New Kangoo Van range unveiled

Kangoo Van, known in Europe as Kangoo Express, has been a phenomenal sales success, with more than 1.4 million having found homes since its original launch in 1997.

Retaining all of the previous version's inimitable character, but adding even greater comfort, modernity, quality and versatility, the New Kangoo Van goes further than ever before to meet the needs of its users. The newcomer is the fruit of an extensive development programme and in the realms of design, practicality and environmental-friendliness, represents a significant step forward when it comes to providing professionals with an economical and reliable van.

New Kangoo Van's design is modern and expressive, featuring a short, robust front end, with a spacious interior and a large, practical cargo area. Meanwhile, the forward-positioned, panoramic, MPV-style windscreen ensures an airy, bright cabin.

Inside, the accent is on space, comfort and practicality thanks to an array of features and functions that are unprecedented in the compact van segment. The high seating position ensures a broad view of the road and combines with the dashboard-mounted gearlever to deliver a standard of driving comfort on a par with that of a passenger car.

New Kangoo Van is equipped with several practical storage solutions, including dashboard storage for an A4 document, an overhead parcel shelf and a large, 15-litre lidded glovebox. Multi-media and Bluetooth connectivity mean that New Kangoo Van can also double easily as a travelling office.

New Kangoo Van's length of 4.21m frees up an optimised load capacity of 3m, while its interior width (1.21m between wheelarches) makes it possible to accept a Euro pallet. Hinged, asymmetrical rear doors and the sliding side loading doors (depending on version) give easy access to the cargo area.

New Kangoo Van adapts to meet the needs of all professional uses. Moreover, the design of New Kangoo Van enables a long list of specific conversions to be performed thanks to the numerous specialist partnerships that have been established.

New Kangoo Van comes with a choice of economical, environmentally-friendly engines that are inexpensive to service. The range includes three diesel powerplants based on the 1.5 dCi block (68hp, 86hp and 106hp), plus two petrol engines (1.6 8V 86hp and 1.6 16V 106hp). Powered by the 86hp version of the diesel engine, New Kangoo Van returns combined cycle fuel consumption of 54.3 mpg, equivalent to CO2 emissions of just 137 grams per kilometre.

Indeed, the first two versions of the 1.5 dCi both emit 140g or less of CO2/km, making them eligible for the Renault eco programme.


New Kangoo Van is based on the same running gear as Scénic - a model acclaimed for its dynamic performance, comfort and safety - and consequently delivers a level of performance unprecedented in the LCV market. Its wheelbase dimension of 2.7m ensures balanced, reassuring handling. Depending on version, New Kangoo Van is equipped with driver aids more commonly associated with the world of passenger cars (speed limiter, rear parking proximity sensors, automatic headlamp and windscreen wiper activation).

Its active and passive safety equipment surpasses the norm for an LCV and is also similar to that of a family car. Features include latest-generation ABS, plus MSR engine torque overrun regulation and Emergency Brake Assist (EBA). New Kangoo Van can also be ordered with ESP (Electronic Stability Programme), CSV understeer control and ASR traction control.

New Kangoo Van boasts a market-leading stopping distance of 40 metres (measured after 10 consecutive stops from 62 mph to rest).

The cabin of New Kangoo Van has been designed to ensure leading safety for all occupants, including a driver's side airbag, seatbelt pretensioners with load limiters and an anti-submarining hump in the seats. A passenger side airbag and driver's side thorax airbags are also available as options.