Aggressive pricing for Captiva turbodiesel

The Melbourne Motor Show debut of the Camaro might be grabbing the lion's share of the Lion's news (see here), but local new car buyers are likely to be more interested in the aggressive pricing just announced for the turbodiesel variants of the new Captiva SUV.

Launched this week, on display at MIMS and in dealers later this month, the four turbodiesel variants offered across the Captiva range will demand a scant $1000 premium over their petrol equivalents -- without any 'de-speccing'.

The reduction of standard equipment on turbodiesel varaiants is commonplace, in part to make up for the additional ex-factory cost of the new generation common rail turbodiesel powerplants.

In the case of the Captiva, Holden says that it has actively avoided this practice. Indeed on the base model, the five-seater five-speed manual SX, Holden has added the more expensive self-levelling suspension from the seven-seat models at no extra cost.

The manual SX kicks off the turbodiesel range at $34,990 -- no petrol equivalent (ie: manual) is offered.  Next cab off the rank is the SX auto at $36,990, with the CX and range-topping LX priced at $39,990 and $42,990 respectively. Both the CX and LX are seven-seat autos only.

Meantime, the sporty-sprung Captiva MaXX remains a petrol-only model

All turbodiesel models' specifications are carried over from the petrol equivalents with the exception of the above noted self-levelling rear suspension on the SX.

The Captiva diesels feature an all-new 2.0-litre common rail 16-valve DOHC inline four-cylinder turbodiesel engine that produces a peak of 110kW at 4000rpm and 320Nm at 2000rpm.

The engine is compliant with Euro IV emission standards and returns economy of 7.6lt/100km in the case of the manual and an impressive 8.7lt/100km for the auto models. It also features a particulate filter for reduced visual emissions.

Look out for our launch review of the turbodiesel Captiva soon.

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