Born of Renault's research into open vehicles, Kangoo Break'up was designed and developed on the Kangoo platform. It is ideally suited to outdoor leisure and adventure activities such as mountain biking, ski-ing, paragliding and windsurfing, while retaining Kangoo's family spirit.
With its unmistakable exterior design, Kangoo Break'up has the soul of a 4WD.
With its plain, pronounced design, Kangoo Break'up is just as appealing and friendly as Kangoo. Although it is longer, Kangoo Break'up is just as easy to manoeuvre as the basic Kangoo. With a 1.6 16V petrol engine developing 110bhp and 17-inch alloy wheels, Kangoo Break'up provides precise, responsive handling that lets
drivers explore all kinds of track and terrain.
The high ground clearance and permanent four-wheel drive are further proof of its qualities as an off-road vehicle. The combination of the bodywork colour Buttercup Yellow, devised especially for the vehicle, and the Break'up Monochrome Grey protective mouldings that go right round the body provides a vivid two-tone look.
Kangoo Break'up, Kangoo pickup With Kangoo, Renault showed that innovation was among its core concerns. The Kangoo Break'up concept car continues down this path with its astute design and practical features. The roof and body side panels open at the rear to make the
vehicle just as versatile as a 106-litre pickup. Break'up recalls the functional, flexible side of Kangoo by providing a useful and imaginative loading area.
Transporting large items such as mountain bikes, surfboards and skis has never been so easy.
The pickup part of the vehicle closes with saloon-type swing doors that can be opened to an angle of 90° in both directions (towards the outside or towards the inside of the pickup), making it possible to load items of all shapes and sizes and even carry those that do not fit inside the vehicle. A multi-functional fastening system patented by Renault and made up of two clamps on the floorpan and two straps above the rear window makes transporting bicycles simplicity itself.
The clamps, which form part of the floorpan, unfold towards the outside of the vehicle to support the rear wheels of two bicycles, while the front wheels are fastened to the straps over the rear window. The system is completed by two side arms located along the inside of the vehicle to the left and right of the rear uprights, and which can be unfolded to hold the bicycle frames in place and keep them stable.
They also contain an anti-theft lock. Kangoo Break'up was developed for outdoor activities. That is why it was unveiled along with a Renault Sport concept bike, specially created by Renault Design, with carbo-titanium fairing that gives it a lightweight, sporty appearance.
These aspects and sparks ideas for leisure activities and practical ploys. Like Kangoo, the Kangoo Break'up concept car is simple, clever and versatile.
Text and photos courtesy of Renault
