The three-tier Captur range also includes a pair of automatic variants: the $25,990 Expression and the $27,990 Dynamique.
Standard across the Captur range are alloy wheels, automatic headlights and wipers, LED daytime running lights, rear parking sensors, reverse-view camera, one-touch door unlocking and ‘walk-away’ locking, push-button start, cruise control, climate control, and a 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system with satellite navigation and Bluetooth phone connectivity and audio streaming.
The step up from Expression to Dynamique brings larger alloys, standard two-tone body paint, foglights with cornering functions, and nifty removable seat covers that can be unzipped and washed to keep clean, among other features. (Read our separate pricing and specifications story here.)
Under the bonnet sits a turbocharged petrol drivetrain duo familiar from the Clio.
The entry-level Expression teams a 0.9-litre three-cylinder engine with a five-speed manual transmission. The tiny triple looks underwhelming on paper, producing just 66kW at 5250rpm and 135Nm at 2500rpm, and taking 13.0 seconds to accelerate to 100km/h from rest.
As in the Clio, it’s a powertrain combination that literally keeps you on your toes as a driver, requiring regular gear changes to keep the engine firing in its narrow power band â€" below 2000rpm it’s a little doughy, and above 5250rpm it starts to run out of steam.
It’s an enormously endearing engine, however. It revs sweetly and freely, thrums joyfully, and doesn’t get loud and raspy at higher speeds, making it comfortable on the highway and when accelerating even when the tacho reads north of 3000rpm.
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