The new Renault Austral has just been unveiled. It is the new representative of the Rombo brand in the C segment. A completely new model, which debuts the third generation of the CMF C/D platform, a more modern design and comes loaded with authentic novelties. The Kadjar relay will go on sale next fall.
The long-awaited replacement for the Renault Kadjar has just been unveiled, after seeing several hundred spy photos throughout its development. The new renault austral it does not share a single screw with its predecessor, it will be manufactured in Palencia, and it is committed to the most advanced technology at all levels, with special attention to comfort, connectivity, safety and electrification of the range of engines.
On the outside, the new Renault Austral has changed its body format. The silhouette has been “Germanized” by losing the large glass housed in the rear overhang. Now your proportions are more compact, as you can see in the measurements shown below, highlighting the roof line with a chrome profile. The design of the front presents the new features released with the Mégane E-Tech Electric, a design style baptized as «Sensual Tech», with a few main headlights Very fine full LEDs that connect to each other through a chrome strip on the new grille.
* With sliding rear seat
The Renault Austral, an elegant and attractive SUV pro outside and inside
Renault has preserved the “fangs” in form «C» for daylight. The new radiator grille also features the new emblem of the French firm. At the opposite pole behind, the pilots are also slimmer and integrated into a tailgate so clean that only the model name is present. The new Austral will be available in seven colors – “Glacier White”, “Pearl White”, “Flame Red”, “Iron Blue” and “Starry Black” – and with different alloy wheel designs. 17 to 20 inches in diameterin addition to options with two colors with the roof in contrast.
Inside, the new Austral is also a true revolution, with technology at its core, inheriting the new dashboard from the compact electric crossover, with a large screen that extends from the instrument panel to the center console in the form of an inverted “L”. A visual concept known as “OpenR” that has a standard 12.3-inch digital instrumentation and 9-inch multimedia as standard, in 12-inch option. In addition, the Austral has a new head-up display with a 9.3-inch viewing area.
The instrument section has four different views, at the same time as the infotainment system can also be customized to suit the owner, placing five widgets and having eight lighting colors. Renault has thrown the house out the window with a minimalist interior, highlighting a electronic micro-gear lever for automatic transmission. A solution that has made it possible to create a very clean environment with more traditional controls and to expand the storage spaces.
More efficient and much more dynamic the new Renault Austral
Based on the revised CMF C/D platform, the new Austral not only offers more space in the rear seats, but also has increased luggage volume. Largely thanks to a sliding rear bench seat that folds down asymmetric halves of 2/3 and 1/3so that each one can move longitudinally back and forth up to 160 millimeters. Even the backrests can also recline at 25º, 27º and 29ºfinding the most comfortable position.
The revised platform has also made it possible to improve the behavior of a chassis that can now have the system «4CONTROL Advanced» with the steerable rear wheels, which allows to offer better steering guidance in curves and a more dynamic agility when exiting them, turning the wheels up to 5º in the same direction or in the opposite. A system that is offered in the highest mechanical options, together with a multi-link type scheme in the rear suspension. The less powerful resort to the traditional torsion axis.
On a mechanical level, efficiency is the true workhorse of the new Renault Austral, with an offer that includes five versionspetrol with 12 V MHEV technology -with maximum powers of 140 and 160 CV- with 48 Volts and 130 CV, and two hybrid «E-Tech Hybrid», debuting a new 1.2-litre TCe three-cylinder engine, exclusively spotted in spy photos. The French firm offers these two options with 160 and 200 hpas range caps.