A myth buster car

Exterior Looks like a mini SUV. Externally adjusted mirrors even in top model is bad. Rear plastic bumper below dickey lead looks poor. Dirrerant colour mirrors do not look good at all. Overall though it have aggresive exteriror design, there is much room for improvement.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) My one came exactly as shown in the pictures on this site. Plastic dashboard looks okay. Door plastic looks poor. Have lots of places to for storage. Dual glove box is nice idea. Rotary driving mode change dial is user friendly. Seats are reasonably comfortable.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Let me elaborate in details:

I have read a review about problems in AMT gearbox on a so called 'reputed' auto review site. The review said that the gearbox is cannot be trusted while overtaking as it can auto shift to higher gear as speed increase and reduce the speed of overtaking. This may put you in trouble. My experience is somewhat different. The road I tested my new KWID RXT AMT 1.0 is from Ratnagiri to Pune via Chiplun, Mangaon, Tamhini ghat and back on the same route. It is about 650 kms in total to and fro. Both to and fro trips were at night. Means I have started from my source at 9.0 PM both times. It took exactly same time as Google have suggested i.e 6 hours and 40 minutes for each trip. While driving in the ghat I was skeptical and influenced by the review I read but soon I found that there is simple trick. While overtaking when I put full throttle, it used to pass vehicle fluently that I intend to overtake. I have never experienced lack of power in motion. The power did cut only when I apply brakes and tried to crank engine again. That time, the response time is bit slow. Headlights are superb and fog lamps sufficiently illuminate sides of road. I could avoid a cute road crossing porcupine (and possible bursting my tire) because of powerful lights. The engine supplied enough power to keep me running fluently in all the ghats on my way. If you are new to the route I took, just look at the terrine using Google maps satellite view. Tyres of the vehicle are bit slim. As a caution I will keep my speed low on curves on rainy days because of slim tyres.

In city I have drove it in senseless traffic at Pune and low traffic at Ratnagiri both. Driving was a pleasure. I am too happy about the size of the car that did adjust in even cramped parking places. For me this car is comfortable in cities and equally on highways to drive.

Gear shifting is not as smooth as I have read. Lower gears did gave a slight jerk while shifting. Downshifting was smooth and could not be recognized. There is no indication on panel about the current gear and I never needed it too. electronic panel have irritating orange coloured digits and I would be much happy if they were light white. Speedometer digits are way too bigger than needed and lower indications are way too smaller than needed. I expect Renault to change sizes of those digits and symbols in their next upgrade.

Air conditioner worked good even in sunny days of April end. At night I had to increase the temperature by adjusting the temperature knob. Overall I am happy bout this car and expect to keep the car for next 5 years.  

Ride Quality & Handling Ride quality is sufficiently good to use this car for at least next 5 years for me. Seats are reasonably comfortable. There are no speed sensing door locks as said on the site.

Final Words Overall I am happy about my choice to select this car after comparing many others using carwale.

Areas of improvement Mirrors, interior plastic, speakers.

AMT, Fuel economy, Driving comfortMirrors, Interior, Speakers