Last month, Renault unveiled the Triber, a new MPV
for emerging markets like India and Indonesia. While the whole idea of is
product is to serve economy customers, IAB's digital artist Shoeb Kalania has
thoughtfully worked on enhancing it for customers prioritising performance and
sportiness equally to create a sporty R.S. variant. In all likeliness, the
Renault Triber R.S. is going to remain just a work of imagination as there are
little chances of the idea of such a low-volume product coming to fruition.
The rendered Renault Triber R.S. incorporates a
number of design tweaks for a sportier styling. At the front, there's a mesh
grille, a more aggressive lower air intake, redesigned fog lamp housing with
Renault Megane R.S.-inspired, LED fog lamps in a chequered design. Skid plates
have been given a miss and the plain jane alloy wheels have been replaced with
sportier, machine-cut alloy wheels. The ORVMs are the same as that of the
standard variant, but they have been given black caps to go with the sportier
theme.
If Renault was indeed going to make a Triber R.S.,
and that too like a proper European R.S. model, it would offer it with with a
more powerful and torquier engine, perhaps its new 1.3-litre turbocharged
four-cylinder petrol engine co-developed with Daimler, as well as a stiffer
chassis, sports suspension, reworked steering wheel, all four disc brakes,
paddle shifters, sports seats (driver and co-driver) and much more. For a
low-cost model the Triber, though, it all comes down to economics. The best one
can expect in reality is a 1.0-litre turbocharged three-cylinder engine, a
sporty body kit, distinctive alloy wheels and an all-black interior.
The Renault Triber will be launched in India in
August. It will compete with the Datsun GO+ and reportedly be priced from INR
4.4 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
