2016 Renault Duster Adventure edition launched in India; Starts at Rs. 9.64 lakh

2016 Renault Duster Adventure edition

Renault India has silently launched Duster Adventure edition for the Indian market at a lucrative introductory price of Rs. 9.64 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). It is offered with both the diesel engines- 85PS and 110PS; the latter can be had with AWD only. The six speed manual (FWD) and 110PS AMT (automated manual transmission) are not part of this edition. Bookings for the adventure edition have commenced at all dealerships across the country.

The French carmaker has made a lot of changes to the adventure edition like glossy black finish front grille and license plate, yellow faux skid plate with new fog lamps and chrome appliqués. It also sports gun metal alloy wheels, compass decal on the D-pillar with adventure branding, black cladding on doors and fenders and roof rails that makes it sportier and a bit rugged.

The new Duster Adventure edition is available with two exclusive colors– Slate Grey and Out Black Bronze along with two existing hues which are Moonlight Silver and Pearl white.

2016 Renault Duster Adventure edition

The cabin bears unique denim theme flanked by blue and black color tone with a tinge of yellow accents. The dashboard gets orange highlights on the air conditioning vents and instrument cluster while seats are embellished with Zip on and off denim blue covers which looks tempting and can be washed. There is an adventure branding on steering wheel and floor mats with denim touch.

Besides, it also includes 7 inch touchscreen infotainment system but without navigation, front arm rest, three pod instrument cluster with MFD, keyless entry, steering mounted audio controls and new Smart drive app which connects your Smartphone via bluetooth dongle allowing driver to record fastest 0-60 kmph time and sends alert on over speeding and much more.

As for the specs, power continues to come from a 1.5 litre K9k diesel engine available in two tunes 84bhp power with 200Nm torque and 108.5bhp of output and 245Nm torque. The 85PS is available with a 5-speed manual transmission while 110PS version comes with a 6-speed manual gearbox only.

The new Duster Adventure edition is just 10K over the standard versions and here is the variant wise pricing of the new edition:-

Variant Price (Ex-showroom Delhi)
Adventure Edition RXE 85PS Rs. 9.64 lakh
Adventure Edition RXL 85PS Rs. 10.45 lakh
Adventure Edition RXZ AWD 110PS Rs. 13.77 lakh
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