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When it arrived in 2007, the Koleos was praised by both the media and the public. As a compact SUV, it ticked all the right boxes. With great regret, the Koleos didn’t age well and Renault decided to get rid of the thing. Although the Kadjar does a fine job as a replacement, Renault isn’t going to stop here.
Introducing the 2017 Renault Maxthon. In a curious way, this medium-sized SUV is considered to be the true spiritual successor of the Koleos. I’m the type of guy who can’t be bothered about an SUV’s ancestry, to be frank, partly because the Maxthon will be much better and much larger than its paternal forebear.
Spied by our photographers in the chilly north of Sweden, the Renault Maxthon prototype you can admire in the gallery below has been put through its paces back-to-back with the Kadjar 1.6 dCI 130 4x4.
Compared to its brother, the soon-to-be-unveiled Maxthon is wider, longer, rides higher, and it will be available with seven seats if you wish for that. How soon, you’re asking? According to a Dongfeng-Renault official, the 2017 Renault Maxthon will make its first public outing at Auto China 2016 at the end of April.
It may be possible that Renault will publish official pictures on the Internet before the live debut in China, but don’t expect the Euro version to arrive sooner than the 2016 Paris Motor Show in October. Underpinned by the CMF-CD platform, the Renault Maxthon will have a similar skeleton to the Nissan X-Trail (Rogue).
Engine and gearboxes should mirror those of the X-Trail, albeit the CVT will be dropped for an EDC dual-clutch automatic. Regarding the styling, well, I don't see anything more than a Talisman Estate on stilts. If you look at elements such as the shape of the headlights, the grille, the taillights, they all resemble those of the Talisman. The copy-paste treatment will be applied inside, where you’ll get a vertical R-Link 2 touchscreen infotainment system, a TFT screen instead of conventional dials, and a button for the Multi-Sense system.
Spied by our photographers in the chilly north of Sweden, the Renault Maxthon prototype you can admire in the gallery below has been put through its paces back-to-back with the Kadjar 1.6 dCI 130 4x4.
Compared to its brother, the soon-to-be-unveiled Maxthon is wider, longer, rides higher, and it will be available with seven seats if you wish for that. How soon, you’re asking? According to a Dongfeng-Renault official, the 2017 Renault Maxthon will make its first public outing at Auto China 2016 at the end of April.
It may be possible that Renault will publish official pictures on the Internet before the live debut in China, but don’t expect the Euro version to arrive sooner than the 2016 Paris Motor Show in October. Underpinned by the CMF-CD platform, the Renault Maxthon will have a similar skeleton to the Nissan X-Trail (Rogue).
Engine and gearboxes should mirror those of the X-Trail, albeit the CVT will be dropped for an EDC dual-clutch automatic. Regarding the styling, well, I don't see anything more than a Talisman Estate on stilts. If you look at elements such as the shape of the headlights, the grille, the taillights, they all resemble those of the Talisman. The copy-paste treatment will be applied inside, where you’ll get a vertical R-Link 2 touchscreen infotainment system, a TFT screen instead of conventional dials, and a button for the Multi-Sense system.
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