GROUP - 7
INTRODUCTION
• Renault first entered India through a joint venture
with Mahindra & Mahindra.
• It set up a Rs 4,500 crore factory at Oragadam
near Chennai along with its global partner Nissan
Motor Company.
• It launched premium sedan Fluence in May 2011
and premium SUV Koleos that September.
• Its next offering was the Pulse, a compact car
launched in January 2012.
DUSTER IN INDIA
• Renault Duster was first launched in 2012.
• It fuelled the segment of compact SUVs and
grabbed a 23 per cent market share within a
year.
• The Duster's success was such that Renault
had to triple production within months of its
launch.
• The Duster today accounts for 86 per cent of
Renault India's production.
DUSTER IN INDIA