Road Test


KANGOO RENAULT


Renault Kangoo ML19 E-Tech Advance


Price (ex VAT)


Price range (ex VAT)


Gross payload Load length


£32,350**


£31,350–33,850** 608kg


1806mm


Load width (min/max) 1248mm/1570mm Load bay height Load volume Loading height


1215mm 3.3m3


635mm


Rear door aperture 1256mm x 1117mm Side door aperture 736mm x 1054mm Gross vehicle weight


Braked trailer towing weight


Residual value Cost per mile Electric motor Torque


Gearbox


Range (WLTP combined) Battery


Warranty 3 4


2230kg 1


750kg/1500kg 29.4%* 48.0p


90kW (120hp) 245Nm 1sp


186 mls 45kWh


3yrs/100,000 mls (battery 8yrs/100,000 mls)


Service intervals 2yrs/24,000 mls Insurance group Price as tested


* After 48 months/20,000 mls p.a – source – KWIKcarcost


** Basic price before VAT, On The Road costs, and government Plug-in Van Grant


34E £37,135 Options


Active Emergency Braking System


Adaptive Cruise Control


Advanced Lane Keep Assist Blind Spot Intervention


Wooden load area floor and side panels


Heated leather-trimmed steering wheel


Rear parking camera


Rear view assist camera 5ins screen


Smartphone dock


£450 £480 £550 £350


£500 £60 £450


£800 £20


Highway and Traffic Jam Assist £500 4.2ins colour driver info screen £75 Alloy wheels Key card


£400 £150


26 WhatVan? August 2023


enault has revamped its electric Kangoo with a more-powerful electric motor, a bigger battery and a longer range between recharges. The previous model was equipped with a 44.7kW (60hp) motor married to a 33kWh battery, offering a claimed range of 143 miles. The new Kangoo E-Tech boasts a 90kW (120hp) motor backed by a 45kWh battery delivering an anticipated 186-mile range; shame it cannot quite get over that 200-mile barrier.


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The changes form part of an overall revision of Kangoo that helped it win the What Van? Compact Van of the Year Award in 2023. Changes include a restyled exterior with C-shaped LED daytime running lights and a reimagined cab interior.


Businesses that have yet to be converted to zero-emission technology will be reassured by the availability of a 1.5-litre diesel at either 95hp or 115hp and a 1.3-petrol engine at 100hp. Kangoo and Kangoo E-Tech customers can choose either a short- or a long-wheelbase model with load cubes of 3.3m3


and 4.2m3


Two trim levels are up for grabs; Start or the more upmarket Advance. Keen to burnish our credentials as guardians of the environment, we opted to sample a short-wheelbase E-Tech in Advance specifications; with a long list of extra-cost options.


Load bay


Access to the cargo bay – complete with LED lighting – is by means of a sliding door on each side or through asymmetric twin back doors. The narrower of the two is on the offside. They can be swung through 90° or through 180° if you release the stays, and open to reveal a load bay with 10 tie-down points. A 12-volt power point is positioned near the offside rear door. A plastic full-height bulkhead is


fitted, presumably for the sake of lightness. While it looks robust enough, as traditionalists we tend to favour a steel partition.


respectively.


The bulkhead bulges backwards, and restricts access (albeit modestly) through the side doors. Our demonstrator’s cargo area was comprehensively timbered out, with


Picture Key


1. Battery charging point is at the front under the Renault logo


2. Exterior has been restyled 3. Payload handled by 3.3m3


bay is modest


4. Heated rear view mirrors form part of package


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load


plywood protecting most of the areas vulnerable to damage, including the floor and the wheel boxes. Plastic panels help protect the doors. At just 608kg, payload capacity is considerably below that of the cheaper equivalent diesel model, but braked towing capacity is a healthy 1,500kg.


Interior and equipment Fitting an interior rear-view mirror is pointless if you have an opaque bulkhead, so Renault decided to equip our demonstrator with an optional camera that shows what is behind you at all times. The picture is shown on a dedicated screen.


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