Renault Kadjar (ENG) - Test Drive and Review
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- Renault KADJAR is the French carmaker's attempt to repeat the success of Nissan Qashqai. Kadjar takes its name from two joining syllables KAD and JAR. The first is supposed to sound like a quad bike, and the the other like agile or jaillir, which is French for gush out. Renault claims KADJAR sounds exotic and adventurous. This test example costs around 30 thousand euro, which is about same as an equivalent Nissan Qashqai or KIA Sportage. This Kadjar has a 1.2 litre petrol engine producing 130 hp. It’s got just about everything except for leather upholstery and AWD. AWD is available only with a diesel engine.
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I love your reviews. However I tested a Kadjar just yesterday and didn't notice any of the faults in your vehicle. Maybe they did give you a "not quite ready" car to test but I may take a second look. On the positive side I think the car looks stunning and I loved the layout inside. Also, I drove the 1.5l diesel version which seemed pretty smooth and responsive. Keep the reviews coming - they are brilliant!
2019 GT line 1.5 Diesel in flame red. Fantastic car. Quick enough. ECO mode for fuel saving only. Sensors all round. Bose speakers. Panoramic sunfoof. Huge back seat space. Great wheels.
Great review as always and In all fairness to them, I stepped into a production Kadjar at a local Renault dealership and tested the build quality of the central console as you just did. No squeaks or creaks.
+Tarik El-Yabani What about the reverse gear?
+ast5515 Gearbox was robust too. Throws are long-ish, but no longer than my current Megane III. Build quality was definitely solid.
+Tarik El-Yabani I've just seen another Polish review with a different press Kadjar. It had the same problems with sat nav, and the interior made the same horrible sounds. It seems Renault has put out a shitty batch at the start.
+Marek Drives How unfortunate! Are they all coming from the same factory? The ones sold in Gibraltar are coming from the Spanish one, so it could be that. Since we're a small city, I'll ask the fella who bought the Kadjar I tested if he's having any issues.
Tarik El-Yabani European Kadjars are made in Spain. Renault will also make them in China for the Chinese market, but I guess I drove the Spanish one.
And please ask around. I'd love to find out more from people, who actually bought them.
I kinda like Renault design, and i owned on back in days. It had one faliure(water pump). Repaired after warranty expired at official service centre, for little money. Everything else was ok. No problems of any kind. I'got me a CO2 i mean VW and this was one problem after another. I have an Astra now (pretty aged) it still runs. Well i'm watching this channel to prevent me from buying a money pit trap or a totaly unispiring box on wheels. Thanks Marek. :)
Nice interesting video Marek. My 'ex' recently got a Kadjar on the Mobility scheme, as we are still good friends, I am still the main named driver. She wanted a bigger car for the dog (in pic). After driving it for nearly 3 weeks now, I think it is a fantastic car!! Quietest car I've ever had. It is pretty quick off the mark considering it is a 1.6 diesel and getting an average of 70+mpg too. Previous car was a crap Nissan Juke, or Joke!! Crap windscreen demisters, would be better of blowing it, windscreen froze on the inside in winter (North Midlands, UK), so hardly cold really. And crap boot space. This one is huge, no upset dog anymore as he has plenty of room. Everything is really comfortable. Anyone who is considering getting a Kadjar, go for it, you will love it. Oh one thing I noticed on the dash, when you are driving and accelerating, a tiny gear stick icon flashes to urge you to change your gears hahahaha. You can also change the colour of the speedo dial to 5-6 different colours. Green is nice and so is the electric blue.
Just say you don't like French cars and that's it. This is not a proper review.
+g00dfeeling Seriously? "you don't like French cars"? Are we on school playground here?
I owned a French car for 12 years, and I was quite pleased with it. If you'd listen and try to understand what I said in the review, you'd know I don't condemn Renault or French car manufacturers. I see a lot of good in this car, but quality needs to improve. I expect ALL car manufacturers to offer cars that are solid.
+Marek Drives During everyday drive you will never hear squeaks you found, but only if you really want to produce them by intention. For the money, this car is very solid and it is among the best in the class. I agree there is space for improvement but that is not worth mentioning 10 times during the review.
+g00dfeeling I drive 60-70 cars every year, and very few leave such an impression, as the Kadjar. In this test car I couldn't even rest my knee on the footwell wall without it making a sound. I hope cars in the showrooms are better put together, but this one made all sorts of noises. I feel it is my duty to point it out, so that potential buyers pay attention to it. I am currently test driving the face-lifted Mazda6, and nothing makes noises, even if I press or pull hard. In this Kadjar it was enough to press the centre console with my finger, and it started squeaking.
BTW, I wanted to review the new Renault Espace, but it died on me. Electronics went all mad, the car wouldn't start, and had to be towed. This is two consecutive test Renaults with problems. Plus I've seen other squeaky Kadjar reviews. So I am allowed a suspicion that Renault is not up to scratch in the quality department.
+Marek Drives In my company there are around 200 cars and almost half of them are Renault made. In general, no issues with reliability at all. Megane I drove didn't have any squeaks and I doubt Kadjar or Espace are below that quality standard. I think you should be sure if car you test is pre-production or production model as in this case viewer doesn't have full information.
I don't expect Renault will be assembled like VW or Mazda but that is probably trade-off as it is definitely much prettier and more modern.
Marek Drives which other car maker does he work for
I still do not understand how a car company does not know how to make cars? I mean, the technology 100 years old, Tesla is making electric car with autopilot and they still do not know how to make a proper gear leaver?
+Milos Zikic Life is full of surprises. The Espace test car died on me, and I was forced to leave it in a supermarket parking lot for the service people to collect it. I have to check, whether it's still there ;)
Want to go faster? Use your right pedal... The words of Mr Clarkson haha :-) Nice review :-)
i have the 1.5dCi. very smooth, the build quality and infotainment system are all fixed. very quiet on the move for a crossover and decently comfortable, too; even with the big wheels. one or two complaints i have is the weak horn and bad in-car cubbies.
I see a lot of positive reviews of the more expensive and worse looking Duster and I wonder why. We drove the Kadjar in extended test drives a couple of times and it does not justify the price difference over the duster. It also has the dynamics of a brick so it is no fun at all. Not that we are anti Renault either. We have been enjoying our Captur during 40K Ks of chores and trans European exploration over the last two years - our motto thanks to Marek: "Captur loves kerbs". The Captur has great dynamics and is fun and practical on shorter or longer journeys. Having moved to the country we are switching to the new Koleos which seems to have manged to inherit the good dynamics of the Captur in a more luxurious and powerful package. In 4WD configuration we can cruise in comfort the inclines and snow here in Switzerland with ease.
Tested this Kadjar yesterday, 130ag petrol mechanical gearbox. Quality was amazing for the price, door plastics are made with some gum to eliminate squeaky noises, no squeaks driving over bumps, wind noise was very minimal at 120, no whistling. Engine is punchy and really great for city 0-50. I cancelled my KIA order and I'm going to buy this Kadjar, just with automatic box, which is coming to my country in this summer. I have tested a lot of cars for this price, Kadjar was the best of all, very comfortable and practical car, very comfortable seats, just loved it. Very good transmission noise isolation, Renault finally made a very decent car for this segment, what you get for the price is just phenomenal. In this review you have driven really shitty build, I did not detect same problems in recent model
+Master I review what I get. I suppose Renault knew, what they had given me.
+Marek Drives That's pretty stupid of Renault, why they would even release such bad models lol, totally no point and nowhere to hurry :) Thank god the final model isn't that bad, I wouldn't want them to repeate same mistakes as they did with Laguna III
Very good review!
Just bought one of these waiting for delivery. Very high spec for the money and smooth as silk to drive
I am happy with my Qashqai 1.2 DIGT :) Renault never has the quality like Nissan. Marek, I like Your funny comments!!
The GPS software (IGO) is missing the Polish language file, that´s the error message.
You know that, Renault didn't :/
I wish I could say I was surprised surprised but I'm not from a French car company. they seem to be making cars they think owners want rather than listen to their customer base
Thats my favourite colour in the kadjar but wife hates it so we endup with red one . Lovely machine 😍
As always....spot on review Marek!!
Glad you think so!
I met the same problems when tested new X-Trail and Pathfinder -- a dribbling sounds from a plastic parts inside while touching or slightly slapping them.
Futhermore, they say a Kadjar is made in China. Which I read as MADE in China.
+DoriKei Kadjar for Chinese market is made in China. European versions are made in Spain.
Great Review! Would like if you made more like this one that is a big longer then a few minutes!
Renault 4L was the best car model that Renault ever produced, period. lol
i love my KADJAR Apart from silly name no Squeaks ;-) Good video as usual keep up good work ;-)
DCI or benzine?
great review, Marek! The car looks nice, from some angels it looks like X5. But yeah, i lot of small problems
Nice review Marek as always. Keep up the good work. Please review the new Mazda Mx-5 to see how good it is.
+Bruno Corte My scheduled test drive has been cancelled. Someone was testing the new MX-5 so thoroughly that it ended up with a mashed gearbox. So my place in the queue is lost. Next chance probably in the spring, when it will be completely irrelevant.
In spring maybe you have the chance to test the new Fiat 124 Spider and make a one on one with the mazda. Just an idea. Cheers
i have watched several other tests of kadjar. They were the retail cars and had the same software and interior problems. This car needs a face lift already! Thanks for the test Marek, are you planning of checking new 208s?
+hsyetkin It's waiting for editing.
not sure what tests you have viewed because all production cars have these pre-production glitches sorted. These Kadjars are very very well put together and are certainly better looking than the vast majority of suvs
I love that word "guageification"!
there is no engine in the engine bay. only some wires.
Excellent review!
Zajebista recenzja :D
I understand and agree with your hatred of creaky interiors. I'd rather have an ugly car with a quality interior than a beautiful car that creaks like an old sailing ship. Luckily you can get good looking well built cars these days. Just not from Renault.
Yes, I want the leaves now! :D
Shame for bad build quallity,the car is beautiffull
Hi Marek,
I think you may be a moody reviewer. I think you were in a bad mood when reviewing the Kadjar, and in an exceptionally good move when reviewing the Nissan Qasqhai. In a different review you said the Qasqhai's 1.2 petrol motor was excellent and was performing very well, and then you said the Kadjar's 1.2 petrol engine was slow and not well suited for this car.
But since the two models' weight and dimensions are very similar and since the Nissan engine has lower performance for ALL stats compared to the 1.2 Renault engine (less HP, less torque, more time needed to reach 100 km/h) I would say that your slandering of the Kadjar's 1.2 petrol was unfair.
Will get back to you on that, when I check something, but AFAIK these are not exactly the same engines. I've driven a Pulsar with HR12DDT and it was amazing. Kadjar felt gutless, even though it looks better on paper.
I didn't mean to be unpolite, by the way, so I hope you will take my previous comment just as it was intended, which was an attempt of mine to try to understand why the two similar engines mounted on the two similar cars gave you such different impressions.
I agree that things on paper can be different than the real life experience. But still.. I find it hard to wrap my head around this. Can there really be a big difference? The Renault engine with much better performance on paper would be that bad compared to the Nissan in real life? I'm not saying it's not true, but if it is, it's weird.
About the 1.2 petrol on the Pulsar, I believe you when you say it was a much better experience, but on the other hand I don't think you can compare it to the Kadjar/Qashqai situation because obviously a 1.2 turbo petrol is going to behave much better on a small hatchback like the Pulsar (which is also more than 100 kg lighter) than on a bigger car like a crossover.
Catalin Costea No offence taken. I watched both reviews (the Qashqai review is old and terrible), and I know I said the engine in the Qashqai was fine, and the engine in the Kadjar was sluggish. I will need some time to get technical information out from both brands, because I feel there's more to this, than just the engine (perhaps gearing?).
Generally Kadjar has a lot going for it, but Renault's execution of things leaves a bit to be desired. As I said in the review, this was supposed to be a "pre-production" model. What was it doing on the local press fleet eludes me. Unfortunately, it was not the last test Renault with faults (you'll either love or hate the Espace story in two weeks). If I was somehow biased about the engine, it's the least of the brand's problems.
This is a great car.
My 1.5 DCI is great to drive
115hp? Is it enough?
My last car was a vauxhall/opel Corsa 1.0.
So to me, the Kadjar is a major improvement and seems fast enough. I suppose if you're into speed, the kadjar 1.7 GT line would be more suited
TrojanThugMusic I am not looking for a fast car. I am looking for a car that is able to overtake carrying 4 persons safely fast.
Even if it's not a production car, it's still terribly designed without any thoughts gone in to it.
Why is the car turned in an advice animal in the thumbnail?
+Cornflakes Yognaut ?
How Kadjar compete Quashqai?
+Srdjan Boskovic Kadjar is slightly bigger, but but I'd buy Qashqai.
@@MarekDrives why not?
Don't know why you decided to review a vehicle that wasn't in production yet. Too much in a hurry I guess.
This was a press car supplied to me by Renault. Usually pre-production cars are used at launch events, not on national press fleets.
This is a pile of nonsense. What year is this car? Well don't advertise this car if is only been put together for media. I just bought a 2017 automatic and non of these faults are present.
I don't get renault... from ever so plastic, and obviously going in bad way... From back looks like softier Nissan's SUV
+shinnyspace It's not a bad looking car, it's not an uncomfortable car, it's not a small car. It's also not a very well made car. At least the one I drove. However from the look of things there were at least two other press fleet Kadjars in Poland, which had the same problems with the squeaky interior.
Clearly this car is not finished. I wonder why you would review a car with a sample that is clearly not finished. I love your reviews but this one is misleading. I hope you redo this review but with a complete car. So I would give this review a thumps down.
It's not my fault Renault press cars are like this. I review what I get.
@@MarekDrives but you reviewed the captur which was a superb review. I'm just saying that the fact that the car was incomplete dampens the truthfulness of your assessment of the car. I hope you get a complete kadjar and do another review which i have no doubt will be excellent
I assume every carmaker gives me their top product to review. Check out my Espace review.
@@MarekDrives for sure i will check out your espace reviews. You make very good reviews, just this one for the kadjar was off beat 👍🏽
Three days ago I visited renault and saw the kadjar. It was nothing like yours. They are morons, loaning faulty cars to journalists. Who the heck shot this call?
Indeed Renault press fleet in Poland is strange. But it's not my problem. Watch my Espace review. They gave me a car and the number for the tow guy. And rightly so. I shit you not.
The review is terrible got a 2017 kadjar yesterday had no issues what so ever tried everything works perfect no squeaks and if you are driving slow and people are overtaking you then put the foot down terrible review
Shit review, beautiful car
horrible car.
Hate Renaults...... awful
Only an idiot would pay over 30 grand for 1.2 liter engine, cheap pastic, no airvents and french "quality".... its a piece of crap....
+Andrej Krušič The only idiot here is you, Renault is very well placed in the reliability and satisfation European surveys. Check for example the latest JD Powers 2015 survey in Germany, Renault is ahead of all the german brands in terms of satisfaction and reliability.
+Bryan M. We'll have to wait and see satisfaction results for this one.
+Bryan M. The only problem you have is that I have owned one... and it was the worst car I ever had.... and I have owned 6 till now... and with my family we have owned over 20... so go have your propaganda speach somwhere else... renault is crap. And if you work for it or if you are just a mark fan... it is still crap, so deal with it
+Andrej Krušič It's not "propaganda". It's real satisfation and reliability surveys. Check the JD Powers and the AutoExpress surveys. I'm sorry that you've troubles with your car, but all brands have some problems. Renault nowadays has good reliability and in the majority of the satisfaction surveys is very well placed, it's one of the best European brands in terms of reliabilty, ahead of the majority of the german brands.
+Bryan M. Well good for you if like renault. I will never buy one again...neither will my family or ny friends... I dont care for statistics... all I know since I switched on "less reliable" german brands I have no more car trouble.... but that aside... a brand with 1.6l engine as its top performer is just sad... if u count in that they want over 30k for that is just pathetic....