Renault India will also remove diesel engines from its portfolio before the new norms kick in. Duster and Captur will be the affected models and will be sold in petrol engines only.
Renault will discontinue their Lodgy MPV even before the BS6 emissions kick in. The MPV is only available in a diesel engine and this is the main reason why it will be axed out. It is priced at Rs 8.84 lakh for the base trim and top model fetches you around Rs 12.38 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
Renault Lodgy is made available with a single 1.5-litre diesel engine which cannot be tuned to BS6 compliant. In addition, the French manufacturers will further discontinue the diesel engine from its portfolio post BS6 emission norms hit in.
With the discontinuation, models like Duster and Captur will remove diesel engine from its end. The 1.5-litre diesel engine is tuned into two states, 84 bhp with 200 Nm torque and 110 bhp with 245 Nm of peak torque.
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Venkatram Mamillapalle, the Managing Director of Renault India, made these statements of ditching the Lodgy and the diesel engine from its line-up. He also added that Renault Captur will also not offer a CVT option for the petrol model.
Currently, Renault Captur competes with the likes of Maruti Suzuki Ertiga and Mahindra Marazzo. Talking about the sales, then it is the least popular of the lot and is mainly popular among cab aggregators.
As said above, it gets a 1.5-litre turbocharged diesel engine with two sets of tuning, 85 bhp and 110 bhp. It is a front wheel drive MPV and shares its platform with the Duster. Transmission options stick to 5-speed manual gearbox for the less powerful engine while the more powerful engine sticks to a 6-speed manual. The ARAI certified mileage sticks to 21.84 kmpl and 19.98 kmpl respectively.
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The MPV gets seven or eight-seat layout as an option. Safety features include dual front airbags, ABS with EBD, Seat Belt Reminder, Brake Assist, Speed Sensing Door Lock and Rear Parking Sensors. It also receives a rear view camera as a convenience feature.
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