After gaining good market share in the hatchback segment, the India-made Renault Kwid is set to be exported to Brazil by next month. The news has been confirmed by Sumit Sawhney, MD & CEO of Renault India. He also revealed that the Kwid will also be exported to Latin america as well. In order to make the export easy and hassle-free, the company will export Kwid as SKDs (Semi-knocked down Kits), thereafter it will be assembled in the local Renault plant located in Resende, Brazil.
Meanwhile, We have been witnessing a change in the trend. Now, the major automobile companies are finding India as a manufacturing hub and are bound to develop their products here. Other domestic companies like Maruti has also started exporting their products to other countries.
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The company shall be offering ABS enabled Kwid as standard to the Brazilian market. The car will be powered by a 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine with either petrol or ethanol as fuel. The engine will be paired to a 5-speed manual transmission. However, the top variant might come mated to an Easy-R automated manual transmission. The Kwid will receive minimum changes. The South American Kwid will also feature the same Indian Kwid characteristic as per the patent pictures.
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