Renault is planning to enter the new segment. The french automaker who rides on the success of duster needs to venture into new segment to realise its dream of reaching 10% market share along with nissan. Lodgy will share the space at the auto expo with koleos facelift, fluence facelift and limited edition duster.Lodgy is sold in seven seater configuration in european markets which makes it a ideal vehicle for India.
Lodgy similar to duster is dacia’s low cost mpv. The 4.5m multi purpose vehicle comes with a petrol engines – 1.6 MPI and 1.2LTCe turbo petrol engine generating 115PS of peak power and 190Nm of peak torque. The diesel engine generating 90 hp and 110 hp 1.5 dCi will also be on offer. Lodgy would help the Renault to penetrate the tough Innova dominated MPV segment. Expect the pricing to undercut the innova as lodgy would share lots of body parts and engine with duster.