Koleos gains Iconic status | GoAuto

RENAULT has introduced its Koleos Iconic Version for Australia this week, the two- and all-wheel drive restricted version SUV capped at simply 400 items for the native market.

Sitting atop the Koleos vary – and priced from $48,990 plus on-road prices – the Iconic Version builds on the already robust tools ranges discovered within the Koleos Intens with a alternative of Sand Gray or Black Nappa leather-based upholstery, commonplace metallic paint (together with a brand new Amethyst Black hue), 19-inch Initiale Paris alloy wheels, aspect steps, ground mats, model-specific badging and a French flag on the B-pillars.

Additional, the Koleos Iconic Version affords key tools, together with electrically adjustable entrance seats with driver therapeutic massage perform, heated and ventilated entrance seats, a panoramic sunroof, 8.7-inch portrait-style infotainment display, satellite tv for pc navigation, 7.0-inch digital instrument panel, twin USB ports entrance and rear, a powered handsfree tailgate, rear-seat air flow shops, nightfall sensing headlights with computerized excessive beam, and handsfree parking assistant.

As provided elsewhere within the vary, the Iconic Version is powered by Renault’s 2.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine delivering 126kW at 6000rpm and 226Nm at 4400rpm. Each front- and all-wheel drive variants are outfitted with an X-tronic constantly variable transmission.

“The SUV phase continues to be essentially the most dominant phase within the Australian automotive market and the brand new Koleos Iconic Version will give us a novel level of distinction,” stated Renault Australia basic supervisor, Glen Sealey.

“With sharp driveaway pricing, European design, luxurious specification, excessive ranges of security and our five-year Straightforward Life Possession program, the Renault Koleos Iconic Version represents terrific worth for cash”.

Like others within the vary, the Renault Koleos Iconic Version is backed by a five-year / unlimited-kilometre guarantee with 5 years’ roadside help and capped-price servicing bundle, the latter costing $2750 over the time period.

The Renault Koleos competes within the hard-fought Medium SUV underneath $60K phase regionally, the place it rivals such gamers because the Hyundai Tucson (from $34,900 +ORC), Mazda CX-5 (from $35,510 +ORC) and Toyota RAV4 (from $38,050 +ORC).

Vfacts gross sales knowledge reveals Renault has offered simply 1516 examples of the Koleos to the tip of Could this 12 months, putting it in thirteenth place within the phase – and effectively behind the Toyota RAV4 (10,665 items), Mazda CX-5 (9795), Mitsubishi Outlander (9718) and Hyundai Tucson (8082).

2023 Renault Koleos pricing*:

*Pricing excludes on-road prices.