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Renault Announces Pricing and Specification For Kangoo Range
French giant Renault has announced the pricing and specification for one of its LCV favourites, the Renault Kangoo.
The eagerly anticipated New Kangoo Van range will arrive at Dealers in November, with prices ranging from £8,690 to £12,290 (excluding VAT).
Europe's best-selling compact van will be launched for the first time with two bodystyles, Kangoo Compact and Kangoo Van.
With two trim levels and five engines available across the short and standard wheelbase versions, New Kangoo Van now offers an unprecedented 21-model range to cater for every type of professional customer.
Both models come with impressive levels of standard specification. Kangoo Compact SL offers 30W CD-RDS audio system, ABS with EBD, four load anchorage points, remote control central locking, full steel bulkhead, overhead storage shelf, driver's side airbag, height-adjustable seatbelts and steering wheel, with SL+ adding height adjustable driver's seat, additional side anchorage points and a central console with armrest.
The entry-level version of its larger sibling, Kangoo Van ML, adds rear disc brakes and six load anchorage points over the Kangoo Compact SL equipment level. Meanwhile, the top-of-the-range ML+, adds a nearside side-loading door to the equipment level of the Kangoo Compact SL+.
Safety equipment surpasses the norm for an LCV and is also similar to that of a family car.
Features include latest-generation ABS and the availability of with ESP (Electronic Stability Programme) on ML+. A driver's side airbag comes as standard, while a passenger airbag and side thorax airbags are available as options. To limit damage to the pelvis in head-on collisions, the front seats have an in-built anti-submarining design.
The 1.5 dCi versions of New Kangoo Compact and Kangoo Van are the first Renault commercial vehicles to achieve the Company's eco² status.
The three criteria for eco² are achieved: Kangoo is built in a factory that achieves the environmental ISO 14001 standards, the CO2 output for each dCi engine is below 140g/km and 6% of the plastics used are from a recycled source.
The economy and emissions are particularly impressive with the New Kangoo dCi 85, for example, emitting just 137g/km and achieving 54.3 mpg on the combined cycle.
Key for Fleet Managers looking to ensure safe driving is the option of a speed limiter function (£50). This can be programmed to be at 56 mph, 62mph or 68mph.
Simon McBride