雷诺Kadjar上市已经有三年多了，其竞争车型现代途胜和起亚狮跑都刚刚进行了改款。这辆改款车采用了轻度改款前格栅和额外增加的镀铬装饰，重新设计的前保险杠，雾灯位置更高，底部格栅进行了重新设计。不过，由于是小改款车型，新车的侧面轮廓没有改变，另外如果车门和轮拱进行改款，对于一款中期改款车来说，改款成本将更高。车尾看起来采用了现行版的尾灯组，但大家都希望最终量产版的尾灯组能像前大灯一样有所改变。虽然整个测试车的车身都进行了大量伪装，但新的底部尾灯组还是曝光了。看起来比现行版要宽得多，这意味着后保险杠设计也有所改变以便能够容纳更宽的尾灯。目前还不清楚新车是否将搭载戴姆勒和雷诺-日产共同开发的新的1.3升涡轮增压汽油引擎。该引擎已经配备在雷诺风景和大风景以及新一代奔驰A级车上。这台引擎的功率和扭矩可以进行多项调整，有115马力/220牛米和160马力/260牛米两种输出。这款车将在10月初举行的巴黎车展亮相，随后将于今年底或明年初在欧洲上市。
2019 Renault Kadjar Caught Hiding Mild Facelift
The middle child of Renault’s crossover family has been around for a little over three years and as such it comes as no surprise the Hyundai Tucson and Kia Sportage rival is getting ready for a facelift. The mid-cycle refresh will bring a mildly updated front grille with additional chrome trim along with what looks like a redesigned front bumper with the fog lights mounted up higher and the lower grille reshaped.
Unsurprisingly for a facelift, the compact crossover will carry over the side profile as changing the shape of the doors or the fenders would prove to be too expensive for a facelift, especially for a mainstream model such as the Kadjar. The back of the prototype shows the current model’s taillights, but we’re expecting fresh graphics on the production model to go along with the discreetly updated headlights. Despite the generous amount of camouflage slapped onto the test vehicle’s body, Renault decided to fully reveal the new lower rear lights. These are considerably wider than those of the current model and that means the rear bumper has been changed as well to accommodate them.
It will be interesting to see whether the 2019 Kadjar will usher in the newly developed 1.3-liter turbocharged gasoline engine co-developed by Daimler and the Renault-Nissan alliance. It’s already available in the Scenic and Grand Scenic minivans and can also be had in the new A-Class. It has been developed with multiple states of tune, kicking off from 115 hp & 162 lb-ft (220 Nm) and ending with 160 hp & 192 lb-ft (260 Nm).
The French brother of the Nissan Qashqai could debut in its facelifted guise as early as October on its home turf at the Paris Motor Show before going on sale in Europe late this year or early 2019.