The French car manufacturer Renault is going to show a new generation of its popular small SUV KOLOS brand in 2016. One of the top managers of the Australian branch of the French Auto Concert announced such plans of the company’s management.
According to experts, the updated Renault Koleos model will be developed on the basis of the platform, which is used in the Japanese SUV Nissan X-Trail brand. In particular, the last generation of a Japanese car is based on the CMF modular chassis.
According to the head of the Australian branch of Renault, the future model of the Koleos brand, in addition to the platform, can also take Nissan X-Trail SUV and many other elements. There is no accurate information yet, what will be borrowed.
According to experts, the Renault Koleos car is not as well recognizable as models from competitors, namely Honda CR-V, Toyota Rav4 and Mazda CX-5. It can be added that sales of the French SUV does not allow maintaining large -scale advertising companies to promote the model.
It can be supplemented that officially the Renault Koleos model was shown in 2008. After that, in 2011 and last year, this SUV was updated. Russian motorists can purchase this car in one of five sets. It is possible to choose a car with one of two power units.
The first engine can be considered a gasoline engine with a volume of 2.5 liters and a capacity of 171 liters.With., And the second diesel power unit with a volume of two liters and a capacity of 173 liters.With. At the same time, an SUV with a gasoline engine is offered either with a six-band manual gearbox, or with a variator, and a diesel engine with an automatic box.
Prices for this French car in the Russian market start at 989 thousand. rubles. For such an SUV, it is important to purchase high -quality tires, such as Weather Master, which have long proven themselves in the market. There are plenty of reviews about Weather Master, so you can make sure of this yourself.
There is a chance that after the update the SUV will be in great demand among motorists than the now produced generation of this model. Such assumptions are based on the fact that the chassis developed by Nissan specialists and Japanese power units will probably be better and more economical than French.