Safety Assist: | 74% |
Equipment and options
- 3x3 point rear seat belts
- ABS
- Climate control
- Driver`s airbag
- Front electric windows
- Height adjustable drivers seat
- Isofix child seat anchor points
- PAS
- Passenger`s airbag
- Rear electric windows
- Remote locking
- Side airbags
- Steering wheel rake adjustment
- Steering wheel reach adjustment
- Alloy wheels
- Body coloured bumpers
- Central locking
- Cruise control
- Electric mirrors
- Heated mirrors
- Parking sensors
- Partial leather seat trim
- Roof rails
- Sat Nav
- Alloy wheels
- Central locking
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Metallic Paint
- Parking sensors
- Partial leather seat trim
- Roof rails
- Sat Nav
- n/a
- Alloy wheels
- Central locking
- Metallic Paint
- Partial leather seat trim
- Roof rails
- Sat Nav
- n/a
- Body coloured bumpers
- Central locking
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Parking sensors
- Sat Nav
- n/a
- Alloy wheels
- Body coloured bumpers
- Central locking
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Electric mirrors
- Heated mirrors
- Parking sensors
- Roof rails
- Sat Nav
- Alloy wheels
- Body coloured bumpers
- Central locking
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Electric mirrors
- Heated mirrors
- Parking sensors
- Sat Nav
- n/a
- Alloy wheels
- Body coloured bumpers
- Central locking
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Electric mirrors
- Heated mirrors
- Metallic Paint
- Parking sensors
- Roof rails
- Sat Nav
- Partial leather seat trim
- Body coloured bumpers
- Central locking
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Electric mirrors
- Heated mirrors
- Parking sensors
- Sat Nav
- Alloy wheels
- Body coloured bumpers
- Central locking
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Electric mirrors
- Heated mirrors
- Steel wheels
- Alloy wheels
- Parking sensors
- Alloy wheels
- Audio remote
- Body coloured bumpers
- Central locking
- Cruise control
- Electric mirrors
- Heated mirrors
- Parking sensors
- Partial leather seat trim
- Roof rails
- Sat Nav
- n/a
- Alloy wheels
- Body coloured bumpers
- Central locking
- Cruise control
- Electric mirrors
- Heated mirrors
- Metallic Paint
- Parking sensors
- Partial leather seat trim
- Roof rails
- Sat Nav
- n/a
- Alloy wheels
- Body coloured bumpers
- Cruise control
- Electric mirrors
- Heated mirrors
- Parking sensors
- Partial leather seat trim
- Roof rails
- Central locking
- Sat Nav
- Alloy wheels
- Body coloured bumpers
- Central locking
- Cruise control
- Electric mirrors
- Heated mirrors
- Parking sensors
- Partial leather seat trim
- Roof rails
- Sat Nav
- n/a
- Body coloured bumpers
- Central locking
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Electric mirrors
- Heated mirrors
- Parking sensors
- Sat Nav
- Alloy wheels
- Roof rails
- Alloy wheels
- Body coloured bumpers
- Central locking
- Cruise control
- Parking sensors
- Partial leather seat trim
- Roof rails
- Sat Nav
- Electric mirrors
- Heated mirrors
Dimensions
Length | 4227mm |
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Width | 2003mm |
Height | 1576mm |