Renault News

French carmaker Renault’s Indian arm Renault India has witnessed a 13-fold increase in its sales for the month of May 2013 with 6,013 units. In comparison, the carmaker sold 438 units in the same month in 2012. The Duster compact sports utility vehicle launched in May 2012 accounted for 5,146 units of the carmakers total sales for the month of...

Renault India, the Indian arm of the French automaker Renault has recalled 7,016 units of the Scala sedan and the Pulse hatchback in order to rectify a potential problem in the car models. The recall by the carmaker follows the recall by its global alliance partner Nissan which recalled a total of 22,188 units for the same reason. The Oragadam...

The Indian subsidiary of the Renault-Nissan alliance is in the process of expanding its production capacity by one-third of the current capacity at its manufacturing facility at Chennai. The capacity expansion follows the decision to make India a global manufacturing hub. The joint venture will increase the capacity of the production facility...

The Renault Duster compact SUV launched in July 2012 has become the largest selling sports utility vehicle in India. The compact SUV has overtaken the Scorpio SUV by Mahindra & Mahindra in terms of sales. The sales of the SUV continue to grow despite the slowdown in the Indian automobile industry. In the utility vehicle segment also, the Duster...

Renault India, the India subsidiary of the French automobile manufacturer Renault has posted a 10-fold increase in its sales for the month of April 2013. The carmaker sold a total of 6,314 units in April 2013 in comparison to 615 units sold in the same month in 2012. The sales for the month were led by the Duster compact SUV which sold a total...

Renault India, the Indian arm of the French automobile major Renault has introduced the Scala Travelogue edition, a limited edition variant of the Scala sedan in the Indian car market. The limited edition variant has been priced at Rs 9,78,000 (Ex-showroom Delhi). The new variant features a multimedia package which includes a voice enabled...

Renault India, the Indian arm of the French automobile manufacturer Renault has registered an eightfold increase in its sales for the month of March 2013 selling 8,232 units in the month in comparison to 1,005 units sold in the same month in 2012. Commenting on the sales performance of the company, Mr. Sumit Sawhney Executive Director Marketing...

Renault India, the Indian subsidiary of the French automajor Renault has announced its decision to bring the Fluence 2013 luxury car to India. The revamped sedan car model will first be launched in Turkey in January 2013 and will be launched in 55 other countries including India. Among the various changes brought about in the Fluence sedan is...

The new SUV Renault Duster which was launched in July 2012 by Renault India, the Indian arm of the French automobile manufacturer Renault has bagged the Indian Car of the Year Award for the year 2013. Among the reasons attributed to the feat by the new SUV is the fact that Renault Duster features in the list of top 15 cars sold in India and has...

Renault India, the Indian arm of the French automobile major Renault is planning to hike prices across its car portfolio in India by up to 1.5 percent wit effective January 1, 2013. The rising input costs are being attributed for the price hike so that part of the burden can be passed on to the customers. According to Mr. Sumit Sawhney...