RENAULT KIGER

Are cosmetic updates enough to spruce up the only French offering in the compact SUV segment?

- WORDS ABHAY VERMA

Launched early in 2021, the Kiger has always been an important product for Renault in India.

And that's because it sits in the uber-important, compact SUV segment. With nearly a dozen of them on sale, across a rather wide price band, compact SUVs and crossovers are to the Indian market today what hatchbacks were a decade ago. And while the Kiger has done well for Renault, its design was getting a little long in the tooth. And right in time for the festive season – and just as the GST structure for cars is set to be revised – Renault has given the Kiger a midlife update. This is the first major update for the Kiger since its launch, but changes are only cosmetic and while new features have been added, the chassis, suspension and powertrain options are the same. We got to spend a couple of hours with the updated Kiger at a rain-soaked test track at ICAT, Manesar, near Gurugram in the Delhi-NCR.