Renault Duster (Renault Dacia / Duster) has become a world bestseller, despite constant attacks from competitors and journalists. But, despite a number of updates, the model had already reached 8 years of age and the French automaker had to think about releasing a new version of the crossover, as they had already done for Logan and Sandero.
The French for a long time and carefully concealed their development of the new version popular car, only a few fragmentary rumors reached about what would be a new version, which we talked about and. And finally, Auto.de photojournalists managed to film the final test camouflaged new Renault Duster-2.
What is hidden under camouflage from the eyes of motorists? A possible answer is at the end of the article.
Update popular model always fraught with danger, and after looking at the camouflaged Duster-2, we can say that Renault decided to play it safe in terms of design. Instead of changing everything and being inspired by a 2009 concept or new Captur, the design of the Duster-2 is similar to the evolution of the current model. After all, why change a popular car in the world?
Platform CMF or B0
While it's no secret that Renault is working on a successor for the Duster, there are plenty of rumors about what platform the new version will be based on. For example, Romanian sources say that the crossover will be based on the modern CMF platform, while British magazines claim that the model will only receive a modified version of the existing B0 platform. The CMF platform is known for being already used by many alliance models: Qashqai, X-Trail, Kadjar, Koleos.
Like Renault Captur/ Captur, the new Duster may be available in various country-specific configurations: developing countries (India, South America, etc.) will receive updated version B0 platforms, developed markets (Europe) will use a CMF-like platform.
Design, interior, engine range
The exterior design, however, is unlikely to be different in both markets, as was the case with the Renault Captur (Europe) and Captur (developing countries). The interior will contain some useful technical and ergonomic upgrades, but overall it will remain one of the simplest and no-frills in the SUV segment, as the target audience will remain the same.
Perhaps, under the camouflage, this appearance is hidden:
Estimated exterior of the new Renault generations Duster 2
The 7-seat variant will be called the Grand Duster, for which he had to "grow" from 4.31 m to 4.5 meters in length to increase the wheelbase to accommodate the 3rd row of seats. Volume luggage compartment while increasing to 650 liters.
The valiant 1.5 DCI diesel could give way to a 130 hp 1.6 DCi engine. with significant improvements in terms of efficiency and emissions. As another option, a 1.2-liter turbo-petrol engine with 120 hp is likely to appear. and 0.9-liter TCE 90 hp to expand the range of engines.
When to wait for the sale of the new Renault Duster 2
According to one rumor 5-seater Renault Duster the new generation will go on sale next year in 2018, and the seven-seat version only in 2019 (to expand the range of offerings).
More detailed information will be known at the presentation, which will take place this fall at the auto show in Frankurt, the new generation of Duster II will be ready for sale at the beginning of next year.
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Nicolas Maure, president of the company, told the news agency: "Obviously, we are working on a successor to the existing Lada models 4x4 and we are considering potential synergies with Renault-Nissan Alliance, including the possible use of a common platform".
At the same time, the head emphasized that the company does not want to make a crossover out of an SUV, its outstanding off-road qualities will be saved.
Also, the domestic automaker, a large share of which has been owned by the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance for several years, will soon complete "works on the feasibility study of the adaptation of the global platform of the alliance (Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi) CMFB-LS for car Lada 4x4 to the Concept Freeze milestone (“final concept approval”)”. The ongoing work will allow us to study the feasibility of using a foreign platform, calculate the funds spent on its implementation and draw a conclusion as to whether it is needed on this car.
The Common Module Family platform (abbreviated as CMF) will receive three varieties for cars of various classes:
CMF-A - for the segment of compact subcompact models
CMF-B - for the middle class
CMF -C / D - for cars of classes C and D.
The CMFB-LS platform is a modular platform for B-class cars (similar to the B0 architecture installed on Logan, but more modern). Possibility to install modern electronics.
The prefix "LS" means Low specifications - "simple specification". There is also a version of "HS" High specifications (complex specification), which involves the installation more electronics for models like and .
By the way, as it was known earlier, AvtoVAZ intended to take the new Duster chassis for revision in order to make adjustments on its own and increase the patency of the future crossover to the usual Nivovsky one. Reminiscent of the approach used in adapting the first VAZ model in history -.
It is also worth noting that, according to Nicolas More, the novelty should become a global project, which can be implemented not only on Russian market but all over the world. Such global plans can easily tip the scales in favor of the foreign analogue of the Russian platform. Moreover, the French CMFB model performed well on SUVs, Kadjar crossovers, Japanese Qashqai and X-Trail.
Note that rumors about changing the platform to foreign analogue the expected new generation SUV Lada Niva, the appearance of which was delayed for indefinite term(the legend should have been changed a long time ago, and not marinated for 40 years practically unchanged), for half a year they have been wandering from one respected Russian publication to another. The platform is from Duster, the engine on it is transverse.
Also, as previously reported, the new Niva will use foreign spare parts (variator gearbox and system all-wheel drive from Renault Duster), including foreign engines, which can be found under the hood along with domestic engines.
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Modular constructor Nissan Qashqai, Renault Espace And Renault Laguna - unification. Following the concern Volkswagen and the Group PSA Peugeot Citroen the "modular" principle of creating cars is beginning to be introduced and the alliance CMF(Common Modular Family. Last spring, the French and Japanese announced that they had jointly developed their own architecture CMF(Common Modular Family, “general modular family”), which allows you to design cars from a small number of unified components, assemblies and body modules different sizes- from B-class hatchbacks to crossovers and D-class monocabs. And now it became known that the "modular" first-born will be a crossover Nissan Qashqai the second generation, which will debut this fall.
And with it - new Nissan X-Trail and Nissan Rogue(American SUV based on Qashqai), which will appear a little later. However, the modular principle does not seem to be so comprehensive - in any case, at Nissan, the use of CMF will be limited to only three models for now. But under the brand Renault on a modular basis soon 11 new cars will be created - including successors of models Scenic, Espace and Laguna, which will debut in a year.
That is, while the main purpose CMF- replace three outdated French platforms for C- and D-class cars with one new one developed by Nissan.
If today Laguna And espace use their own original platforms, then henceforth their front and rear suspension, power units and electrical systems will be the same as on new cars Nissan Qashqai, X-Trail, Rogue And Renault Scenic , - these are the Franco-Japanese "modules". And the differences will be in the size of the wheelbase, dimensions engine compartment and the height of the seats in the cabin. For the Alliance, this promises savings of 30-40% on engineering and another 20-30% on component purchases. Crossover Renault Koleos the next generation will also almost certainly become “modular”, because he is a relative of Qashqai, and starting from 2014, at the plant in Korean Busan, side by side with Koleos, they will also make a new Nissan Rogue.
But won't the innovative architecture CMF upgraded version platform C, which even now has in common with each other not only Scenic, Qashqai and X-Trail, but also the family Renault Megane (including Fluence sedans)? After all, then everything Renault models larger Clios would be "tied" to one golf platform. However, let's wait until autumn.
But the alliance will extend “modularity” to A- and B-class models only after 2015 - in these segments, the degree of unification of machines on platforms B, BO and V is already quite high. In addition, the Nissan D platform, on which the recently appeared Nissan crossovers Pathfinder and Infiniti QX60. The development of the platforms of the Infiniti division will also move in its own way - it will be unified not with Renault, but with Mercedes-Benz cars.
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The third generation Logan family is expected in 2020, according to tradition, European versions under the local Dacia brand will be the first to be born. And, according to the French edition L "argus, they will say goodbye to the current B0 platform (aka Global Access).
The company is pushed to this by increasingly strict European legislation - the Euro-6 eco-norms that have come into force and the need to equip cars with means active safety like systems automatic braking. Therefore, the new Logan and Sandero will be built on the same modular CMF-B platform as the upcoming Renault hatchback Clio fifth generation (its premiere will take place this fall). Architecturally, this cart will repeat B0, but engineers initially put unification with other versions into it CMF platforms and the possibility of installing modern electronics. According to preliminary data, new Logan will equip petrol turbo engine 1.3 TCe and diesel 1.5 dCi.
But all this is only true for European cars under the Dacia brand. Logans for less demanding markets (Russia, South America, India) do not require Euro-6 and advanced electronics, so Renault has two versions of the CMF-B platform. European cars will get expensive version HS (High specifications in the diagram), and the rest - a simplified version of LS (Low specifications), which, apparently, has a minimum of differences from the already mastered B0 bogie.
Renault has already tested a similar two-platform strategy on crossovers: the European Captur is built on the Clio chassis, and the Kaptur for Russia, South America and India is based on the simpler Duster platform. Prior to this, a similar trick was pulled by a related Nissan, rolling a Logan trolley under the Sylphy sedan and eventually getting the Togliatti Almera. It's all going to be what the third generation Logan/Sandero is for different markets will be created in the same way.
Moreover, according to L "argus, the separation of platforms will also affect class C, which will debut in August at the Moscow Motor Show. For Russia, Brazil and China, the company is developing a version on a cheap B0 trolley, and for South Korea on a more expensive platform. By the way , in Europe new model will not appear due to the danger of competition with the current Renault Kadjar SUV (similar to Nissan models Qashqai). Based on this statement, it is easy to estimate that a certain “simplified Kadjar” awaits us, that is, a crossover slightly larger than Qashqai.
IN Renault work is underway to create a third Logan generations, which is sold in Europe under the Dacia brand, and in our country and in Latin America - under the French brand.
The car in the third generation is waiting for major changes. This is due to the fact that the current one is based on the B0 Global Access platform, which was introduced in 2005, and its roots go back to 1998. So, the second (!) generation of Clio was taken as the basis for its creation. Of course, she was modernized, she got a plus sign in the index (B0 +) after the introduction new Duster, but it cannot be used indefinitely.
There are several reasons for switching platforms. First - Renault-Nissan is trying to minimize the number of used "trolleys" for new cars. This leads to the use of the same components, the same production processes and, therefore, to reduce the cost of production. The second reason: the tightening of safety requirements in Europe, for example, the appearance on new machines in without fail systems of automatic braking before an obstacle.
So, the next generation of Logan will be built on a new platform. According to the French edition of L "argus, the upgraded CMF-B modular platform will be used for the third generation, which Renault plans to use for the next Clio (it will be presented next year).
True, with one architecture, the platform used will have two options. The first, conventionally called High Specification, is being adapted to a large number of electronics, modern technologies And high level comfort. The second, Access Specification, is a simplified version in terms of architecture, equipment, sound insulation, etc. Information about the two platform options first appeared in the presentation of the company's development plan for the next five years.
First new strategy will be tested on the new Renault crossover, which will be presented at the Moscow International Motor Show in August this year. Following Russia, its production and sales will be established in China, Brazil and South Korea. But for the latter, where the buyer is accustomed to modern cars, a more expensive version of the platform will be used, and for emerging markets, which include Russia, a simplified one.
Then it will be the turn of the third generation Logan, with the genes of the latest generation Clio. But to call these cars "twins" will not work, since Logan will receive a platform simplified to the maximum.
And finally, the French are being pushed to use the new platform by tougher environmental requirements. If in Euro 6 current generation If it is possible to enter, then the requirements of Euro-7, which come into force in 2024, are not. The third generation of the state employee will be equipped with a 1.3-liter TСe turbo engine and a 1.5-liter dCi turbodiesel.
- According to preliminary data, the new Renault crossover for Russia it will have a cross-coupe body.
- At the end of 2017 year Renault is in the top 10 most popular brands in Russia.
