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Renault launches new Koleos; Salman Khan gets the first car

Last updated on: February 06, 2014 16:20 IST


Photographs: Courtesy, Renault

The French automobile giant Renault has just unveiled the 2014 edition of their premium SUV, The all-new Renault Koleos.

The swanky SUV made a dashing debut with none other than Jai Ho star Salman Khan.

The actor was handed the keys to the all-new Koleos at the Renault Star Guild Awards  2014 by Sumit Sawhney - Country CEO and Managing Director for Renault Operations in India.

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Renault launches new Koleos; Salman Khan gets the first car


Photographs: Courtesy, Renault

The new Renault Koleos boasts a monstrous 173 PS engine with automatic 4x4, 6-speed transmission for a convenient and comfortable drive.

It also comes along with the heart-pounding sound of an 8-speaker Bose music system and class leading safety features.

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Renault launches new Koleos; Salman Khan gets the first car


Photographs: Courtesy, Renault

Until now, the Koleos in India was available as a 4×4 only, that too with an automatic transmission.

The all-new model has a 4×2 MT and a 4×4 MT variant apart from the 4×4 AT variant.

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Renault launches new Koleos; Salman Khan gets the first car


Photographs: Courtesy, Renault

All variants are powered by a 2.0-litre diesel engine, which for the first time will be assembled at Renault-Nissan’s Chennai plant.

While the 4×4 variants have their power and torque outputs at 173 PS and 360 Nm respectively, the 4×2 will only produce 150 PS and 320 Nm.

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Renault launches new Koleos; Salman Khan gets the first car


Photographs: Courtesy, Renault

Power is handled by a 6-speed manual transmission in the manual variants, and a 6-speed automatic transmission in the top-end variant.

Renault Koleos Facelift Prices

Renault Koleos 4×2 MT: Rs 22.36 lakh

Renault Koleos 4×4 MT: Rs 25.19 lakh

Renault Koleos 4×4 AT: Rs 26.25 lakh

(Prices mentioned are ex-Showroom, Mumbai)

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(With inputs from IndianAutosBlog)