The Renault Triber MPV is right now one of the best-selling models in the company's Indian line-up. Since its launch in August 2019, the company has sold over 67,000 units of the Triber, and around 37 per cent of the subcompact MPV's total sales come from the rural and non-urban markets. Speaking to carandbike on the sidelines of the launch of the company's first subcompact SUV, the Renault Kiger, Venkatram Mamillapalle, Country CEO and Managing Director, Renault India said that, "37 per cent sales (of the Triber) come from Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets."
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Around 37 per cent of the subcompact MPV, Renault Triber's total sales, come from the rural and non-urban markets
Interestingly, at the time of the MPV's launch, Renault had mentioned its desire to build a strong demand for the Triber in the rural and non-urban markets. The company currently sells an average of about 4,000 to 5,000 units a month and is at par with the sales of the Renault Kwid, which has also been its best-selling model since the launch of the hatchback in 2015. As for the Renault Triber, the sub-4 metre MPV is built on the company's CMF-A+ platform and offers the segment-first modular function for the third-row seats, called EasyFix, which is claimed to help achieve over 100 seating positions. In fact, even in our review, we found that the Triber's third row is spacious enough to seat two average adults comfortably, and it's that spaciousness, practicality, and the decent amount of features are aspects that seem to have attracted customers in both urban and rural markets.
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The Renault Triber's modular third row with the EasyFix function makes it a practical and spacious car
Powertrain wise, the Renault Triber MPV comes with a 1.0-litre, three-cylinder Energy petrol engine. The naturally aspirated motor is tuned to churn out a maximum of 70 bhp and develops 96 Nm of peak torque. Transmission choices include both a 5-speed manual gearbox and an optional AMT unit. It's also expected to get the 1.0-litre turbo petrol engine that is offered with the Kiger soon. Talking about the general division in demand between manual and automatic models in the company's line-up, Mamillapalle said, "Today the penetration is about 17 per cent for automatics, it is rising, slowly, and my best guess is it will go up to 30-35 per cent in five years."
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The Renault Triber is powered by a 1.0-litre petrol engine, mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox and an optional AMT unit
Talking about the company's expectations for the new Kiger SUV from the rural markets, Venkatram Mamillapalle added, "Kiger is a very aspirational vehicle. It's the young generation, aspirational vehicle, and we are mostly projecting it as a sporty, smart and stunning kind of vehicle. So, the rural market will aspire to have such cars, but will they have it is a question which we need to experience. I can't comment anything until the customer really comes up to the showroom and starts booking it. We are also showcasing it in the rural market, let's see how the reaction comes."
