Renault low cost car: Kwid soon in France (& Europe) at €6,000?

Renault Kwid : 6 000 €… bientôt chez nous ?

L’auto par Jean-Rémy Macchia vendredi 19 juin 2015

La Renault Kwid pourrait être commercialisée en Europe © Reuters/Stringer India

Viendra, viendra pas ? La petite Renault ultra low-cost, qui vient d’être lancée en Inde fait beaucoup parler d’elle, depuis un mois. En Inde, elle est vendue 4 200 €. Et, si elle arrivait chez nous, elle pourrait coûter dans les 6 000 €.

Coming or not? The little low-cost Renault, which came to be launched in India is making people talk, for the last month. In India it is for sale for €4,200. And if it arrives in France, it could cost in the region of €6,000.

Elle fait le buzz, en ce moment. La Kwid, c’est une petite voiture de taille intermédiaire, entre la Twingo et la Clio. C’est une 5 portes, qui a été conçue pour le marché émergeant de l’Inde. Elle porte le logo Renault.

It is making quite a buzz at the moment. The Kwid, is a little car of intermediate size between the Twingo and the Clio. It is a five door, which was planned for the emerging Indian market. It carries the Renault logo.

Low-cost ? Surtout jolie, oui ! Low-cost? Yes but above all pretty.

Et – en plus de son prix ultra bas : 4 200 à 5 600 € – c’est son look qui suscite beaucoup d’envies. Parce que, lorsque la première “low-cost” de Renault est sortie – la Dacia Logan – c’était juste une voiture pas chère ; mais on ne peut pas dire que c’était une reine de l’élégance. Alors que là, la Kwid, avec sa ligne ramassée, racée, elle est tout à fait moderne, et même séduisante ! Techniquement, ce n’est pas du tout une voiture arriérée :  châssis moderne, équipement à la page, juste, sa finition est simple.

And – more than the ultra low price: €4,200 to €5,600 – it has a look that it very desirable. Because, while the first “low-cost” Renault launch – the Dacia Logan – was just a cheap car: one could not say it was the queen of elegance. So now, the Kwid, with it’s squat lines, racy, completely modern, is at the same time seductive! Technically, it is not at all a backwards: modern chassis, up to date equipment, only simply finished off.

Et on se dit : “chez nous, à 6 000 €, ça ferait un carton !” Sauf que la Kwid est construite en Inde, et pas dans un pays d’Europe – la Roumanie –  comme l’étaient les premières Dacia. La Logan, il était évident que Renault ne pourrait pas empêcher sa vente en Europe de l’ouest. Pour la Kwid, si elle est vendue chez nous, ce sera le résultat d’une vraie décision. Renault prendra-t-il ce risque ? Parce que cette Kwid – qui serait badgée Dacia – serait une concurrente féroce, pour les Renault , notamment la Twingo. Officiellement, Renault ne se prononce pas. Mais il semble bien que la décision vient d’être prise de lancer la fabrication de la Kwid dans l’usine Dacia de Tanger, au Maroc, et de la vendre en Europe, en 2017.

And one could say: “at €6,000 here, it would make a go of it!” Apart from that the Kwid is manufactured in India, and not in a European country – such as Rumania- like the first Dacias, with the Logan it was evident that Renault did not want to prevent selling it in western Europe. For the Kwid, if it is sold here, it results in the right decision having been made. Can Renault take the risk? Because this Kwid – which will have a Dacia badge – will face stiff competition for Renault, notably from the Twingo. Officially Renault are not announcing anything but it seems the decision to be made is whether the manufacture of the Kwid will be commenced in the Tangiers Dacia factory in Marocco. Then to sell it in Europe in 2017.  

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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