Renault to drive Kwid in South Africa, Bhutan and Bangladesh from India
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The company has already started exporting the car to
"We started exports of Kwid with Sri Lanka, followed by Nepal and now we are going to Bhutan and Bangladesh,"
The car will be exported to bhutan during the second half of next year while exports to Bangladesh would also begin towards the middle of next year, he added.
"We are also working on South Africa currently and shipments are expected to be sent in the first quarter of next year,"
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When asked if there would be sourcing of parts from India to the where manufacturing of the small car is expected to begin next year, Sawhney said: "When we say 98 per cent localisation, we got many suppliers in India so the markets especially, Mauritius and South
Launched in September last year, Kwid has been a success for Renault in India. Initially, the car was available with an 800 cc engine at a price tag of Rs 2.64-3.73 lakh. Recently a 1,000 cc engine variant and one with automated manual transmission (AMT) have also been introduced.
The company has so far retailed over 1.10 lakh units of the model in India since its launch last year.
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