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The Renault Kwid is a Cheap and Cheerful A-Segment Crossover

Premiered today in Chennai, India, the Renault Kwid is the French manufacturer’s next step up the ladder of its international growth. Manufactured in India, inspired by the Dacia Duster’s rough and ready exterior styling and underpinned by the CMF-A platform, the Renault Kwid is a simple and functional means of personal transport.
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Renault labels the Kwid as an affordable car intended for international markets. Will it arrive in Europe? Of course it will, but chances are it will be rebadged as a Dacia. As a brief reminder, Dacia is the low-cost brand of Renault. A cheap and cheerful A-segment crossover is an inspired addition to the Dacia lineup, isn’t it so?

At 3.68 meters long and 1.58 meters wide, the Renault Kwid is smaller than a Nissan Juke and a Dacia Duster for that matter. The front-wheel drive urban dweller gets a 0.8-liter engine under the hood, mated to a five-speed manual transmission. There’s not a word on the 0 to 60 time and the Kwid’s output, but Renault assures us that it’s very “well positioned in terms of fuel consumption.”

Other than the Renault-Nissan CMF-A architecture and its tomboyish aesthetics, what else is there that’s worth mentioning? On the inside, the range-topping Kwid gets a Media-Nav touchscreen infotainment system, manual air conditioning and a plain digital instrument cluster.

The last highlight that’s worth mentioning is the boot’s “best-in-class load capacity.” According to the Renault crowd, the Kwid will arrive at dealerships in India in the second half of 2015 with a price tag of between 3 and 4 lakhs or €4,237 to €5,649 at current exchange rates.

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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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