I’m not sure stevieb is talking about a new car, if so, it would be a 1.3 not a 1.2. The 1.2TCE has more power (120bhp) than the most powerful version of the diesel (90 or 110bhp), so if the performance of the diesel is considered adequate, i’m sure the 1.2 will be too, especially since the petrol has less weight to lug around.
As for the car itself, mixed reviews with space and comfort being praised but quality and driving manners not so much. The HJ review of the Captur points to the Peugeot 2008 being better to drive and with a higher quality interior. In addition (and i’m sure he will be along at some point), i’m pretty sure SLO has mentioned reliability issues for Renault’s small turbo petrol engines.
Čt 19. září 2019 19:52
Also, the 1.2TCE is a 4 cyl, though not sure why that would be a factor?
Pá 20. září 2019 10:15
>>’m not sure stevieb is talking about a new car,
He said he was looking at a Toyota CHR — they are comparatively new so even 2nd hand they would be as expensive as a new small engined Renfault.
Čt 19. září 2019 20:43
Pá 20. září 2019 00:04
In July,I was here asking advice about a used Mazda 2;nice smooth petrol motor,but too much road noise.Hire car(after Mrs Suzuki splash1.0 written off) was a top of the range Captur 1.5dci 6 speed 110bhp,leather seats and nice red paintjob;swmbo was really taken by it and i was too;having avoided diesels for a decade or so because of fears dmf,injectors,dpf etc,it was nice to have some torque and poke again.So swmbo now has 2016 Captur 1.5dci 90bhp,metallic orange,1owner,fmdsh;bought from supplying dealer ,they did the servicing,1yr approved renault warranty.£8k,(dealer wouldn’t move much on price);we both like the car,done nearly 3k,avg about 53.5mpg;eco mode maybe 55mpg.No spare wheel yet,must get that sorted;any major bills though and it will be gone and back to small petrol engine.Hope we get lucky.
Pá 20. září 2019 07:23
We have a 2015 Captur 0.9TCe on the fleet. 35,000 miles, and no issues at all from new. Performance is reasonable and with the turbo, not torqueless.
Pá 20. září 2019 11:17
I had a 0.9TCE Captur as a hire car for a few days and about 1000 miles. It was the worst hire car I’d had in quite a while. It didn’t go wrong as such, but found it truly awful to drive. I wasn’t expecting a performance car, but compared to the 1.0 EcoBoost Focus and the similar engine in an i30 it felt really gutless as well as being noisy, combined with a really awkward gearshift and snatchy clutch. Also every time I turned off the engine at the end of a journey, the radio turned itself on at full volume!
A few weeks later, for another trip, the hire company dropped another Captur off on the drive. If I’d been at home, I would have asked them to swap it for something better as it was on hire to me for a few weeks and I was needing to do a few thousand miles in it. I wasn’t so had to put up with it. This one turned out to be the diesel, and surprised me by being a pretty decent car! It still had the issue with the radio though, which I resolved by leaving the radio on permanently and turning the volume down instead.
Pá 20. září 2019 14:34
So, you either like a Captur or you don’t but they appear to be reasonably reliable!
Pá 20. září 2019 18:54
Its the looks and the red paint that SWMBO likes but the diesel seems to be the one to go for.
Incidently has the 1.3 petrol got three cylinders ? You can tell I hate three cylinder cars because of their lack of smoothness and all or nothing power delivery
Pá 20. září 2019 19:46
Incidently has the 1.3 petrol got three cylinders ? You can tell I hate three cylinder cars because of their lack of smoothness and all or nothing power delivery
It was the 1.2 you asked about earlier, and i answered that, it has 4 cylinders. So does the 1.3.
3 cyl motors are only ‘not smooth’ at low revs, but they are actually smoother at higher revs than a 4 cyl. As for an all or nothing power delivery, that has nothing to do with how many cylinders a vehicle has.
Po 30. září 2019 18:41
Po 30. září 2019 19:01
Going to try the Captur now we are back from holiday but can I have your opinion on the Vauxhall Mokka as an alternative. Is this a Peugeot underneath ?
No, the Mokka was from before the PSA tie up. When it first came out, it was roundly criticised by the motoring press for it basically just being a ‘by the numbers’ SUV, having nothing at all to mark it out as being worth buying over anything else in the segment. But the ride was also singled out as being particulalry poor. For the facelift (when it became the Mokka X) the ride was apparently improved, and while it is a better car than the Ford Ecoboost, it remained a car you’d buy primarily due to the proximity of a dealer (and of course, not wanting to be left behind on the SUV merry-go-round!) as opposed to actually wanting it.
As for the engines, the 1.4t petrol would definately be the best bet as the 1.6 diesel is a Fiat unit. The Crossland X and Grandland X are both based on PSA platforms and use PSA engines.
Po 30. září 2019 19:17
Thought I’d jump in here, I’ve got a moka x and it’s lovely! quiet, comfortable plenty of go when needed ( 1.4 t), the controls are easily operated, can’t think of anything I don’t like about it. oh yes I can..the colour! we chose a dark blue but I’ve since seem them in other colours that personally I think suit it better.
Had it just a year now from new and nothing has fallen off.
Po 30. září 2019 19:28
Best small SUV type car is the Mazda CX3 but it’s more money ditto the Honda HRV which is also a good option. Both will depreciate more slowly than a Captur or Mokka so although dearer to buy it’ll probably cost less overall.
Út 1. října 2019 06:04
If your talking new then the current Peugeot 2008 is shortly to be replaced so there should be some good deals coming up.
Puretech 130 petrol powered version is the one to go for if you can, the 110 version is no slouch either, 2008 well worth a look / test drive.
Út 1. října 2019 10:49
Roughly how do the prices compare ?
Have booked a test drive with the Mazda first.
Út 1. října 2019 11:25
Not sure it is a good idea to put them in order of preference till you have tried them yourself. Different folk like different aspects of different cars, and assign these aspects in different levels of importance!.
Take the Mazda for example, lovely looking car, great to drive, well made and reliable, but it is hampered by its engine. 2.0 may well be a big engine these days for a car like this, but it only makes 120bhp, and, going by what i have read both in the motoring press and comments from forum members who have tried Mazda’s with this engine, it feels ‘strangled’. Fine if you are only using 2/3-3/4 of the available rev range, but not very nice beyond that and feeling like it has a distinct lack of torque (despite the actual figures not being too bad with 158lb/ft @2800rpm) compared to the turbo petrol Mokka and diesel Captur.
As for prices, not sure how the Captur and Mokka compare, but i’d guess pretty similar, with the Mazda being the most expensive like for like.
Út 1. října 2019 13:43
Interesting to see from the above that the diesel Captur seems to have the edge. It makes me cast my mind back to the reasons why we went for our first diesel car, a Peugeot 205 GRD for SWMBO back in 1988. Quite apart from the economy, it was livelier and easier to start than the petrol, and had much more lowdown pull. It wasn’t all that much noisier either compared with the awful old Simca nail that they put in petrol 205s.
For the sort of use that most small SUVs like the Captur will be put to, I can see why a diesel makes sense, provided that it isn’t used only for very short runs.
