Renault had first entered the Indian market with Logan, a C segment sedan. The French car maker had tied up with Mahindra & Mahindra and the car did a fair no. of sales before the two partners decided to head for a divorce. While Renault started its Indian innings all over again with the introduction of some upmarket products, the Logan went to Mahindra and was quickly re-badged as the Verito. While Logan got a few updates just before it was re-badged as Verito in India, we at Motoroids were the first ones to report that the Indian manufacturer is working on injecting some more botox in to the fast aging and bland car.
Verito refresh comes with a revised front fascia that includes a new bumper, new headlamps, new fog lights and a grille that is keeping in with the popular UV maker’s current design theme.The top end variants get chrome garnishing on the front grille and the new treatment to the front end has helped with making the car look more sophisticated and upmarket.
At the rear, the major styling update is the new boot lid, which has an integrated lip spoiler and some neat surfacing on it. The no. plate housing too is now seen on the trunk lid and not at the rear bumper, as in the earlier version of the car. The rear end also gets a revised set of tail lamps. All this has ensured that the rear doesn’t looks as bland as that of the earlier version.The top end variants get new design of alloy wheels and the Verito now comes with blackened pillars and a new colour option- Dolphin Grey. The wipers too have been now aligned for a country that drives on the wrong side of the road.
On the inside, the power windows switches are now positioned at the door pads instead of the centre console (as in earlier version) and the car gets more ergonomic door handles. Also, the insides get a new upholstery, new In Car Entertainment (ICE) system, new aircon controls, electric ORVM controls, revised centre console and an updated dash.
Verito facelift pricelist-
Petrol
1.4 G2- 5.27 lakhs
1.4 G4- 5.49 lakhs
Diesel
1.5 D2- 6.26 lakhs
1.5 D4- 6.48 lakhs
1.5 D6- 7.14 lakhs
(all prices ex-showroom delhi)
At this price point, the car might give a tough fight to the more established rivals. However, it remains to be seen if Mahindra would be able to grab a chunk of sales from the competitors. We are not expecting any drastic change to happen with the market’s perception of the Logan, nay, the Verito but this minor facelift job has surely injected some much needed freshness into the aging car.
Hi swaroop, thanks for the reply. I know BHP is not the only criteria to decide the pick up, it is Tourque and at what RPM how much tourque you get makes your drive. Verito has good low end tourque and that is suffice to take you till 100 Kms/h. But after that the engine looses the power and only noise comes out from the engine. To reach to the speed of 130-140, you have to work very hard. Further higher BHP is very important tool for marketing. You know, with 85 BHP you can shoot Swift, D-zire, Sunny, Etios, Liva, I-20, polo, classic etc. all in the same price bracket. What say buddy.
Hi Bhavin, the stats on the paper talk very less. In fact i thought the same until i drove this car. We all know that it takes on Indian roads with ease, but what i am talking about is that there is enough power to make the person behind the wheel happy. BHP does matter, but there are lot of other things that matters too. I thought my Ritz petrol that has 85 BHP can give tough competition to my friend's Polo which is only 74. I was wrong 🙂
Hi Bhavin, the stats on the paper talk very less. In fact i thought the same until i drove this car. We all know that it takes on Indian roads with ease, but what i am talking about is that there is enough power to make the person behind the wheel happy. BHP does matter, but there are lot of other things that matters too. I thought my Ritz petrol that has 85 BHP can give tough competition to my friend's Polo which is only 74. I was wrong 🙂
I would have been happy if they have tweaked the engine to give 85 BHP, like what Sunny has. If this has been done, they would have got strong competitive edge over Etios, Dzire and other hatches in the same price bracket. Option of safety features in middle version is also necessary in this segment. By not giving these few things, it seems that, Verito is still targeted to Taxi segment. There is a very big market in the price range of 6-8 lakhs, so if that market is focused, Verito is capable of doing 3-4K units per month.
In my opinion its an awesome car for the urban jungle. Glides over bad roads like anything. I thought it'll receive a complete design upgrade- unfortunately the side design is the same 🙁 But better looking than before!