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Published on May 20th, 2015 | by Subhash Nair

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Renault Launch Ultra-Affordable Small Crossover, Plans To Take It International

Renault has just revealed their KWID crossover, designed to deliver a jacked-up city slicker experience on a very tight budget. In India, where Renault aims to start selling the KWID, prices range from US$4700 to US$6275. The platform it rides on, the CMF-A, was co-developed with Nissan and despite its small dimensions (3.68m long X 1.5m wide), it’s still got height on its side. And that’s where the ‘crossover’ element comes in.

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Ground clearance stands at 18 cm and dark plastic body cladding seals the bottom half of the car to give it that faux off-roader look. We can’t blame Renault for going for it though, crossovers and soft-roader SUVs are all the rage nowadays. It’s also great that the interior looks great and is functional. Not only does it have modern styling, it comes with a modern 7” touchscreen media unit and a digital instrument cluster.

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The powertrain specification does reveal the source of the KWID’s low price point though. Get this; it comes with an 800cc petrol engine and a 5-speed manual. Great for fuel economy as it may be, having such a small displacement could make this A-segmenter a strict city-use only vehicle.

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Renault have plans to bring the KWID to a more international audience though, so we might see a Myvi killer heading our way.

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