Kwid

No plans to phase out Kwid until rules allow: Renault India MD & CEO

We are very quickly going to announce the timeline of our launches, which should start giving us the turnaround, MD and CEO Venkatram Mamillapalle

With profitability in mind, Renault plans slew of initiatives in India

The auto maker is also gearing up to bring a mass segment EV in India within the next two years

Kwid sales crosses 1.30 lakh units, says Renault

Renault India today said that its volume driver product Kwid has crossed 1.30 lakh sales since it was launched.For the French brand, Kwid has been a volume driver in India. The company has forayed into the compact hatchback segment with KWID. Together with first time buyers, KWID has been instrumental in Renault witnessing new and diverse consumer trends across urban and rural India. Renault launched the KWID with a 0.8L engine and in a short span of time introduced the 1.0L MTand Easy R- AMT variants to cater to various customers, said the company."In a short span of time, Renault has grown its presence exponentially in India, becoming one of the youngest and fastest growing automotive brands and the number one European brand," company's statement added.Renault grew its market share to 4.5 per cent at the end of 2016, achieving a robust three-digit growth over 2015.After the 1.0L MT and AMT launches last year, Renault has a lot of plans for KWIDto keep pace with evolving customer ...

Revising target

With the success of the Kwid, Renault has reached its market share target for the country well ahead of time. So when the company launched a more powerful version of the Kwid, a member of the audience asked Manager Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sumit Sawhney if he was thinking of revising the market share target upwards. Sawhney promptly said he was expecting that question from his global CEO and not from the media.

Kwid enters used car market

French car maker Renault launched Kwid with a SUV look in September last year and took the small car segment by storm

Kwid and Redi-GO on different growth tracks

Both are from the same platform and have much in common but former racing faster, for diverse reasons

Kwid gives Alto a run for its money

Entry level segment of car buyers expands as Kwid's gain is larger than Maruti's loss

Renault & Datsun enter the Alto territory

With advanced features and aggressive pricing, Kwid and RediGo look set to take on Maruti's Alto