New Renault Lodgy MPV for India by early 2015

Renault has finally revealed the first image of the Renault Lodgy, and the good news… its coming to India in 2015.

Renault, the French car maker has a subsidiary company since the 1960s called Dacia, based out of Romania. Dacia makes the originals of the Duster, the Lodgy, the Dokker, the Logan and the Sandero. Most of the technologies in the Dacia’s are from Renault. Renault will re-badge the Lodgy, just as they rebadged the Duster and sell it to us Indians.

Globally the Lodgy comes with 4 different engine options; we expect the same ones that power the Duster in India, to also be present with the Lodgy. The 1.5 L DCI 4 cylinder diesel engine and a 1.6L K4M petrol Engine are the ones we expect to be available in India. Internationally the Lodgy has an option of 5 or 6 speed manual transmissions, but India will probably only get the 5-speed manual. But Renault stated that they plan to offer best in segment performance. So we might just find the other more powerful engines in the Lodgy.

The Logdy has a longer wheelbase than any other MPV available in India and other dimensions resembling the size of the market leading Toyota Innova. The Lodgy seems like a true competitor in the MPV market when it arrives in India. But it will only come with front wheel drive as opposed to the Innova’s rear wheel drive. Feature wise we can expect similar features and trims as the Duster for the Lodgy.

The launch date of the Lodgy hasn’t been disclosed by Renault, but we expect it to arrive in the first quarter of 2015.