Renault Kwid Now Launched @ Rs.2.56 Lakh

[Akash1886]

Re: Renault Kwid Sub-4 Lakh Car Launching This Festive Season

Friends, We are attending the official launch of Renault Kwid Tomorrow. Please provide your queries. Extensive coverage promised.

Regards

Akash

 

[Vishwas]

Re: Renault Kwid Sub-4 Lakh Car Launching This Festive Season

Friends, We are attending the official launch of Renault Kwid Tomorrow. Please provide your queries. Extensive coverage promised.

Regards

Akash

Please ask them why cost cutting was much evident to giving only 3 lug-nuts to the wheels which is of a serious safety concern.

 

[TSIVipul]

Re: Renault Kwid Sub-4 Lakh Car Launching This Festive Season

Please ask them why cost cutting was much evident to giving only 3 lug-nuts to the wheels which is of a serious safety concern.

saab, can I ask you why having three lug nuts is a safety issue and how they can result in safety hazards?

IMO going by the vehicle weight and torque produced by the engine, these nuts are not going to break at least.

@Akash:
Saarji just get me a clear picture of how this vehicle may look standing besides a WagonR or Celerio. I mean a description in words because these cars won't be there for a comparison. I am not expecting the size of Swift or Bolt, but of a Wagon R or Celerio will match this one in terms of size.

Adding to this, do check the bonnet, doors and bootlid if they are even average built or are as flimsy as those of a Nano?

Adding to this is a pic of what is under the hood, please

 

[Vishwas]

Re: Renault Kwid Sub-4 Lakh Car Launching This Festive Season

saab, can I ask you why having three lug nuts is a safety issue and how they can result in safety hazards?
IMO going by the vehicle weight and torque produced by the engine, these nuts are not going to break at least.

Please answer my question of when every car is advancing by 4 lug nuts or 5 and why Renault throwing away with 3 lug nuts?

In layman terms of which I have by far understood is more the lug nuts, lesser abuse, wear tear for wheels and braking systems, please do educate of why it isn't necessary.

Also in this Era of having very good pot-holed roads in our country, I fear where the wheels come off from the car and them kids using it like!

 

[acechip]

Re: Renault Kwid Sub-4 Lakh Car Launching This Festive Season

In a country where 20 people pack themselves in a jeep and barrel down the highway, or people ride 3 or sometimes 4 on a bike without helmets, the question or 3 lug nut vs 4 is a lesser issue, from the auto maker's perspective. I repeat, they give us what we ask for. Wafer thin body panels, low rolling resistant tyres = 20 kmpl. But additionally we want some 10000 Rs car audio system. That is a must. ABS/Airbags be damned. And then we cram 5, sometimes 6 people in the car, including kids in the front seat, and drive down the highway at 100 kph. And when accidents happen, we blame everyone else.

 

[TSIVipul]

Re: Renault Kwid Sub-4 Lakh Car Launching This Festive Season

Please answer my question of when every car is advancing by 4 lug nuts or 5 and why Renault throwing away with 3 lug nuts?

Saarji how many Nanos you have seen crashing or getting their wheel rims or wheel hubs wreched or deformed.
In fact we all have seen the XUV rim disaster, I have seen broken bolts because of wrong selection of wheel rims, metal deformation and what not.

But I have really never seen the accidents happen due to the presence of three bolts. In fact the same is possible if the fourth bolt of a four bolted one goes kaput and only three bolts have to take whole force and transmit the complete torque. But in this case of three bolts with an angle of 60 degrees (ya an equilateral triangle) I am quite assured that they can very well take the forces this light vehicle is going to put on them, at least under normal driving conditions. Normal means potholes, hills, cornering and highway runs at three digit speeds.

In layman terms of which I have by far understood is more the lug nuts, lesser abuse, wear tear for wheels and braking systems, please do educate of why it isn't necessary.

Sirji I'd say that it's load transfers, torque and forces are what dictates all these factors here. IMO laymen should at least believe the experts of the field working in the tech centers.
IMO until we know what material the bolts are made of, forces and their effect and the torque to be transmitted (while acceleration, keeping vehicle moving on various terrain and while braking) we should refrain jumping the gun on this one at least. At times; what is cost cutting for some, is an engineering for other.

Also in this Era of having very good pot-holed roads in our country, I fear where the wheels come off from the car and them kids using it like!
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How many Nanos you have seen whose wheels have came off?

 

[vaibhav]

Re: Renault Kwid Sub-4 Lakh Car Launching This Festive Season

800 cc engines are not enough for running AC. Thats my personal opinion.

The car is a looker, but the total dealer network is a issue

 

[ram123]

Re: Renault Kwid Sub-4 Lakh Car Launching This Festive Season

What you pay for is what you get. People crying about the heavy metal body better buy an amby which is available or a tata which procures metal from tata steel at cheap price.

ABS is a safety feature, which is useful when brakes locks ups. This usually happens at high speed, why do people who drive in city at 40-50 need this feature , if it comes at a high cost?

NCAP rating on crash test is for european standards. There are so many different rules in europe which is not compulsary in india. Why do we compare against it when you are paying less. Is there a indian bosy which does similar tests for indian economics. If you want to follow europe then follow it fully. Even if people cry over this indian market will dictate what it wants and not costly features which will make cars unreachable to the common man

There are cars with heavy metal body, abs and ncap rated which individual can choose. Making it compulsary makes the car costlier and will help in forecfull application of saftey features which is wrong

 

[rselva]

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@Akash1886
Please check if Kwid can carry 4 people with A/C on over a 35 deegree incline.

 

[vm2011]

Re: Renault Kwid Sub-4 Lakh Car Launching This Festive Season

Renault Kwid launched at Rs 2.56 - 3.53 lakh.(ex showroom Del)



Kwid prices: Std: Rs 2.56L, RXE 2.88L, RXE (O) 2.94L, RXL 3.11L, RXT 3.44L, RXT (O) 3.53L (ex- Del)

The Kwid gets a 799cc three-cylinder petrol unit that makes 53.2bhp and 7.34kgm of torque. Now although the power output isn't very high, what helps the Kwid is that it weighs a class-leading 660kg only, and that is thanks to the lightweight construction and all-aluminium engine. This helps it achieve a good power-to-weight ratio, and also deliver impressive fuel efficiency; Renault claims 25.17kpl.

It is 3,679mm long, 1,579mm wide, 1,478mm high, and has a wheelbase measuring 2,422mm. The high ground clearance of 180mm gives the Kwid its mini-SUV stance. Boot space is remarkable at 300 litres, and exceeds that of most of its rivals.

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[Udit]

Re: Renault Kwid Sub-4 Lakh Car Launching This Festive Season

@Akash1886
Please check if Kwid can carry 4 people with A/C on over a 35 deegree incline.

35 degree inclined ? Where you are planning to drive it?

 

[vaibhav]

Man this is killer pricing

It will hit cars from alto to swift

Great work . Wish they introduce a 1000 cc engine version with 2 airbags

 

[Udit]

Re: Renault Kwid Sub-4 Lakh Car Launching This Festive Season

Please ask them why cost cutting was much evident to giving only 3 lug-nuts to the wheels which is of a serious safety concern.

I don't think it matters so much for a light car like Kwid. Wheels already have locking with hub due to radial force due to body weight. And 3 lug nuts should be sufficient to counter the axial force. But, I don't understand how much companies save by not providing 4 hub struts and 4 lug nuts ?

 

[GM88]

Wow these prices are absolutely unbelievable. Renault seems to have got this absolutely bang on. I'm sure Eon and Alto will be feeling the heat in the next coming months. I will even say it might get the sales of Alto down by a couple of thousand units if not more. With these amazing prices and features and combined with good looks, it will be sad if this car doesn't sell upwards of 8-10,000 units a month at the least provided production is not a constraint for Renault India. I would have really liked if they had provided Airbag as option in lower variants as well but heck nevertheless this car gives more than you ask for in what you pay. Mighty impressed with Renault on this one. Giving a huge thumbs up for this new KWID.

P.S. - Even top auto journalists have gone nuts after these prices were revealed.

 

[Sambit]

Wooo. What mouth watering pricing. It will eat into Eon and Alto K10 the most. The Alto 800 buyers are serious Maruti loyalists, and wont be affected much.


PS. Coincidently, my above post speaks exactly the same words. Renault seems to have a real winner in hand.