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RENAULT KWID 1,0 CLIMBER ETA: NOW WHERE WE
Kwid pro no
DROVE IT

Has Renault addressed the budget-beating Kwid’s Johannesburg
shortcomings with this facelift?

By: Ryan Bubear Ryan_Bubear

*Claimed figures

Price: R164 900 Engine: 1,0-litre, 3-cyl, petrol Transmission: 5-speed manual Power: 50 kW @ 5 500 r/min Torque: 91 N.m @ 4 250 r/min
0-100 km/h: n/a Top speed: 152 km/h* Fuel consumption: 4,7 L/100 km* C0 : 112 g/km Rivals: Datsun Go; Hyundai Atos; Suzuki Celerio
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+ standard equipment levels; distinctive styling safety concerns remain

otwithstanding our the past three years, introducing with either a ve-speed manual new grille and sited atop chunky
initial criticism, spot- special editions and automated gearbox or an automated manual main elements – Renault has os-
N lighting safety concerns manual variants before nally transmission employing the same tensibly improved the Indian-built

and making it dif cult for us to tting ABS as standard in April number of cogs. Kwid’s safety speci cations.
recommend the Kwid when we 2019. But this latest update repre- So, what exactly does the Kwid’s Dual airbags now ship standard

rst tested it in early 2017, the sents the rst formal facelift for midcycle refresh entail? Besides the (the pre-facelift model made do

smallest model in Renault’s local the diminutive crossover-inspired obvious styling changes – the most with a single driver’s item), while
range has proven a smash hit in hatchback. The rejigged local noticeable being the thoroughly a seatbelt reminder for the front
South Africa, promptly assuming Kwid range has grown from ve to revised front-end, which includes seats has been introduced. Is that

the role of bestseller. six derivatives, with the famil- an in-vogue split-lighting arrange- enough for the Kwid to better its
Renault South Africa has steadily iar Expression, Dynamique and ment comprising narrow day- most recent Global NCAP crash
expanded its Kwid line-up over Climber trim levels each offered time-running items bookending a test rating, a solitary star scored

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