<b>Indrajit Gupta:</b> Carlos Ghosn's long wait

Not only has Kwid crossed 100,000-unit milestone, it is now almost half of Alto's monthly volumes

The runaway success of the Renault Kwid in the entry-level family car has come as a shot in the arm for Carlos Ghosn, the global chairman of Renault-Nissan. Till date, no car maker has been quite able to dent Maruti Suzuki Alto’s stranglehold over the small car market. Not only has Kwid crossed the 100,000-unit milestone, it is now almost half of Alto’s monthly volumes. And it has forced Suzuki to announce an upgraded version for 2018 in a clear bid to defend its turf.

It has taken the formidable Mr Ghosn, considered one of the shrewdest leaders in the global