In an interesting new bit coming right from the Renault’s house is an update on once-the-rage Duster. Renault says they are planning new variants/variations of Duster for our markets.
Economic Times reports that on the sidelines of the Tokyo Motor Show, Gilles Normand, Renault Chairman Asia Pacific, shared that they plan to manage the ‘life-cycle’ of Duster in India. In this bid, the company will launch ‘variations’ of Duster, when he was asked the question of its continuing sales dip. Here is what he said:
We are going to manage the life-cycle of this product, you can expect that in the coming months, there will be variations of the Duster.
Gilles says after the initial hype, Duster is stabilizing in its sales in India.
Despite the higher price tag, Duster opened to bumper bookings and has been the maker of Renault brand in India with blockbuster sales during all these months till now. However, with growing competition and its craze going down by the day, Duster has been seeing lower sales month after month.
There were days when Duster had huge waiting periods and now its available almost off the shelf at majority of cities in India and at discounts and offers of as high as Rs 60,000!
Now, when we talk about what Renault might be considering, here are the options that come to our mind:
We would love to see the Duster facelift making it to India as soon as possible to tackle the new menace of Terrano and XUV500 W4. What his statement confirms is that Renault has ‘some’ plans for Duster and it be a matter of only a few months when we start seeing something coming from them.
So, will the Duster dust its way back to the crown?
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