Dhurandhar is back in town

AFTER A LONG HIATUS, THE SUV THAT DEFINED THE SEGMENT RETURNS TO RECLAIM ITS RUGGED LEGACY

- VIKRAM CHAUDHARY

DHURANDHAR MEANS being a top gun in your field, which the original Duster was from 2012-15.

Then, it ran into the undisputed Animal of the SUV market — the Creta. This ‘alpha male’ has been hunting every other SUV ever since, and be it a Maruti Suzuki or a Kia, the Creta has decimated the competition.

The Duster — discontinued in 2022 — is back. We drove it across the Himalayas, and realised it has refined its DNA and polished its physique to challenge the alpha.

Duster in brief

Pricing starts at ₹10.49 lakh, but if you book before March 31 — under the R-Pass scheme — you get ₹20,000 off on entry variants and ₹40,000 off on top variants.