Renault style chief Laurens van den Acker admits there’s ‘a bit bit of Bollywood’ about the KWID concept, the company’s most current show car, which was revealed at the Delhi automobile Expo this week.
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The minicar-sized crossover has flamboyant two-tone grey as well as yellow paintwork, big arches as well as wheel hubs, gullwing doors, an interior influenced by a bird’s nest as well as an unusual five-seater design with a three-person bench in front as well as a smaller one for two in the rear.
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The motorist sits front centre, somewhat ahead of the two outer passengers. This design enables KWID to be either right- or left-hand drive without modification, stated van den Acker.
The cars and truck includes what Renault refers to as a ‘Flying Companion’ – a little remote-controlled helicopter which can be introduced on a pre-programmed flight path to look for challenges or web traffic jams or utilized to take pictures. Alternatively, it can be operated by means of a tablet computer.
KWID is the very first Renault idea cars and truck to be provided its worldwide debut outside Europe, as well as was produced with input from interior designers as well as colour as well as trim specialists within the company’s Indian studios at Chennai as well as Mumbai. It was completed in Paris.
Power comes from a 1.2-litre turbocharged petrol engine driving the front wheels with a dual-clutch transmission, however the cars and truck has been prepared so an all-electric powertrain might quickly be adopted.
KWID is based on a new platform which Renault will utilize for a little cars and truck for India next year. Van den Acker states the show cars and truck is completely driveable.
There are no plans to put it into production – it would be as well complex as well as expensive in its present guise – however van den Acker states the success of the Duster in India, which has ended up being the top-selling crossover there in just 18 months, has motivated Renault to look at the concept of adding a little SUV.
‘We are not blind to the success of the Duster as well as it is no trick we are checking out prolonging our line of SUVs since we were very late,’ he added. ‘It’s on my Christmas list, however to hit a cost below €5,000 would be a incredible challenge.
‘We made a decision to show it in India to emphasise our commitment to the Indian market. We wished to make our existence known.’
And the name? A play on the English slang for a pound as well as the Latin word for ‘what?’
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