◾Renault Captur named Most Highly Rated Car at Honest John Awards 2016
◾Compact crossover praised for value for money, fuel economy and practicality
◾Renault Captur was Europe's best-selling compact crossover in 2015
The Renault Captur was awarded the title of Most Highly Rated Car 2016 at the Honest John Awards in London.
Now in their sixth year, the awards saw Captur collect Most Highly Rated Car after it received more positive reviews than any other vehicle over the past 12 months from owners on honestjohn.co.uk. The leading motoring website has around three million visitors each month.
Commenting on Captur's award win, Dan Harrison, Editor of honestjohn.co.uk, said: 'The Renault Captur has received the highest praise in Honest John Owners' Reviews – more than any other car over the last 12 months. Families like its outstanding value and practicality with owners very satisfied thanks to its frugal fuel economy and everyday usability – and giving it five stars as a result.'
Paul Flanagan, Managing Director, Groupe Renault UK and Ireland, said: 'We're delighted that the Renault Captur has been recognised by honestjohn.co.uk users to win Most Highly Rated Car. The Captur is stylish and extremely capable as a compact crossover. The fact that it has achieved and maintained its five-star rating by customers over the past 12 months is testament to its abilities as a family car.'
The Renault Captur, launched in 2013, was Europe's best-selling compact crossover in 2015 with sales of 194,720. In the UK, the Captur achieved 24,769 sales in 2015, up 21 per cent compared to 2014.
The Captur is available in four trim levels with a choice of two petrol and two diesel engines, with CO2 emissions as low as 95g/km and combined cycle fuel economy of up to 78.5mpg NEDC. The Renault Captur is priced from £14,575 on-the-road.
The B-segment Captur fits in the Renault crossover line-up alongside the All-New Renault Kadjar – the recently introduced family-sized crossover – and Koleos, the forthcoming D-segment crossover, due to launch in the UK in 2017.
Further details on Captur and the Renault car range are available at www.renault.co.uk.
About Groupe Renault
Groupe Renault has been making cars since 1898. Today it is an international multi-brand group, selling more than 2.8 million vehicles in 125 countries in 2015, with 36 manufacturing sites, 12,000 sales outlets and employing more than 120,000 people. To meet the major technological challenges of the future and continue its strategy of profitable growth, the Group is harnessing its international growth and the complementary fit of its three brands, Renault, Dacia and Renault Samsung Motors, together with electric vehicles and the unique Alliance with Nissan. With a new team in Formula 1 and a strong commitment to Formula E, Renault sees motorsport as a vector of innovation and brand awareness.
In the UK, Groupe Renault UK has nearly 160 dealers selling the range of Renault cars, LCVs and Dacia. Groupe Renault UK sales significantly outpaced the UK vehicle market during 2015, with sales totalling 127,343 vehicles – up 17 per cent on 2014.
About honestjohn.co.uk
The honestjohn.co.uk awards are unlike others. They aren't awarded by judges or a panel, instead they come from the best experts of all: our website users. The main awards recognise and reward the cars and vans that our users search for most on the site. Put simply, the reviews which create the most interest among honestjohn.co.uk users are the winners.
This year the awards are split into 13 main categories from City Car to Performance Car with the ultimate accolade being the Car of The Year which – as the name suggests – goes to the model which has had the most visits of any car on the site. Finally, there are two extra awards. The Most Rated award given to the car that satisfies owners most in the Owners' Reviews on honestjohn.co.uk and the Best Real MPG award.
honestjohn.co.uk was set-up in 2000 to help consumers with advice on buying, selling and running cars along with pretty much everything and anything else. Since then Honest John himself has answered more than 750,000 questions.
The last 12 months have seen several exciting new developments including our new Car Chooser tool and the addition of a new Scooter and Commuter bikes section. Meanwhile Real MPG has passed the 100,000 submissions mark and this year will see a Real MPG app launched, allowing users to log their fuel economy figures on their smartphone.