Renault Duster SUV to trigger a price war

Renault Duster, the crossover SUV from the French automaker’s hood is eagerly awaited in India. Renault Duster price (expected to be under Rs 10 lakh) is the major attracting feature. Renault has plans to launch this cheap crossover SUV by mid 2012. Before that Renault will roll out Renault B58 hatch from its bag in the upcoming F1 racing event. The highly prevised Renault Duster SUV will be offered in both-2 wheel drive and 4 wheel drive in India.

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Renault India could keep the price of the upcoming car Renault Duster low because of its highly localized production. Close sources suggest that Renault Duster will be manufactured at the Orgadam plant near Chennai where Nissan and Renault hold a facility. The new car Duster will essentially be a quirky SUV built on the Mahindra Renault Logan platform. It is expected to don Nissan Micra’s 1.5-litre diesel engine producing around 85 bhp power. The Dacia badges will be absent on its body and export plans are being discussed internally.

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The plant will only manufacture Right Hand Drive models and Renault Duster is expected to head towards UK also. As many as 25 thousands units of Duster SUV could be rolled out in the first year, as speculated by car experts. In Indian car market, Renault Duster will give a tough time to Mahindra XUV 500 launched at Rs 10.80 lakh and other low priced SUVs in India.

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