Car News in India

Renault Duster, which has been an ideal SUV in Indian auto market as well as global market, will be offered with facelift. In European auto markets, it is being provided by Dacia and the beast is called the Dacia Duster. In those markets the SUV has completed 2 years and now, in addition to lure more and more customers, the company has given a facelift to the compact SUV. The facelifted Duster has recently been spied in Spain which is expected to be displayed at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show.  Continue Reading

Renault Duster, which is available in European markets with name of Dacia Duster, has been offered with new special features. At present, the Duster SUV is reporting huge sales response across the globe including India. Dacia, the provider of this SUV in European markets, now offers the Duster Extreme Special Edition at 12,560 EUR (Rs 8.85 lakhs). The Romanian car maker has also displayed an Adventure Edition of the hit SUV at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show.  Continue Reading

Renault Duster, the most popular compact SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) car model by French carmaker Renault, has done very well in Indian domestic market in the month of April 2013. Renault India has disclosed the sales figures for the month of April this year with a 10 fold rise. The total sales of company were stood at 6,314 units from 615 units in the same month of year 2012. The company had sold 5,362 units of its popular compact SUV Duster in last month.  Continue Reading

DC Design, the country's famous car modifying company which has already been selling body kits for SUVs/MPVs such as the Toyota Innova and Mahindra XUV 500, has given new design to the best selling compact SUV duster. The company has also offered this body kit for Indian car enthusiasts. DC Design Renault Duster body kit has been launched at Rs 3.49 lakh which gives it fully luxury and bold....  Continue Reading

If Renault Duster is a huge success, Renault Scala no far behind. Adding more charm to this sedan, the French car maker has launched the Scala Travelogue Edition. This is a limited edition model and it will be on sale till the end of May this year. The Travelogue Edition is offered on the top model of Scala Diesel (Scala RXZ). The price of this limited edition Scala variant is Rs 9.78 lakh and is available all Renault dealerships across the country.....  Continue Reading

There are some cars that can even threaten the big wigs. If the Ford EcoSport has set out on a journey to conquer Asia and Europe, it certainly will have resistance from a robust offering. And this car is no one but Renault Captur SUV that has just come and its bookings are on in Europe. Priced at €15,500 which is around Rs 10.88 lakh in India currency, the Captur is the most relevant rival of the upcoming Ecosport. It is also believed that Captur SUV is also hoped to enter India as soon as the car writes a success....  Continue Reading

Renault has unveiled the GT version of Clio at the ongoing Geneva Motor Show 2013 that commenced recently. This new GT version will fill the slot between basic trim of Renault Clio and the high end version of the hatchback. At the same motor show the company has displayed Renault Captur, Duster, 2014 Renault Kangoo ZE and Renault Scenic Xmod. However, the Captur has attracted maximum eyeballs and this concept car has been appreciated by each and every visitor of the show.  Continue Reading

Dacia has marked its presence at the ongoing 2013 Geneva Motor Show with a new and very alluring Duster variant. The car maker displayed the face-lifted version of Renault Duster in the name of Dacia Duster Adventure. This one is actually a limited edition, which offers more off-roading capabilities along with some limited edition features. The 4x4 and 4x2 options are available to choose from. The price tag of the car has not been revealed yet, but you could expect it to be higher....  Continue Reading

The latest budget proposal have proved to be a well thought reason for some car makers to apply power brakes on their expansion plans or altogether new plans for India. The luxury car makers and SUV makers are the worst sufferers. But there are some car makers such as Nissan which are in go ahead mode. Preparing a Renault Duster based SUV for India, Nissan has no reason to stop its plans. Auto industry experts believe that this strategy is fair enough as the rupee devaluation is underway and the inflation is also high....  Continue Reading

Renault Duster did it all through and it did it yet again in February resulting in a more than 10 fold increase in sales in the said month as compared to the same month in 2012. Meanwhile, other cars such as Renault Scala, Renault Pulse and Fluence sedan have also contributed well in the sales. Total unit sales by the car maker last month stood at 6723 units. In the same month last year, the car maker sold as low as 673 cars only but at that time it had very few cars in its portfolio. It is believed that such a success....  Continue Reading

Dacia has pulled its socks for the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, the car maker will unveil two new cars at the grandiose event. Sources close to development opine that upgraded version of the Renault Duster SUV could be one of the cars that will be unveiled at the event. The second vehicle that could be revealed at the event is the station wagon version of Logan. Known as the Multi Convivial Vehicle, the Station Wagon of Logan is a highly selling vehicle in various parts of Europe. The new avatar of Logan will be conceived....  Continue Reading

Renault India had hectic till now with the launch of all new products in the country including Renault Pulse, Renault Fluence, Renault Scala, Renault Koleos and the most popular SUV Renault Duster. Now, the time has come to reap the fruits with little more effort. Cars such as Pulse, Duster, and Scala are drawing good numbers on the sales registers and now it seems to be time for the French car maker to show its might in the adjoining foreign....  Continue Reading

Nissan is working very hard to make rebadged Duster different from the original Renault Duster. The car maker is putting all its heart and soul to give the Nissan Duster a look that would turn into a stunner. So far, there is no news about the production and launch details. But according to the reports, the company will be producing Nissan Duster at its Chennai plant. Rumors in the market suggest that the car would arrive in India by late 2013 or to be precise, in September 2013. The images of the Nissan Duster have....  Continue Reading

Renault Duster came into the Indian car bazaar with great pomp and show and took no time in climbing the ladder of success with great speed. Recently, the car maker launched a brand new multimedia system called ‘Media NAV’ for its Duster SUV. This Media NAV system comes with an 18 cm touch screen display, telephony, display, radio, satellite navigation facilities along with many other multimedia connection features. This new system for Duster would be fixed in the dashboard of the SUV. The new Media NAV....  Continue Reading

Strange but true, Renault has delayed launch of its MPV Renault Lodgy. The car maker is said to have made some last minute changes to its launch plan for this year and as per the information, Renault will be launching Lodgy in 2015. The cause of delay is still unknown but the slowdown in car sales must be an obvious deterrent. However, some experts believe that Renault is a car maker that is very aggressive about India and is willing to take challenges and thus despite of all rumors of a delay; it could keep the Lodgy launch plan intact for India. It is Renault that took a challenge and....  Continue Reading