Renault India’s road map revealed

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Renault will manufacture its own version of the Micra to take on the small car segment in India. Read on…

At  a notch higher than the ULC will be 3.5-5.5-lakh rupee small car. This vehicle will be an all new small car from Renault and will be based on the versatile V-platform. It is the same platform around which the recently launched Nissan Micra is built. While the Micra uses a chic, cute styling, the Renault V-platform small car will use a more aggressive/radical looking design to match the rest of the cars in Renault India’s lineup. The car will be powered by the same engines that propel the Micra – the 1.2-litre petrol mill and the 1.5-litre diesel engine that will power the Micra diesel early next year.

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Next in line in the V-platform sedan. Nissan’s version of this vehicle is already being tested in China (top). Currently known in the automotive circles as the upcoming ‘Micra sedan’, this car will be Nissan’s first offering in the entry-level sedan segment of the Indian market. Renault’s version of the V-platform sedan will play second fiddle to the Micra sedan and will position itself in the 5-7.5-lakh rupee bracket. Both the cars will be powered by the same set of engines, however it is too early to speculate as to which engines will make it to India. This car will bride the gap to the Renault Fluence.

Sitting over the Fluence on the price point number line is the Dacia Duster. The car has been speculated to come to India for quite some time now and a few samples of this SUV had also done the initial testing rounds for the feasibility study. The Dacia Duster could be introduced by late 2011 or early 2012.

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