Is Renault Captur worth buying?

My wife has a 2018 (pre facelift) Captur 0.9T.

I was/is a Renault naysayer.

She loves the car. I'll admit that it is a nice car to drive, comfortable and quite capable for its little engine.

It's well equipped, arguably better than my MK6 GTI.

OUr one was a special case and bought it with almost 6 years warranty left on it.

I expect resale to be dog poo so we will sell it after 3 or 4 years, with at least 2 years left on the warranty.

I still believe in VW build quality. My Golf is 6 years old and on 146xxxkm's, and still looks a lot better than many cars on the road (except for the ruined suspension).
 
Hamster said:
The only 10 year old cars I see are Volvo's and bakkies.
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I see plenty of Golf V’s on a daily basis.

Same can be said for Mercedes C-classes and BMW 3-Series.

There are loads of other cars of similar age too people just forget that they are 10 years old.

Golf 6’s are about to start hitting 10 years but people consider them as new cars still.

Loads of Polos as well, although arguably those sold very well so that is expected.

The perceived Japanese quality of old has fallen by the wayside somewhat as you just don’t see all that many of this past generation around as one would expect but when you do they are still solid and in good shape.

Don’t see many Renaults, Fiats and Peugeots though and when you do the paint is usually coming off. Citroen never did well but you never see a solid example of those that has aged well.

Oddly Volvo isn’t really seen much. At least not in the Cape and they are generally a rarer variety so one doesn’t miss them. When you see them though they are rock solid. Same can be said for Saab which is very rare.

It’s not a fair manner to go about things as sales do play into it a lot. I’m rather referring to the state of particular vehicles when you do see them and the French really don’t turn out well in that regard.
 
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SauRoNZA said:
I see plenty of Golf V’s on a daily basis.

Same can be said for Mercedes C-classes and BMW 3-Series.

There are loads of other cars of similar age too people just forget that they are 10 years old.

Golf 6’s are about to start hitting 10 years but people consider them as new cars still.

Loads of Polos as well, although arguably those sold very well so that is expected.

The perceived Japanese quality of old has fallen by the wayside somewhat as you just don’t see all that many of this past generation around as one would expect but when you do they are still solid and in good shape.

Don’t see many Renaults, Fiats and Peugeots though and when you do the paint is usually coming off. Citroen never did well but you never see a solid example of those that has aged well.

Oddly Volvo isn’t really seen much. At least not in the Cape and they are generally a rarer variety so one doesn’t miss them. When you see them though they are rock solid. Same can be said for Saab which is very rare.

It’s not a fair manner to go about things as sales do play into it a lot. I’m rather referring to the state of particular vehicles when you do see them and the French really don’t turn out well in that regard.
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So you are seeing a lot of cars that sold well and not a lot of cars that didn't sell well? :p
 
Solitude said:
So you are seeing a lot of cars that sold well and not a lot of cars that didn't sell well?
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Like I said I put a disclaimer at the bottom.

It’s not about the numbers as much as the condition they are in down the line.

Personal experience directly with Renault or through friends/family has not been favourable. Often to the point of “we can’t fix it, just deal with it”. But for that reason I don’t know anyone with a truly modern day Renault.

That being said my VW just made it to 200,000km and then had a gearbox concern. However it had no other major issues through its life.
 
SauRoNZA said:
I see plenty of Golf V’s on a daily basis.

Same can be said for Mercedes C-classes and BMW 3-Series.

There are loads of other cars of similar age too people just forget that they are 10 years old.

Golf 6’s are about to start hitting 10 years but people consider them as new cars still.

Loads of Polos as well, although arguably those sold very well so that is expected.

The perceived Japanese quality of old has fallen by the wayside somewhat as you just don’t see all that many of this past generation around as one would expect but when you do they are still solid and in good shape.

Don’t see many Renaults, Fiats and Peugeots though and when you do the paint is usually coming off. Citroen never did well but you never see a solid example of those that has aged well.

Oddly Volvo isn’t really seen much. At least not in the Cape and they are generally a rarer variety so one doesn’t miss them. When you see them though they are rock solid. Same can be said for Saab which is very rare.

It’s not a fair manner to go about things as sales do play into it a lot. I’m rather referring to the state of particular vehicles when you do see them and the French really don’t turn out well in that regard.
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Interestingly enough I see countless Renault Clio 2s on the road and at work that are in great condition.

I have about 5 colleagues who own Clio 2s between our Jhb and CPT office, and all of them are very happy, maintenance on those things is cheap as chips, and it just keeps going.

One of my colleagues has truly abused her Clio 2 though, dents on almost every panel, but the inside of the car looks great, she has two young kids under 8yrsld, the car features ISOFIX child seat anchor points, something you won't even find in some newer crossovers, the car is old but not only has it been solid, but it also has safety features that some newer far more expensive cars don't have.

Another Renault owner I know had a Megane 2 that kept going for +10years, it's demise came when his stepson crashed and wrote it off in a head-on collision with a taxi that was in the wrong lane, the guy went on to buy an Audi A1, because you know "German reliability and all that" , and it has cost him dearly, theres a particular sensor in the A1 that just keeps failing, I'll try find out again what it was.

Anyway, that is my experience with Renault over the years. I never really used to take their cars with much seriousness, although I was fan of all their RS stuff. I always knew multiple with Renaults, and often times those people kept them long because depreciation was so big.

The one bad Renault I know of was my Grandfather's Renault 5, for as long as I remember, that car was forever in a workshop, lol.
 
That’s so funny because the Renault 5 we had was a bulletproof car and in my opinion the good old days of quality Renault.

Oddly I never see Clio 1,2,3 any more. And I say this honestly as I couldn’t put a timeline to one in my memory now outside of my mate’s 3 which he stupidly bought as a trade in on an endlessly problematic 2 and that was when they launched.

See the last gen Megane’s with some regularity, but none of those that came before.

The odd Scenic which is always in a terrible state and always seems to have issues with the wiring of the lights and brakes going on with indicators or reverse coming on with brakes etc.

And that’s the kind of oddities I expect from 10 year old French/Italian cars. Electronic things that just don’t work any more or have gotten horribly confused.

But as you say depreciation is still a killer which can be good if buying second hand or means a long term commitment if buying new. Same goes for Volvo.
 
Okay, I personally think because of the French and Italian cars have no 2nd hand value, so the "less fortunate" people got hold of them, abused, and don't really do maintenance on it. Hence, you wont often see a lot of nice 10 years old + french and italian cars around.

But there are, just that they are owned by brand enthusiasts and they normally have it as Sunday cars.
 
Jchan11hk said:
Okay, I personally think because of the French and Italian cars have no 2nd hand value, so the "less fortunate" people got hold of them, abused, and don't really do maintenance on it. Hence, you wont often see a lot of nice 10 years old + french and italian cars around.

But there are, just that they are owned by brand enthusiasts and they normally have it as Sunday cars.
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I know Italian cars still have issue but those days seem to be long gone for the French, especially Renault.
 
FiestaST said:
This thread has properly derailed wrt the question if the Captur is good by or not.
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haha, yes, Captur is a good buy, just that if you want reliability and resale value, get a white Toyota Corolla:crylaugh:
 
Jchan11hk said:
Okay, I personally think because of the French and Italian cars have no 2nd hand value, so the "less fortunate" people got hold of them, abused, and don't really do maintenance on it. Hence, you wont often see a lot of nice 10 years old + french and italian cars around.
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+1
Same for Tata and all these Chinese brands.
 
Hamster said:
The Captur is not worth the premium you pay over the same spec Clio. I test drove one and if you go for the 1.2 you get a turbo charged 88kw (decent) coupled to an EDC gearbox which really takes some getting use to. Definitly go test drive it once or twice before you buy it. I've got that gearbox in my Kadjar and would love for it to be a regular automatic instead.

To be honest I'd much rather buy a Mazda 3 for that money or a CX-3 (but I think it is slightly more expensive).

EDIT: I see there are non EDC 88kw variants :)
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I've just test driven an 88kW EDC. A few days ago I test drove a Kadjar dci EDC. I really haven't noticed the issues people raise with the gearbox. It will take some getting used to, but it's way way better than some of the other autoboxes out there.

As for the depreciation, it's a nearly new low-mileage one, so someone else has taken that knock.

YM_80 said:
Thanks. And beyond 10 years, or 200,000 km?

Those seem to be danger zones.
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This seems to be the danger zone for any modern car. (Disclaimer: my current car stands at more than twice this age and mileage).
 
My wife bought a 0.9T Captur mid 2018. So far she enjoys it. The 0.9T needs to be revved quite a bit more than my 1.0T Polo though. The features on the Captur are good and it drives well. Being a Renault hater, I advised my wife to get rid of it before the warranty is over as the price will freefall once the warranty is up.

It's decent to drive. The media nav unit used in Renaults is hopeloss though. Slow and laggy and the nav is quite inefficient.

The metal panels are quite thin on the Captur, and feel like they can dent easily. The paintwork on ours (perhaps because it is black) is very soft and prone to scratching.

The dealer network in Durban is pretty useless though.

Overboost works quite well for a little bit of extra power for about 20 seconds. Noticeably quicker.
 
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