Automaker Renault has launched it much awaited SUV  Kiger  in India. While deliveries for the SUV will start from early march, the company has opened the official bookings for the new Kiger, across all its showrooms in India at a payment of ₹ 11,000.

Talking about features, The SUV will be offered in two petrol engines and three transmission choices. This includes the 1.0-litre naturally-aspirated Energy petrol engine that already powers the Triber MPV, and it's tuned to make 71 bhp and 96 Nm of peak torque. It will also get the new 1.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine that was introduced with the Nissan Magnite. The motor is tuned to make 98 bhp and 160 Nm of peak torque and comes mated to either a 5-speed manual gearbox or a CVT automatic transmission. The SUV will be offered in four variants, namely - RXE, RXL, RXT and the top-spec RXZ. The RXZ and RXT variants get manual transmission along with AMT and CVT. Renault will sell models with dual-tone colours at an additional cost of ₹ 17,000, across the range.

Kiger is launched in India with prices starting at ₹ 5.45 lakh adn going up to ₹ 9.55 lakh (ex-showroom, India).  Based on the company's CMF-A+ platform, the Kiger shares its underpinnings with both, the Renault Triber MPV, and the Nissan Magnite subcompact SUV. 

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