Car News in India

Renault, the French automaker today stated something that might certainly disappoint the automobile enthusiasts. Price rise will go up to 1.5 percent for Renault’s entire range, effective from this 1st January, 2013. Across the Indian market, Renault sells its five amazing models namely; Renault Pulse hatchback, Renault Scala compact sedan, Renault Duster SUV,  Continue Reading

People have been equating Renault Pulse with that of Nissan Micra and Renault Scala with that of Nissan Sunny but soon this would not be a case anymore. Both Renault and Nissan have reportedly decided to launch entirely different products in the future and there will be no copying. Also, the future products by these two in-alliance car makers will be different from each other. The said decision is backed by the recent almost no success of the Pulse and....  Continue Reading

It is where Nissan has planned to rebuild its Datsun brand, its partner Renault has also decided to revive Alpine brand. Albeit for a different purpose. Where Nissan wishes to bring in low cost cars in high volume markets such as India, Renault wishes to realize its sports car dreams with the Alpine brand. Both the parent and its ally Alpine has entered into an alliance to develop sports car. Notably, the French car maker has been a failure in selling Formula One cars such as Renault Laguna and Renault Vel Satis....  Continue Reading

Indian can industry is no doubt in a crisis and every car maker is hoping that its new car models will bring the change. Renault has no doubt started with Renault Pulse and has recently launched its hoped-to-be volume puller SUV Renault Duster. Other car makers such as Mahindra hope bring in some mass activity with the upcoming Mahindra Verito compact sedan as well as the  Continue Reading

If Nissan is bringing Datsun to India, how can Renault sit back and watch. Media reports suggest that the French car maker will soon be launching a small car that will be making things uneasy for Maruti Alto, Korean car Hyundai Eon and the American car Chevrolet Spark. Thus, it is sure that Indian car market that was hoping to get some small car offering and a probable replacement....  Continue Reading

Finally, Maruti India is proved right by sticking to only petrol for its entry level cars. Renault India that banked much on diesel has launched the small car Renault Pulse in petrol today. The entry level trim Pulse petrol price is Rs 4.25 lakh. Also, now after being offered in petrol and diesel options, the small premium car Pulse has also added more rivals to its already long list. These are Hyundai i20,  Continue Reading

Sensing the imminent rise in diesel prices and following an attempt to put an entry level model, Renault India has launched the Renault Pulse Petrol at a price tag of Rs 4.25 lakh. Notably, the French car maker had launched the only diesel model of Pulse hatchback at a price of Rs 5.99 lakh. Now that the Pulse is available in petrol and diesel options, it is believed that the Nissan Micra clone could....  Continue Reading

Renault India the subsidiary of French car maker has set the country as the one where it hopes to 20-fold its sales this year. Currently Renault has three offerings – Renault Fluence which is its flagship car, Renault Koleos SUV and the small premium car Renault Pulse. Another car that is soon to be added to the fleet is  Continue Reading

Renault India has announced to increase the price of the compact Renault Pulse premium car by 2 percent that has been launched at the 2012 Delhi Auto Expo in month of January. During its launch, company had mentioned that the price of its RxL variant (Rs.5.77 lakh) will be an introductory, later there could be a decent price hike. The new price rate will get effective from the 8th March 2012 across the country. The increased input costs have forced the company to change....  Continue Reading

Renault India that has recently launched its all diesel small car Renault Pulse in January has reportedly said that it has no plans to enter the under 1.5L segment. However, Renault will be launching the Renault Pulse petrol which is expected to be of 1.2L. The Renault Pulse petrol will be launched only if the Indian government levies higher tax on diesel cars in India. Notably, Renault has launched three cars including Renault Fluence sedan,  Continue Reading

Renault India is all set to unveil soon a petrol variant of its newly launched two-box, Renault Pulse, which is supposed to be the second car of the auto-maker to feature the petrol engine. So far, the French car maker, Renault has been more focused to launch their precised model range mated with the diesel engines, considering the peaking demands of diesel engine cars in the domestic auto market. However, the ultimate Renault saloon, the Fluence is also available in....  Continue Reading

Renault Pulse has bagged 746 orders in the first month of its launch. The number is decent for this hatch when it is priced Rs 5.77 lakh. Recently, the French carmaker has launched it in Kolkata after an already nationwide launch at the Auto Expo in New Delhi last month. Renault Pulse is the third Renault car launched in India after it gave a pause to its ties with SUV maker Mahindra last year. Other notable performers last month were  Continue Reading

Renault in joint venture Nissan has decided to double its car production capacity and it will be hiring 500 people till March. The Renault-Nissan JV’s decision is based on the recent decision to start exports of the sedan Nissan Sunny in March and thus it will be expanding production capacity to 400,000 cars per year. Renault has a car plant near Chennai that it has set up in association with Nissan. It is at this plant that Nissan Sunny,  Continue Reading

French automaker Renault has launched its small car Renault Pulse in Jaipur today at a gala event. Notably, the Nissan Micra based Pulse has already been launched in the country on January 6 at the Auto Expo 2012. Renault Pulse is the third car out of the five planned for India till autumn 2012. The Renault Pulse price in Jaipur is Rs 5.88 lakh for the base variant while its top end variant is priced at....  Continue Reading

The French luxury automaker, Renault is well determined to expand its Indian portfolio with the launch of first ‘mass-segment vehicle’ Renault Pulse and crossover Renault Duster, showcased in 2012 Delhi Auto Expo. The SUV crossover Renault Duster is expected to buzz the marketplace before Diwali whereas Pulse has already been launched in....  Continue Reading