Ultra-posh Renault Koleos Initiale Paris SUV launched

It’s yours from £36,700 and nobody mention depreciation now

2018 Renault Koleos Initiale ParisThe 2017 launch of the Renault Koleos large five-seat SUV effectively marked the return of the range-topping Renault. Now, for 2018, the firm’s completing the luxury-line emphasis with the roll-out of a decadent range pinnacle called Initiale Paris. Ordering is open now from £36,700.

That’s quite a jump up from the £27,500 starter price for the Koleos range, which itself sits above the mid-sized Kadjar (yours from £19,785). But, in true range-topping Renault tradition, it has a staggering level of standard equipment to justify this.

Spec-watchers, take a deep breath, because the Koleos Initiale Paris comes with heated and ventilated two-tone Nappa leather seats, panoramic sunroof, bespoke 19-inch two-tone alloys, full LED headlights, electric tailgate…

… 8.7-inch Tesla-portrait-style R-LINK2 infotainment with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, TomTom sat nav with live traffic updates, a panoramic sunroof that opens, rear seats that fold flat in one touch, a 13-speaker Bose stereo, all-round parking sensors, automatic parking – dammit, even the cupholders are heated. And cooled.

The only options are metallic paint, for £550 (the fancy Amethyst seen here is exclusive to the Initiale Paris), and a spare wheel.

It’s powered by a 2.0-litre dCi 175 turbodiesel engine, which has all-wheel drive and an X-Tronic CVT automatic gearbox as standard; this returns 47.9mpg with CO2 emissions of 156g/km.

Despite being a largish SUV, the Koleos is only offered as a five-seater: Renault UK told us last year this was to emphasis its luxurious space and comfort for five people, rather than making compromises to squeeze in a third row of seats which may be little-used. The 458-litre boot’s expandability to 1,690 litres is another positive of this, they added.

Deliveries of the new Renault Koleos Initiale Paris, which is offered in just the single £36,700 model variant, begin in spring 2018.

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Richard Aucock
Richard Aucockhttps://www.richardaucock.co.uk/
Richard is director at Motoring Research. He has been with us since 2001, and has been a motoring journalist even longer. He won the IMCO Motoring Writer of the Future Award in 1996 and the acclaimed Sir William Lyons Award in 1998. Both awards are run by the Guild of Motoring Writers and Richard is currently vice chair of the world's largest organisation for automotive media professionals. Richard is also a juror and Steering Committee director for World Car Awards and the UK juror for the AUTOBEST awards.

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