2017 Renault Captur

Renault Captur

Renault’s Captur has always chased the crossover crowd who want a bit more than your everyday Polo or Clio. On paper at least, you get a taller ride height and chunkier styling for the school run or a Fourways parking lot, but the reality is it’s been a tough sell up against VW’s T-Cross, Ford’s Puma, and even the Suzuki Vitara Brezza. The numbers don’t lie—just 10 cars in the classifieds, with nine of those being used, and only one lonely new example in the mix. List prices swing wildly from R114,500 to R569,900, but that’s just window dressing. If you pack smart, the real meat sits around R169,900, where most of the action actually happens. All petrol, manuals and autos both available, but you won’t find any diesel or hybrid options if that’s what you’re after. The 1.2T Dynamique EDC, pushing 88 kW, is basically the Captur you’ll find everywhere—five of the ten listings, all bunched up at R169,900, typically with 73,000 km on the clock and registration years stretching from 2016 to just a few years back. At the top end, there’s the 1.3T Esprit Alpine EDC for R569,900 and a couple of 1.3T Iconic EDCs at just under R500k, but those are unicorns. The Captur’s trump card has always been its cabin—more personality than a T-Cross, with a gentler, more upright seating position that’s made for dicing through Sandton traffic. The VW is clinical, almost sterile. That matters, because the Captur wins on feel rather than cold logic, and sitting at R169k, it’s finally priced to make sense for someone looking for a bit of flair without breaking the bank.