Renault Duster coming to a showroom near you this July

The Duster’s launch has been a long time coming with a lot of people awaiting the burly Renault. Coming July, the Duster will finally make it to your nearest Renault showroom.

The striking looking SUV boasts clean muscular lines, large headlights, a big grille with three horizontal chrome slats, protruding wheel arches both front and back, large wheels, fine shut lines and dimensions that are perfect for the urban environment.

The insides feature a well appointed interior with loads of space. According to Renault, they have spruced up the interiors beyond what is available on the Duster in any other market in the world. Despite being slightly smaller in size than its competition, interior space isn’t that bad and while the front seats are rather comfortable, the rear can seat passengers in considerable ease as leg space for the center passenger is hampered by the rear A/C vent. The 470 litre boot is a delight and if you need more space, the rear bench does a 60:40 split for increased versatility.

Coming to the engines, the Duster will also be offered with the familiar 1.5 litre dCi unit in two different state of tunes putting out 110 and 85 PS respectively. A petrol engine is on the cards as well. Set to take on the Mahindra Scorpio and the Tata Safari, the Duster does have its job cut out. While it does dominate in terms of ride quality, handling, and to a certain extend even build quality, it is a size smaller and seats only five as opposed to seven or eight that the others offer. For number crunchers, the engine is almost a litre smaller than the competition and adding to that, Renault doesn’t have any immediate plans of introducing a 4x4 model. Price will play a major role in the Dusters success. Keep watching this space for more!