CHEAP is VALUE for Money in India. NO..NO... Not At All.

Exterior Front is very good, looks a muscular SUV. Side arch are good. Chrome plating at front is really a good thought. Back is ordinary gives old desighn looks. Rear lights are too small. Embrossed DUSTER at back looks good.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) By the time desighner came to plan the rear seats it was too late so he had a wine and forgot that SUV is for India and not for Thiawan etc. The height of average Indian in North (JK, Punjab, Haryana, UP, Delhi, Rajasthan etc) is very good. It can not accommodate 04 tall Sardars of punjab and other tall people. Crumpled at back. I am 5-11" could not seat without touching the front seats. Space for boot should have been reduced. The desingnrs should have thouhgt of 05 seater only or 07 seater only. They landed up with a misery of crumpling the rear seats.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox The test drive was powerful. The fuel Economy will bemuch lower  than what is claimed by company on Indian roads.

Ride Quality & Handling Good.

Final Words Not Value for Money. Renault made a lot of hue and cry in media which will not have any impact if the indian managers of company donot discuss and sort out to the falacies by correcting them in light of the competitors to write a history of success in INDIA. Renault should have preferred less frofit to begin with like the Mahindra & Mahindra did for XUV 500 launching it at much lower prices fitting the SUV all sorts of Gadgets what a premier SUV can have or will have in future. Later M&M increased the price and is making a lot of profit by selling XUV at a higher price than at the time of launch. Renault need to LEARN & IMPLEMENT with 360 degree management.

Areas of improvement Make more space available for rear seats by reducing the boot space. Shift rear AC vent to the cealing, as it hinders the third person sitting at rear. The back of Duster looks smaller and ordinary. The ear lights looks minicule.  The desighners should focus on improving the back. The lights must be made much bold may think of making it vertically oblique. The sucess will depends on comparison to other competitors like Fords Ecosport, XUV 500, Scorpio, Tata Safari Storme. In future it may fail like other cars of Renault if designers donot sit again to improve the falacies.LEARN from the competitorsand implement prior to failing in this segment also. Ford is waiting to outclass oyu the day they launch Ecosport with ecobust.

ExteriorBack lookslooks poor, small Rear Light, space for rear seats is claustrphobic, too congested.