Renault India, the French auto maker, offered three different cars in Indian automobile industry. The company has offered Renault Pulse in hatchback segment, Renault Fluence in premium sedan segment and Renault Koleos in sports utility vehicle. Renault in collaboration with Nissan India, the Japanese auto giant, opened up a manufacturing plant in Oragadam near Chennai. The company aims to increase localization and further enhances the production of vehicles at the Manufacturing unit. Last year company revealed its plans of launching five different cars in India by the end of 2012. In step forward company had offered three cars including Pulse hatch and all set to introduce its all new sports utility vehicle-Renault Duster in Indian car market. Here is the list of three Renault cars in India with all details.
Renault Pulse: Renault India had launched its much anticipated small hatchback Pulse at the 11th Indian Auto Expo 2012. Pulse was first unveiled at the occasion of first Indian Grand Prix. Pulse is available only in diesel guise. The two different variants of the hatchback are Renault Pulse RLX and Renault Pulse RXZ. The Base model RLX gets a price tag of Rs. 5.77 lakh and Rs. 6.25 Lakh for the top end RXZ model. Company also offers a unique warranty of 2+2 years or 80,000 kms on Pulse (whatever happens first). The Renault Pulse is powered by the 1.5 L DCi (K9K) diesel engine that develops 64 BHP of top output power at 4000 RPM and pumps out 160 Nm of peak torque at 2000 RPM. Car delivers an extravagant fuel efficiency of 23.8 km per liter.
Renault Fluence: The French auto makers made its entry in sedan segment of the country with the introduction of Renault Fluence. This car is available in both petrol and diesel versions. The two petrol variants comes affixed with a 2.0 L petrol power-mill that generates 101 kw/137 PS of top output power at 6000 RPM and pumps out 190 Nm of top torque at 3700 RPM. The diesel powered Fluence houses a 1461 cc diesel engine that delivers a peak output power of 78 kw/ 106 PS at 4000 RPM and churns out 240 Nm of peak torque at 2000 RPM. The base petrol model of the sedan is tagged at Rs. 12.99 lakh and the diesel Fluence is priced at Rs. 14.40 Lakh.
Renault Koleos: The French automaker also launched its second car Koleos SUV in Indian automobile industry. It is a combination of style and power as its 4×4 variant offer its user to drive it through any of the rugged area. It is only available in diesel guise- the 2.0 L diesel engine that belts out 150 hp of massive output power. The engine is mated with six speed automatic transmission gearbox that accelerates the sporty car to 100 Km/h in just 12.3 seconds.