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The Renault Koleos is officially successful runout successful Australia – and portion a replacement has yet to beryllium announced for our market, 1 is understood to beryllium coming.
“The existent procreation Renault Koleos is successful runout aft a stellar tally arsenic 1 of Renault Australia's astir fashionable models, with much than 21,000 examples sold,” said a Renault Australia spokesperson.
“Now disposable from $36,990 drive-away with a $2000 cashback offer, each remaining inventory – complied to conscionable existent centrifugal conveyance regulations – is expected to beryllium sold retired by the extremity of this twelvemonth oregon portion banal lasts.”
Renault Australia has confirmed it plans to motorboat aggregate caller models implicit the adjacent 2 years, and a Koleos replacement is understood to beryllium 1 of these – but what’s little wide is which conveyance volition beryllium selected from the French brand’s planetary portfolio.
“As we person said before, Renault Australia is successful the mediate of a exemplary revitalisation,” said Renault Australia brag Glen Sealey astatine the section motorboat of the caller Master van earlier this month.
“Renault has a immense catalogue of vehicles and we continually measure what is disposable to america and which ones champion suit the needs – and terms ranges – of Australian customers.
“We’re not going to uncover each our aboriginal exemplary plans today, but we tin archer you determination are different six caller oregon refreshed models present owed implicit the adjacent 2 years. And we person plentifulness to get done earlier then.”
Production of the Renault Koleos ended successful Korea successful 2025.
Renault Australia secured capable banal to past it astir 2 years anterior to the model’s roadworthy conveyance benignant support being revoked connected March 13, 2025 arsenic contempt having autonomous exigency braking (AEB), the strategy didn’t conscionable the circumstantial method requirements outlined successful Australian Design Rule 98/00.
This came into effect for each caller vehicles manufactured connected oregon aft March 1, 2025.
While the Koleos has been replaced successful Korea by the Geely-based Grand Koleos, this conveyance has yet to beryllium revealed successful right-hand thrust contempt Renault Korea Motors producing the Arkana for our marketplace successful right-hand drive.
Renault has a dizzying array of medium-to-large SUVs crossed its planetary portfolio, and it’s unclear which of these could marque their mode to Australia.
Even if you acceptable speech the electrical Scenic E-Tech sold here, determination are six Renault SUVs measuring implicit 4.5 metres long. From shortest to longest, they are the Austral, Boreal, Rafale, Espace, Grand Koleos and Filante.
Of these, the Austral and Rafale are presently built successful right-hand drive, portion the Boreal is intimately related to the Dacia Bigster which is built successful right-hand drive.
The Grand Koleos built and sold successful Korea is intimately related to the Geely Monjaro, a exemplary the Chinese marque could beryllium looking to present locally. It sits connected the Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) besides shared with vehicles specified arsenic the Polestar 2 and Volvo XC40.
It measures 4780mm long, 1880mm wide (2146mm including the mirrors) and 1680mm gangly connected a 2820mm wheelbase.
The Grand Koleos is offered successful Korea with a prime of a turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder hybrid powertrain mated with a three-speed hybrid transmission, oregon a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder motor mated with either a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic (front-wheel thrust variants) oregon an eight-speed car (all-wheel thrust variants).
It sits beneath the flagship Filante, a ample SUV measuring 4915mm long. Like the Grand Koleos, this conveyance was developed with Geely.
The Chinese/Korean Filante is conceptually akin to the Rafale offered successful Europe, which besides offers hybrid powerfulness and a sleek, coupe-like assemblage but rides a Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance level and is smaller astatine 4710mm long.
Besides the Grand Koleos, the Austral and Boreal signifier arsenic the astir evident successors to the outgoing Koleos.
The Austral was launched successful 2022 arsenic a replacement for the Kadjar concisely offered successful Australia, and shares its CMF-CD underpinnings with the Nissan Qashqai.
It uses a turbocharged 1.2-litre three-cylinder hybrid powertrain, and measures 4533mm long, 1843mm wide and 1621mm gangly connected a 2667mm wheelbase.
A stretched mentation of the Austral is presently offered successful Europe nether the long-running Espace nameplate, antecedently utilized connected a radical mover. This exemplary isn't offered successful right-hand thrust markets.
The Boreal was revealed successful 2025 arsenic a mentation of the Dacia Bigster chiefly for markets wherever the Romanian fund marque isn't sold.
Unlike erstwhile Renault-badged Dacias, including the Duster sold here, the Boreal features unsocial exterior panels – positive an overhauled interior with a unsocial dashboard – to marque it much than a elemental rebadge.
The Boreal is 4556mm long, 1841mm wide, 1650mm tall, and rides connected a 2702mm wheelbase, and debuted with a turbocharged 1.3-litre four-cylinder petrol motor mated with a six-speed dual-clutch auto.
This has subsequently been followed by a 1.8-litre four-cylinder hybrid.
It's unclear however agelong Renault volition beryllium without an entrant successful Australia's astir competitory segment, wherever it has fielded the Koleos since 2008.
The current, second-generation Koleos arrived present successful 2016 arsenic a adjacent relative to the fashionable Nissan X-Trail.
From 2017 to 2020 and past from 2022 to 2023, the current-generation Koleos was Renault's best-seller Down Under. It has subsequently been overtaken by the Master van.
Its champion twelvemonth was 2017 erstwhile Renault delivered 3120 examples. Sales declined each twelvemonth thereafter, earlier rallying successful 2022 and 2023.
By the extremity of 2022, however, its X-Trail relative had been replaced, leaving the Koleos arsenic 1 of the oldest vehicles successful its segment.
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